Post 485-Filing

[president99]

Just to be certain that a Nov filer has been approved, can you make sure that the card production was for your GC rather than EAD? Sorry for asking this...but just wanted to make sure

[whereismygclost]

Very right concern ..even i was surprised..i got ead card production email on 13th jan and gc card production email the next day jan 14th ...both for me and my wife same sequence ....so yeah its the real gc card approval email ....

Just to be certain that a Nov filer has been approved, can you make sure that the card production was for your GC rather than EAD? Sorry for asking this...but just wanted to make sure

[whereismygclost]

Thanks so much Teddy! Yes ....I have been your follower from the "other" site and now this forum since a long time ...just wanted to share this ...so people around my PD don't give up on hope ...i am personally very thankful to you for always answering all my queries with great patience ....i sincerely hope u get ur gc very soon dear friend ....my best wishes are always with you ....

Many congratulations to you and your family. Enjoy this moment to the fullest. It must be a great sense of satisfaction and relief after all the handwork you have put in completing your double masters. Thanks for sharing the good news with all of us, this increases our hopes, do continue to write. I remember you as one of the old timers since predictions and calculations started on the other site. Congratulations and best wishes once again.

[veni001]

My hands are still shaking in great disbelief as I share this magical moment! Received the most awaited email yesterday night
Card/ Document Production
On January 13, 2012, we ordered production of your new card. Please allow 30 days for your card to be mailed to you. If we need something from you we will contact you. If you move before you receive the card, call customer service at 1-800-375-5283.
I don't have words to thank all the gurus and my fellow forum members who helped lighten the bumpy ride in my GC journey! Special thanks to Q,Teddy,Spec,Nishant,Veni and all the gurus for keeping my hopes alive.I wish you all the very best in your GC Journey and beyond.
Here are my details:
NSC || PD : 3 Oct 2007 || RD: 14-Nov-2011 || ND: 25-Nov-2011 || FP : 09-JAN-2012 || EAD/AP : 12-JAN-2011 || I-485: 13-JAN-2011

whereismygclost,

Congratulations! Enjoy your Freedom.

Good to see Nov filer receiving approval. Teddy, Nishanth and others to follow.

[nayekal]

Thanks Nishant! Yup ... I have double masters ... MS and MBA from here. Working fulltime with a Fortune 500 company ...don't know if it mattered ...

Congratulations to whereismygclost and veni.
This confirms that they started not only processing but approving pd's from Oct as well.
Do we have any one who got RFE's among us recent filers.

I hope, my attorney will take care of anything in case of RFE, since I am India right now.

[president99]

Thanks for the confirmation...and congrats!!!!

[whereismygclost]

Thanks kanmani (i have updated my login id!!)Veni,nayekal and president99 for your good wishes!

[RMS_V13]

Are the processing offices closed today- Martin Luther King day

[nishant2200]

Are the processing offices closed today- Martin Luther King day

Yes. Only thing is USCIS officers, some of them have option to work from home and make up their 40 hours that way. But mostly I dont see anything happening today.

[mysati]

Very right concern ..even i was surprised..i got ead card production email on 13th jan and gc card production email the next day jan 14th ...both for me and my wife same sequence ....so yeah its the real gc card approval email ....

Congrats whereismygclost!

It is true, "When it rains, it pours"

[nishant2200]

found some old document:
http://www.nafsa.org/uploadedFiles/N...2004142011.pdf

this one contains a Q&A with NSC and stakeholders. interesting to read. it's not that old, april 2011.

It talks about lot of stuff people seeing like receipt numbers not seeing online, one year EAD vs two year, combined ead/ap, processing times etc

[kd2008]

Please read these details. Very interesting:

http://www.nafsa.org/resourcelibrary....aspx?id=23300

http://www.nafsa.org/_/File/_/TSC_Cu...e_Contacts.pdf

http://www.nafsa.org/_/File/_/Notes_Fall%202010_TSC.pdf

http://www.nafsa.org/_/File/_/TSC_Ge...nformation.pdf

[99mutd08]

Q, I have not even got FP yet. I am beginning to suspect a delay with Oxnard, Ventura county, California ASC is messed up delayed. I have opened service request. Any guys from up here, what say u?

