EB2-3 Predictions (Rather Calculations)

[Moveon]

My dates went current in November but I am being patient. You just have to sit tight. USCIS is currently overwhelmed and let's not overwhelm them anymore. There are many folks with priority date and received date before you who are waiting patiently.

Hi ak7419, Please read my post first. I responded to the RFE back in Jan where they asked for the Supplement-J and medicals . Not sure about the context of your comments or if you fully read mine.

@usvisas , I had not sent the Supp-J on job change . Previously I had sent Supplement-Js when I changed jobs and when I got the RFEs they still always asked for the supplement -J. So this time when I changed jobs , I did not bother sending them that and thought will wait for the RFE when medicals expire.

[gcconnect]

Question for Experts
At what stage of the I485 approval process considered as this year Quota?
All the people’s PD current is considered as this year Quota or only people got I-485 approval message or only people got physical card received?
For example, some one’s date is current and received RFE for something and replied before sep’2021. How this case considered? in 2021 Quota or 2022?

[ak7419]

Hi ak7419, Please read my post first. I responded to the RFE back in Jan where they asked for the Supplement-J and medicals . Not sure about the context of your comments or if you fully read mine.

@usvisas , I had not sent the Supp-J on job change . Previously I had sent Supplement-Js when I changed jobs and when I got the RFEs they still always asked for the supplement -J. So this time when I changed jobs , I did not bother sending them that and thought will wait for the RFE when medicals expire.

Hi @moveon. I am sorry if my reply was not clear. What I meant to say was that there are lof of folks with dates before you who are still waiting for long time even after responding to their RFE recently. All you can do is wait and not overwhelm USCIS

[Moveon]

Hi @moveon. I am sorry if my reply was not clear. What I meant to say was that there are lof of folks with dates before you who are still waiting for long time even after responding to their RFE recently. All you can do is wait and not overwhelm USCIS

Hi ak7419, I still don't understand why you think my responding to an RFE sent by the USCIS is amounting to overwhelming the USCIS. I responded to what they asked for and nothing more . If you don't respond to an RFE its a voluntary abandonment of your GC application . I understand that there are people before me who are waiting and some after me who got it. Dates are all over the place and hard to predict when one will get the GC.
Again , I have never sent anything more than asked if that helps clear the confusion . Wishing everyone a quick GC , no one should suffer GC discrimination based on country of birth when they claim employment merit for EB category.

[Moveon]

Question for Experts
At what stage of the I485 approval process considered as this year Quota?
All the people’s PD current is considered as this year Quota or only people got I-485 approval message or only people got physical card received?
For example, some one’s date is current and received RFE for something and replied before sep’2021. How this case considered? in 2021 Quota or 2022?

Your case needs to be approved to count to the Quota . I hope they suspend the interview process this year else they will waste visas .

[harapatta]

Now the waiting game starts for rfe...

Hope it's not a long wait, or I need to start a new thread for RFE prediction .....

[gcconnect]

Your case needs to be approved to count to the Quota . I hope they suspend the interview process this year else they will waste visas .

Thank you Moveon. Hope they will speedup the process.

[asankaran]

Hope it's not a long wait, or I need to start a new thread for RFE prediction .....

Is there per country quota for issuing RFE ?

[qesehmk]

Is there per country quota for issuing RFE ?

Absolutely not.

[mitul75]

Is there per country quota for issuing RFE ?

There is no per country quota for issuing RFE and theoretically USCIS can issue RFE at random to anyone waiting for an approval of their application; however, most of the time, a service center issues RFEs when your application is within their processing time. So for example, NSC is issuing RFEs to Jan-Mar 2010 EB2-I candidates since they have already issued GCs to most of the folks in 2009 and expect to keep up their pace, while TSC is still sending RFEs to August-September 2009 EB2-I folks, since they are 3-4 months behind in their processing time.

[durri20]

Noob Q - If my i-485/i-765 pkg was sent to TSC but receipts came from NBC ( MSC2190**), TSC still processes my i-485 related processing and RFE issues. Just trying to understand what part TSC vs NBC typically handle in such cases.


