Post 485-Filing

[indiaeb2]

Friends just received RFE emails / texts for me and my wife. Let’s see what it is. We did submit affidavits for me and my wife's birth certificates so my guess is it is either EVL or flu shots. Happy to see though that finally the case files were touched.

Yes. Looks like RFE is flowing now. Hey T ..does it says " Initial evidence" or "equesting additional evidence". Looks like there are 2 types of RFE. For me it says "equesting additional evidence'. Not sure what they want.

[TeddyKoochu]

Yes. Looks like RFE is flowing now. Hey T ..does it says " Initial evidence" or "equesting additional evidence". Looks like there are 2 types of RFE. For me it says "equesting additional evidence'. Not sure what they want.

The one for me and my wife is Initial Evidence.

[TeddyKoochu]

Guys, Received "CARD PRODUCTION" ordered email for me,wife and daughter at 9AM.
PD:Oct 28, 2007
RD:Nov 1, 2011
ND:Nov 4,2011

I wish you good luck and peace to everybody. My special prayers for Teddy, Nishant, Leo and indiaeb2.
Thank you Q for this forum. Followed you from your first post in **, You and Teddy helped me see the future with a measured optimism. Thank you.

Many congratulations to you and your family.

[mysati]

Guys, Received "CARD PRODUCTION" ordered email for me,wife and daughter at 9AM.
PD:Oct 28, 2007
RD:Nov 1, 2011
ND:Nov 4,2011

I wish you good luck and peace to everybody. My special prayers for Teddy, Nishant, Leo and indiaeb2.
Thank you Q for this forum. Followed you from your first post in **, You and Teddy helped me see the future with a measured optimism. Thank you.

Congratulations to you and your family!

[soggadu]

needid congratulations....
teddy bhai.... Sorry yaara... I wish,hope and pray it is a chuchi muchi rfe... Waise nice talking to you bro...

[TeddyKoochu]

needid congratulations....
teddy bhai.... Sorry yaara... I wish,hope and pray it is a chuchi muchi rfe... Waise nice talking to you bro...

Thanks Sogaddu It was nice talking to you your prediction was spot on Gchopeful & you are approved and me and IEB2 got RFE's all before Valentine’s day. Good to know we filed through the same attorney just sent him a note informing him on the news.

You will be fine T. Something good is surely round the corner.

Thanks Sun.

[TeddyKoochu]

Some facts about me:
Don't have MS, F1 rejected 3 times back in 1999.
Was in UK for a year in 2001
Had L1, B1, H1 visa multiple times, was employed India for first 8 years.
same employer for past 5 years,About 100 employee consultancy.
Wife had earlier H1, B1 visas. Both work for same employer.

Cool thanks for sharing your background. Mine is almost similar to you but you are senior to me. I came to US first in 2002 on a short business visit when my company gave me an opportunity to lead a team of 5 people, got an admit without aid for MS for the 2003 session but at that time my company gave me a bigger role to lead a team of 25 people and then deputed me to UK for a year. Finally after 7 yrs of working In India I came to US and on H1 and since then working as a consultant with a 100 - 125 people consulting company. Hopefully GC will follow just like you soon .

[TeddyKoochu]

Good news! Happy for you, Teddy.
RFE can be anything like you mentioned. My wife's RFE was to resubmit Identification docs! Sent passport and driver's license copies last week. Now waiting again.

Thanks if you can share some timelines like how many days after the initial notification were RFE received and time to respond. I heard that the applicant also has to sign on the RFE again. Did you see a status update like evidence received by USCIS. Mostly the turnaround by them after the evidence is quick.

[mysati]

Guys and Gals,

I stumbled upon this site this past year and have grown to be a big fan of it. The biggest advantage from my perspective is that if I have any pressing questions, I can get very reliable answers (should say better than my lawyer's and free of cost ). I am so used to the site now that my F5 key is almost not working anymore

It has been a looong journey from my F1 days. Though I work as an FTE for one of the top Financial Co., since my PD is in early 2008 and Atlanta SC, my PERM took more than 2 years to clear audit. Mid 2008 - 2010 was especially hard to even survive (which now corroborates well with the demand destruction). I did not even expect to be current until later this year.

I personally want to thank every single person who contributed(s) to this forum. It is not only the gurus but even some freshmen whose posts clarify some of the basic questions that maybe very specific to an individual. Special thanks to Veni, Nishant, and Grnwtg for answering my PMs and Q, Spec, T and the rest of the gurus for all their insights! I know that all of you do it probono but still take the time and effort to do it right!

Thank you all for making this journey memorable!

