Post 485-Filing

[nishant2200]

Congrats Nishanth!! The grass is always greener on the other side, and now you have crossed the bridge

thanks dude. I wish it was a bit light at work though. man I am seriously hammered with so much stuff going on, that I haven't got a moment of peace at work to celebrate this GC. Waiting for the damn weekend!

[billu77]

With February coming to end soon; latest processing times (updated on 02/21) for NSC indicating I-485 processing times of 4 month and with majority of November filers still pending, do you think we will see a lot of approvals before the end of feb. or NSC does not care if they see a whole bunch of SRs created in the first week of march from pending Nov. filers.

What is the relevance of processing time of 4 months if NSC is not able to approve a MAJORITY of Nov filers by Feb 29???

[indiaeb2]

Hi Y'all:

Its my time to share some good news:

Just got my CPO mails. I can't express my happiness. From the bottom of my heart I Wish Good Luck to everyone out there waiting for the 485 approval.

Q, Spec, Teddy, Veni, Kanmani, Nishant, Champu, and the rest, thanks for your hardwork and inputs. You should keep up the good work.This forum has been exceptional and is an example of how like minded people with good thoughts can gel together with no issues. I was following this forum for a while now and there was never a day i guess that I didn't check it. My Heartful Thanks to Each One of You!!!!!

I will be around and help anyone with questions to the extent of my knowledge.

Below are my details:

SC:NSC|RD:12/2/2011|ND: 12/5/2011|FP ND:1/6/2012|FP RD:1/10/2012|FP Done:1/13/2012(Early-Walk-In Actual SD 2/2/2012)|EAD/AP:1/18/2012|485 CPO:2/22/2012

MS in USA
Changed Employers 2 times
Have been with the same employer for PERM/140/485
Issue free immigration history
On H1 for 8 Yrs

Thanks,
Sandy.

Congratulations Sandeep

[indiaeb2]

Got CPO email yesterday at 1:15 PM PST. Case details:

PD: 10/27/07
MD: 11/21/11
RD: 11/22/11
ND: 11/29/11
FP: 01/05/12
EAD/AP Approval: 01/06/12
RFE: 02/02/12 for flu shot and EVL
RFE Response Recd by USCIS: 02/16/12
CPO: 02/21/12

This forum has been a great help to stay on top of the processing stages. Wish you all good luck for the GC journey and beyond. Those getting RFEs, you are close. We got the approval within 3 business days after responding to the RFE.

That was quick after rfe response. so i will keep my finger's crossed.

[nishant2200]

With February coming to end soon; latest processing times (updated on 02/21) for NSC indicating I-485 processing times of 4 month and with majority of November filers still pending, do you think we will see a lot of approvals before the end of feb. or NSC does not care if they see a whole bunch of SRs created in the first week of march from pending Nov. filers.

What is the relevance of processing time of 4 months if NSC is not able to approve a MAJORITY of Nov filers by Feb 29???

per trackitt data, more than 50% of nov filers are approved, around 10% have RFE (meaning file is touched), and there is tendency of many users to add record to trackitt when they are approved. So I would like to say around 70% of files have been touched (approved or RFE), and there is still few days to go for Feb to end. I think if they get to 80% of Nov filers approved by Feb end, that would satisfy the MAJORITY of Nov filers that you talk about. And I think that's not bad.

There will always be few outliers, due to various reasons like delays in name checks, some special circumstances warranting review by supervisors, or an IO who took over some files but went out sick or on vacation. The rule about the name check is that if they dont get response for 180 days, they can issue GC, and later on they can cancel GC and start removal proceedings if derogatory information comes back in name check.

I think a Nov filer who does not get it by Feb end and is from NSC, should wait for a week more, maybe see how April VB is if possible, and then open SR with USCIS and can also approach congress or senator person. No harm in trying all avenues.

I am personally expecting a lot of approvals from NSC now till end of Feb.

[billu77]

As of this moment, 71 cases out of 156 filed at NSC in Nov. 2011 (as per trackitt tracker) are approved which is about 45% (less than 50%) and 15 cases are pending with RFE (about 10%), and a 70 cases (approx the same number as approved -45%) are still PENDING without any RFE. MAJORITY of cases have been touched. USCIS basically means that they will TOUCH more than 50% of the cases within the processing time released. This means that TSC will touch atleast 55% of the Nov 2011 cases by June 2012.

[krodhityogi]

70 miles only ? i am in the east coast , and they had sent appointment for a west coast center had to do the early walk in.

it seems it all depends on the center; i went to one in Alexandria, VA and was done in < 30 minutes.