I am not that worried about EAD etc, that has SLA of 90 days. But yes, FP is needed to strike while iron is hot.

Never heard of 485 approval without FP.

Godspeed plz!

Not from there N but defnitely waiting for FP from NSC with ND of 12/05/2011!!

[nishant2200]

Please read these details. Very interesting:

http://www.nafsa.org/resourcelibrary....aspx?id=23300

http://www.nafsa.org/_/File/_/TSC_Cu...e_Contacts.pdf

http://www.nafsa.org/_/File/_/Notes_Fall%202010_TSC.pdf

http://www.nafsa.org/_/File/_/TSC_Ge...nformation.pdf

Wov! That's cool....

http://www.nafsa.org/_/File/_/Notes_Fall%202010_TSC.pdf was very interesting.

[crux123]

Hi,
My PD is current as of Jan 2012 bulletein.But my 485 papers are sitting on attorneys desk for past 3 weeks for EVL.
Currently my employer has been delaying in giving the EVL.
Now since the dates moved by a year in Feb-2012 bulletein , would it adversly impact my appl if i am able to finally submit in Feb as i would get a Feb RD , where as somebody with a later PD than mine , could get an earlier RD.

Does this scenario effectively mean that i eventually end up getting the GC after somebody whose PD was later than mine.

Please advise.Thanks in advance.

[qesehmk]

No worries. 485s are processed in the order of PD not RD.

Hi,
My PD is current as of Jan 2012 bulletein.But my 485 papers are sitting on attorneys desk for past 3 weeks for EVL.
Currently my employer has been delaying in giving the EVL.
Now since the dates moved by a year in Feb-2012 bulletein , would it adversly impact my appl if i am able to finally submit in Feb as i would get a Feb RD , where as somebody with a later PD than mine , could get an earlier RD.

Does this scenario effectively mean that i eventually end up getting the GC after somebody whose PD was later than mine.

Please advise.Thanks in advance.

[qesehmk]

Nishant

I missed this post. Good luck to you. Trust the system ... it is broken in terms of the amount of visas available. But in terms of the process ... i think it works just fine on the average.

Q, I have not even got FP yet. I am beginning to suspect a delay with Oxnard, Ventura county, California ASC is messed up delayed. I have opened service request. Any guys from up here, what say u?

I am not that worried about EAD etc, that has SLA of 90 days. But yes, FP is needed to strike while iron is hot.

Never heard of 485 approval without FP.

Godspeed plz!

[nishant2200]

No worries. 485s are processed in the order of PD not RD.

Q, I believe that apps are processed in order they are received. But since allocation of SO visas is to be in order of PD, DOS would at some point retrogress and make dates current in batches of few months based on their inventory and SO allocated. Hence GC would follow PD order to a great extent. However in inventory building mode, like right now, some AOS folks cud get lucky out of order as well as CP folks definitely.

A very helpful link is http://www.uscis.gov/ilink/docView/A...-0-0-1067.html

See 10.11 section on : Order of Processing

[qesehmk]

Nishant, apps are processed in order of PD predominantly i.e. everything else being equal. If one is stuck in FP and other is all through then the first person even if is from 2005 may not get ahead of the other who may be 2007.

So yes RD matters... but only when both people are nearly same PD with same level of case complexity. Then hte person who filed first will get processed first.

Another time when RD will matter is when the entire category is current. So yes of course then RD is what matters more than PD. But for backlogged countries, USCIS and DOS do try to keep sanctity of PD as much as they can.