P.S. I am still waiting for the approval but have my winner's speech prepared and could not wait to deliver it! Now I just wish to get the approvals and cards soon.

[tackle]

Just an update:

3 of my friends became current along with me in November. We all went to the same Civil Surgeon and so, I'd think that the civil surgeon marked "age not appropriate" against Influenza vaccine for all of us. We all have the same priority dates. 2 of us have RD Nov 1; one has RD Nov 4 and the other has RD Nov 8.

The person with RD Nov 8 just got greened (got emails earlier today). My friend with RD Nov 1 got RFEs for both himself and his wife couple of days back (don't know the reason yet). I (RD Nov 1) and my other friend with RD Nov 4 are still waiting for some kind of activity.

The 4 of us have pretty much identical profiles. Came to US in 2002 to do Masters (same major, same university). Started working as contractor at the same company in 2005. Got hired as Full-Time regulars at the same company in 2007. And, the lawyers sent the same list of documents for all of us.

Lets see how this plays out.

[needid]

My first H1 to US was filed in 2000, I was in UK, converting Sterlings to Rs was too good , In 2001 Nortel/Motorola competing to lay off people( Nortel laid off 40K in 2001 June).Like you, my firsttrip was short, just for 3 weeks,It was on Jan 25th 2002, through HCL Tech, chennai.

You have earned a lot of good Karma on all GC forums. Your posts reflect your maturity and and patience. When the things were too bad back in 2008 and 2009, you were the one who helped everybody keep spirits high. You'll get the card in few days.

Cool thanks for sharing your background. Mine is almost similar to you but you are senior to me. I came to US first in 2002 on a short business visit when my company gave me an opportunity to lead a team of 5 people, got an admit without aid for MS for the 2003 session but at that time my company gave me a bigger role to lead a team of 25 people and then deputed me to UK for a year. Finally after 7 yrs of working In India I came to US and on H1 and since then working as a consultant with a 100 - 125 people consulting company. Hopefully GC will follow just like you soon .

[TeddyKoochu]

My first H1 to US was filed in 2000, I was in UK, converting Sterlings to Rs was too good , In 2001 Nortel/Motorola competing to lay off people( Nortel laid off 40K in 2001 June).Like you, my firsttrip was short, just for 3 weeks,It was on Jan 25th 2002, through HCL Tech, chennai.

You have earned a lot of good Karma on all GC forums. Your posts reflect your maturity and and patience. When the things were too bad back in 2008 and 2009, you were the one who helped everybody keep spirits high. You'll get the card in few days.

Thanks four your kind words. Yes in those days GBP was strong and even the Rupee was doing better, now both are down compared to the dollar. UK immigration used to be much simpler though now things are becoming tough there as well. IT job market and opportunities in US are far better than UK though. Again congrats on your GC now you can explore the US market better like a free bird.

[vp5856]

Thanks if you can share some timelines like how many days after the initial notification were RFE received and time to respond. I heard that the applicant also has to sign on the RFE again. Did you see a status update like evidence received by USCIS. Mostly the turnaround by them after the evidence is quick.

1. Text and Email: Jan 27th. I was excited to see the text. Previous day I and my kid was approved. Bit of an anti climax looking at RFE
2. Attorney received letter: Feb 3rd. She asked to send her passport and driver's license copies. I did not receive RFE letter, forget even to sign it! Sent copies to Attorney on the Feb 4th (at her home office in person)
3. Text and Email: Feb 6th - evidence received and RFE initial review.
4. CPO: hopefully within next 2 weeks.

[TeddyKoochu]

1. Text and Email: Jan 27th. I was excited to see the text. Previous day I and my kid was approved. Bit of an anti climax looking at RFE
2. Attorney received letter: Feb 3rd. She asked to send her passport and driver's license copies. I did not receive RFE letter, forget even to sign it! Sent copies to Attorney on the Feb 4th (at her home office in person)
3. Text and Email: Feb 6th - evidence received and RFE initial review.
4. CPO: hopefully within next 2 weeks.

Thanks, appreciate your time sharing all the details.

[red2green]

CONGRATULATIONS to Soggadu bhai,gchopeful and all others who got approved.

guess we can't call TSC - Tortoise Service Center any more.

I am still waiting for my file to be touched.Hoping to see either approval/rfe next week.

btw, guys I got this weird doubt - I know there are couple guys(one of them is my friend) with the same first name & last name as mine, though they didn't apply for 485 in November,they applied in later months.

Do you think that will delay my gc processing as 'Name Check' process hits couple of matches ?

Teddy- goodluck with rfe, gotta be a easy one..

Good luck too all still waiting...

[what_ever]

Well, my lawyer cost me a good two weeks. I guess my civil surgeon is entitled to cause me another couple of weeks. Such is life.