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NBC; EB2I-8/24/10; I-485/I-131/I-765: 10/28/20 ; Biometrics -3/23/21

[longwaitgigu]

This is naive question
We applied i485 in November and send to Texas service center. When I got receipt last month it says MSC series and NBC center. So will my case process at TSC or NBC? How r the processing times of NBC?( I did try to search on uscis processing times
I am expecting my dates to be current next month( oct 2010-eb3)
Not received biometric nor RFE for medicals yet.
So if I submit everything on time when I get the RFE and medicals, my case has to be approved by September 2021 to be counted in this year's quota right?
Thankyou so much

[fishelusa]

I suspect NBC with MSC is heavily backlogged to process biometrics it seems. I applied in oct 2020 no update on biometrics schedule.

[Wizoz2]

Hey Guys,
Anyone with TSC and current for over 3 months, reaching out to senators and trying to force a response from the USCIS for dates that are current for EB2 india?

[ak7419]

Hey Guys,
Anyone with TSC and current for over 3 months, reaching out to senators and trying to force a response from the USCIS for dates that are current for EB2 india?

I have been current since November and my case is TSC. I have not had any RFE since 2016. Still waiting to hear from TSC. I have no idea how they are issuing RFEs.

I am not expecting that I will receive GC in hand for another 3 months. My NSC counterparts have already received their GC two or three months ago.

[Wizoz2]

I have been current since November and my case is TSC. I have not had any RFE since 2016. Still waiting to hear from TSC. I have no idea how they are issuing RFEs.

I am not expecting that I will receive GC in hand for another 3 months. My NSC counterparts have already received their GC two or three months ago.

Are you considering submitting a service request or even contacting a senator? Not assuming you have not done it already, but generally wondering if anything is able to help trigger a response from USCIS to touch pending cases.

[rocketfast]

I suspect NBC with MSC is heavily backlogged to process biometrics it seems. I applied in oct 2020 no update on biometrics schedule.

The Eb1-I guys maintain a tracker for MSC with a sample space of > 500 people. According to it, 39% of the people that applied after October 1st are yet to get biometrics appointment. I follow it to get a general idea of approvals.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...#gid=497246112

There are also a couple of Chinese telegram groups that crawl the USCIS case status page to figure out the rate of approvals. There is a decent spike in activity over the last couple of weeks. But, still a long way to go for them to not waste any GCs.

[Wizoz2]

The Eb1-I guys maintain a tracker for MSC with a sample space of > 500 people. According to it, 39% of the people that applied after October 1st are yet to get biometrics appointment. I follow it to get a general idea of approvals.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...#gid=497246112

There are also a couple of Chinese telegram groups that crawl the USCIS case status page to figure out the rate of approvals. There is a decent spike in activity over the last couple of weeks. But, still a long way to go for them to not waste any GCs.

No one updates the tracker on trackitt. It is such a good resource, we would know the rate of RFEs received by category if people started doing so.

[ak7419]

Are you considering submitting a service request or even contacting a senator? Not assuming you have not done it already, but generally wondering if anything is able to help trigger a response from USCIS to touch pending cases.

I submitted an SR a couple of months ago and waiting on hearing from T2 agent. I have not seen any movement on my case since I opened SR so I am not banking on it. I feel like they are processing cases in the order they were received. For example, if someone with 2010 PD sends in his application before yours with 2009 PD and even though your PD is earlier than theirs, USCIS is probably processing their application prior to yours. That's my hypothesis.

I honestly don't think SRs, senators or ombudsmen can help trigger movement in all cases but who knows?? That's the million dollar question.

Or could it be that TSC is allocating all its resources to process EB1 applications simliar to how it moved priority dates?

[fishelusa]

The Eb1-I guys maintain a tracker for MSC with a sample space of > 500 people. According to it, 39% of the people that applied after October 1st are yet to get biometrics appointment. I follow it to get a general idea of approvals.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...#gid=497246112

There are also a couple of Chinese telegram groups that crawl the USCIS case status page to figure out the rate of approvals. There is a decent spike in activity over the last couple of weeks. But, still a long way to go for them to not waste any GCs.

Any trackers for EB2 like above.

[harapatta]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...HAc/edit#gid=0

[longwaitgigu]

Question again
Does on receipt of i485 reflects employment based categories
Eb1, eb2, eb3?
Mine only shows date

[Moveon]

Question again
Does on receipt of i485 reflects employment based categories
Eb1, eb2, eb3?
Mine only shows date

It should show in the "Preference classification" Box that is next to the "Priority Date "

[LeoAugust]

Question again
Does on receipt of i485 reflects employment based categories
Eb1, eb2, eb3?
Mine only shows date

No. It does not have the EB category. I don't see it in my 485 receipt.

[longwaitgigu]

Thankyou
I will check it tonight