Q, I believe that apps are processed in order they are received. But since allocation of SO visas is to be in order of PD, DOS would at some point retrogress and make dates current in batches of few months based on their inventory and SO allocated. Hence GC would follow PD order to a great extent. However in inventory building mode, like right now, some AOS folks cud get lucky out of order as well as CP folks definitely.

A very helpful link is http://www.uscis.gov/ilink/docView/A...-0-0-1067.html

See 10.11 section on : Order of Processing

[crux123]

Thanks Q & Nishant.

So from your replies I can infer that a delay of a few days in eventually getting the GC could be possible because of the delay in submission but if all other things (assuming both cases are clean / no RFE / no other issues FP etc) remain same between two candidates , their PD would obviously decide when they get their GC.

So in my case if I am finally able to submit my appl in late Feb , I still would not be hurt as much by the late submission as anybody with a PD may be 6 months after mine would still be behind me in the GC queue though with an earlier RD.

For a moment I even thought of checking with attorney if I can submit my package without an "EVL" (& thus risk a RFE) & just lock in my RD & then send the "EVL" as & when its available. Such a helpless feeling owing to inability to travel for past 4 years owing to visa uncertainties.The "EVL" is probably the last thing employers control in this process.

Nishant, apps are processed in order of PD predominantly i.e. everything else being equal. If one is stuck in FP and other is all through then the first person even if is from 2005 may not get ahead of the other who may be 2007.

So yes RD matters... but only when both people are nearly same PD with same level of case complexity. Then hte person who filed first will get processed first.

Another time when RD will matter is when the entire category is current. So yes of course then RD is what matters more than PD. But for backlogged countries, USCIS and DOS do try to keep sanctity of PD as much as they can.

[08OCT2008]

Issue with PD printed in I-140 and I-485 RN

I had an issue with I-140 under EB2-I having a priority date printed as 08-Oct-2005 instead of 08-Oct-2008. Law firm which is handling my case sent a letter to USCIS to correct the issue but we did not receive an updated I-140 approval notice.

I became current in Jan 2012 based on 08-Oct-2008 PD and I applied for I-485 with the original copy of I-140 (which had a PD of 08-Oct-2005) and the notice we received has the same 08-Oct-2005 PD.

Question is: will this be an issue in case the cut off dates retrogress in the future and I-485 gets approved based on 05 PD instead of 08 PD?

[goforgreen]

My PD is Dec 2007 but I could only file in Jan second week. This was due to delays at both my employer and Attorney. What is the time period to receive receipt number after sending the applications. My attorney said its couple of weeks. What is the general trend for Nov, Dec and Jan filers.

[la_2002_ch]

My PD is Dec 2007 but I could only file in Jan second week. This was due to delays at both my employer and Attorney. What is the time period to receive receipt number after sending the applications. My attorney said its couple of weeks. What is the general trend for Nov, Dec and Jan filers.

2 weeks sounds about right. We filed on Jan 5th (RD) and we got the receipt notice on Saturday.

[sandeep11]

08OCT2008,

You are one lucky guy i guess. I don't see any issues. The better part is they have to pick your case when it is ripe since your PD shows 2005. If all documents are in place and IO is comfortable approving your case you will be greened pretty soon. Good Luck.

Issue with PD printed in I-140 and I-485 RN

I had an issue with I-140 under EB2-I having a priority date printed as 08-Oct-2005 instead of 08-Oct-2008. Law firm which is handling my case sent a letter to USCIS to correct the issue but we did not receive an updated I-140 approval notice.

I became current in Jan 2012 based on 08-Oct-2008 PD and I applied for I-485 with the original copy of I-140 (which had a PD of 08-Oct-2005) and the notice we received has the same 08-Oct-2005 PD.

Question is: will this be an issue in case the cut off dates retrogress in the future and I-485 gets approved based on 05 PD instead of 08 PD?

[goforgreen]

2 weeks sounds about right. We filed on Jan 5th (RD) and we got the receipt notice on Saturday.

Thanks la_2002_ch for the quick response