Did you need to go back to the civil surgeon to certify the flu shots or did you just respond to the RFE with proof of the shots? Please keep copious notes on what you sent back. I'm just going to keep the response ready and send it back as soon as I receive my RFE.

USCIS sends the whole medical test report back to you. Take it to the civil surgeon without opening the envelope. Show him the proof that you took the flu shot. We took the shot from the same physician. He will make a note of that on the 693, and reseal it back in the new envelope that USCIS provides. You mail that packet out to CIS. It is pretty straightforward.

[tackle]

Just an update:

3 of my friends became current along with me in November. We all went to the same Civil Surgeon and so, I'd think that the civil surgeon marked "age not appropriate" against Influenza vaccine for all of us. We all have the same priority dates. 2 of us have RD Nov 1; one has RD Nov 4 and the other has RD Nov 8.

The person with RD Nov 8 just got greened (got emails earlier today). My friend with RD Nov 1 got RFEs for both himself and his wife couple of days back (don't know the reason yet). I (RD Nov 1) and my other friend with RD Nov 4 are still waiting for some kind of activity.

The 4 of us have pretty much identical profiles. Came to US in 2002 to do Masters (same major, same university). Started working as contractor at the same company in 2005. Got hired as Full-Time regulars at the same company in 2007. And, the lawyers sent the same list of documents for all of us.

Lets see how this plays out.

Well, the only thing I could think that is different between the friend that got greened and the rest of us is that he has a son who was born in US (an thereby a citizen). However, I don't know if that has any bearing on this.

[gc0907]

Congrats needid...

[reachme_s]

Gurus,

Today I got the receipt notice and the dependent's priority date in the 485 notice is the same as received date which is 2-Feb-2012. Is it something normal, or should I be concerned?

PD: Feb 2009 || RD:02-Feb-2012 || ND: 07-Feb-2012 || FP:

[Pdmar08]

Gurus,

Today I got the receipt notice and the dependent's priority date in the 485 notice is the same as received date which is 2-Feb-2012. Is it something normal, or should I be concerned?

PD: Feb 2009 || RD:02-Feb-2012 || ND: 07-Feb-2012 || FP:

It's normal, no need to worry.

[reachme_s]

Thanks Pdmar08. This site and the people here are just awesome!! :-)

[indiaeb2]

The one for me and my wife is Initial Evidence.

Hey Big T and 101002007 ,Loe and others - I want to clarif'y on my RFE Type. Sorry i am consfussed by text ..case type says "Request for Evidence" and down it says additional evidence.

Your Case Status: Request for Evidence

On February 10, 2012, we mailed a notice requesting additional evidence or information in this case I485 APPLICATION TO REGISTER PERMANENT RESIDENCE OR TO ADJUST STATUS

Please let me know how is yours?.........so i can be sure if its additional or initial

what is the difference between them?..which will help to prepare docs releated to that

[TeddyKoochu]

Hey Big T and 101002007 ,Loe and others - I want to clarif'y on my RFE Type. Sorry i am consfussed by text ..case type says "Request for Evidence" and down it says additional evidence.

Your Case Status: Request for Evidence

On February 10, 2012, we mailed a notice requesting additional evidence or information in this case I485 APPLICATION TO REGISTER PERMANENT RESIDENCE OR TO ADJUST STATUS

Please let me know how is yours?.........so i can be sure if its additional or initial

what is the difference between them?..which will help to prepare docs releated to that

Refer to the following instructions for I485 - http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/i-485instr.pdf. On Page 3 there is a section called initial evidence, I believe that this should correspond to the initial evidence RFE while everything else should be additional evidence. It may well be a small thing for you like pay stubs / tax return, DL copy etc.

[chagas]

Wanted to share good news.....

Our I-485's got approved !!!..... got SMS/e-mail's yesterday late night. Approvals based on spouse PD (12/4/2007).

SC - TSC
RD - 12/1/2011
ND - 12/2/2011
FP - 1/12/2012

Many thanks to Q and all the contributors for providing/sharing the excellent analysis during the past 1 year. I can’t begin to put my gratitude into words, but just know that when I say THANK YOU, it means so much more than that...

Wish you all good luck !!

[soggadu]

Congratulations chagas....
Teddy I was thinking that additional info might be around BC and Initial might be around medical.... I remember you telling me that you guys didn't have flu shots... I am guessing that might be it for you guys!!!!

I wish you all guys who have revived rfe emails such silly rfe's.... You should be laughing your way to the post office on that day itself to reply them back with no tensions !!!!!

My avatar won't be dancing until you guys start getting cleared!!!!