I did early walk-in too, and I have a couple of reasons for that...
1. We got two different appointment dates, 4 days apart.
2. The ASC is 70+ miles away and the appmt is at 9am. Given the erratic winter weather conditions and the morning traffic into the metro, I was worried that the chances of missing the appointment are very high.

To preempt unnecessary complications, I decided to walk-in on a day and time that is more convenient for me. I'm a Jan filer and with PD in mid 08 and I don't expect early walk-in would in any way benefit my case.

[haripathhi]

Got it finally! Received my I485 Approval email after noon today. However, I haven't received the I485 Approval for my wife yet. Her case status online still shows up as "Initial Review". I'll have to curb my happiness for a few more days until she gets it

Thanks to Q for creating such a platform wherein GC seekers can share their thoughts about their GC journey.

Thanks one and all. I hope to be back soon to post my wife's I485 approval info.

SC: NSC, PD:20Nov2007/EB2I, I485 mailed:30Nov2011, ND:06DEC2011, FP Notice:10Jan2012, FP Complete:24Jan2012, EAD/AP:19Jan2012, I485 Approval Email(Primary): 22Feb2012, I485 Approval Email(Dependent-Spouse): Waiting;

[gc_usa]

Got it finally! Received my I485 Approval email after noon today. However, I haven't received the I485 Approval for my wife yet. Her case status online still shows up as "Initial Review". I'll have to curb my happiness for a few more days until she gets it

Thanks to Q for creating such a platform wherein GC seekers can share their thoughts about their GC journey.

Thanks one and all. I hope to be back soon to post my wife's I485 approval info.

Please post pd,rd,nd , fp, ead service center details

[haripathhi]

Please post pd,rd,nd , fp, ead service center details

Done! Edited my Signature

[nayekal]

Sorry for bugging you guys so much with my RFE details. 2nd request below is still annoying me.

1. Evidence that I tried to find the birth certificate and was unable.
2. Copy of I-94 that was issued in May 2005, if you have it.
3. Any employment authorization documents that were issued for her benefit.

For the first one, I applied for Non Availability Certificate in India and will be getting it in a week or so.
For the second one, I don't have I-94 card and I am planning to send them the passport copies containing the port of entry and date for May 2005. Do you guys think, that would be sufficient?
For the third one, I am providing all copies of H1's and OPT Card. Is it enough?

I felt like this is easy to get, but now it became much more complex issue.
I applied through e-seva for Non Availability Certificate for not having BC. They rejected my app saying how is it possible that I was born in one municipality and studied in another municipality even though both of them are in the same city. My dad couldn't convince the officials saying that it is possible.
Now, I am taking different routes to get the work done. I will keep you guys posted.

Regarding I-94, I went to airport and requested them. The official politely refused and told me to use form 102.
I sent the stamped copies of my passport for that date when the I-94 was issued to my attorney and looks like it is good enough as per him.

[sandeep11]

Indiaeb2 and others, thanks a bunch.

Congratulations Sandeep

[gcseeker]

Got it finally! Received my I485 Approval email after noon today. However, I haven't received the I485 Approval for my wife yet. Her case status online still shows up as "Initial Review". I'll have to curb my happiness for a few more days until she gets it

Thanks to Q for creating such a platform wherein GC seekers can share their thoughts about their GC journey.

Thanks one and all. I hope to be back soon to post my wife's I485 approval info.

SC: NSC, PD:20Nov2007/EB2I, I485 mailed:30Nov2011, ND:06DEC2011, FP Notice:10Jan2012, FP Complete:24Jan2012, EAD/AP:19Jan2012, I485 Approval Email(Primary): 22Feb2012, I485 Approval Email(Dependent-Spouse): Waiting;

Congratulations Haripathhi.NSC on a roll today.

[leo4ever]

@stemcell,

Do let me know if you get to hear more about this. Even i am considering that option but i have been told i can not be on both.

Thank you Leo4ever,

I was under similar assumption that once having used EAD (even for part time) one would lose their H1B status until i spoke with my attorney.
Having had this strongly wired into my head i am a bit optimistic now after doing some more research on various forums.
It appears that one can use EAD for part time purposes and still maintain H1B as long as the conditions in the LCA are followed.
I still have to do more research and crawl through some more lawyer forums.
Thanks again for your input.

Congrats for the new permanent 'Aliens'

[TeddyKoochu]

Got it finally! Received my I485 Approval email after noon today. However, I haven't received the I485 Approval for my wife yet. Her case status online still shows up as "Initial Review". I'll have to curb my happiness for a few more days until she gets it

Thanks to Q for creating such a platform wherein GC seekers can share their thoughts about their GC journey.

Thanks one and all. I hope to be back soon to post my wife's I485 approval info.

SC: NSC, PD:20Nov2007/EB2I, I485 mailed:30Nov2011, ND:06DEC2011, FP Notice:10Jan2012, FP Complete:24Jan2012, EAD/AP:19Jan2012, I485 Approval Email(Primary): 22Feb2012, I485 Approval Email(Dependent-Spouse): Waiting;

Many congratulations to you, good luck to you wife. Enjoy the moment.

[nagana]

Got my I-485 approval email. This site has been very helpful. Thanks for every one. I have updated the details in the signature.

[venkat]

Congrats Nagana and Haripathi (good luck with your wife's 485)

[gc_usa]

Called Level 2 again today and was told that its pending review. Looks like no one has looked at file. Since its same status since last week , I believe if they had looked at it it will not take more than couple of days to approve or issue RFE. Will call again in March first week.

[tackle]

As of this moment, 71 cases out of 156 filed at NSC in Nov. 2011 (as per trackitt tracker) are approved which is about 45% (less than 50%) and 15 cases are pending with RFE (about 10%), and a 70 cases (approx the same number as approved -45%) are still PENDING without any RFE. MAJORITY of cases have been touched. USCIS basically means that they will TOUCH more than 50% of the cases within the processing time released. This means that TSC will touch atleast 55% of the Nov 2011 cases by June 2012.

My 2 cents on this: Looking at the rate at which NSC is going, it looks like they'll touch at least 90% of Nov filers before the end of their 4th month. There's still 5 more working days to go before Nov 1 NSC filers reach the end of their 4th month. And not all the Nov filers have RD of Nov 1.

[harapatta]

i know i am asking question in wrong forum and please forgive me for that...i am in process to file my 485 and when filling out the form i can see the telephone number but don't see anywhere to put EMAIL address, and when reading through several blogs lot of people get email confirmations....am i missing something?

[krodhityogi]

Folks,
few days after my status went to Card/Doc produced, the status changed to Decision this morning with the following message. Is this something to worry about, am i still greened? I searched on G , and the ADIT refers to some additional processing before the GC is actually sent, however ,would like to confirm with others here. Any idea how long it would take to get the actual card in hand?
Thanks in advance.

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On February 22, 2012, we mailed you a notice that we had registered this customer's new permanent resident status. Please follow any instructions on the notice. Your new permanent resident card should be mailed within 60 days following this registration or after you complete any ADIT processing referred to in the welcome notice, whichever is later. If you move before receiving your card, please call our customer service center at 1-800-375-5283.

During this step the formal decision (approved/denied) is written and the decision notice is mailed and/or emailed to the applicant/petitioner. You can use our current processing time to gauge when you can expect to receive a final decision.

[TeddyKoochu]

Got my I-485 approval email. This site has been very helpful. Thanks for every one. I have updated the details in the signature.

Congratulations to you and your family. Enjoy the moment.

[tackle]

i know i am asking question in wrong forum and please forgive me for that...i am in process to file my 485 and when filling out the form i can see the telephone number but don't see anywhere to put EMAIL address, and when reading through several blogs lot of people get email confirmations....am i missing something?

If you are talking about receiving email/sms notifications after submitting your applications, once you receive the receipts for your applications, you can go to https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/jsps/ter...textType=CU_EN ; create a new account; add your receipt numbers to your "portfolio" and subscribe for sms/email notifications. Once you've done that, you'll receive notifications on important updates to your case.

I'm not sure if there is a different way to do this.

[harapatta]

Many thanks for your kind response.

If you are talking about receiving email/sms notifications after submitting your applications, once you receive the receipts for your applications, you can go to https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/jsps/ter...textType=CU_EN ; create a new account; add your receipt numbers to your "portfolio" and subscribe for sms/email notifications. Once you've done that, you'll receive notifications on important updates to your case.

I'm not sure if there is a different way to do this.

[imdeng]

For getting email/sms confirmation of your application *reaching* USCIS, you need to include a Form G-1145 with your application. After acceptance, you need to follow what tackle said below to get email/sms for any updates to your case.

i know i am asking question in wrong forum and please forgive me for that...i am in process to file my 485 and when filling out the form i can see the telephone number but don't see anywhere to put EMAIL address, and when reading through several blogs lot of people get email confirmations....am i missing something?