Post 485-Filing

[la_2002_ch]

Congrats ragx08..

My dates are very close to you... so hoping to get ours approved in next week or so...

Quick update... got SMS msgs - EAD & AP approved!

Thankyou

[nishant2200]

It's amazing that last year I was just hoping of EAD/AP, and now they feel like worthless documents, and want the real deal

[doctorp]

It's amazing that last year I was just hoping of EAD/AP, and now they feel like worthless documents, and want the real deal

i agree completely, basically i want to be done with this process once and for all, no more renewing EADs every year.
BTW, while TSC being very active last few days, seems like NSC is sleeping ... Nishant, what does your Receipt number data say, have you looked into that lately? I tried doing some i kept on hitting i 90 replacement cards all the time.
Also whats funny is people who have RD earlier than me have receipt number almost 5-6 thousand behind me, may be they assign random numbers !!!
People talk about low hanging fruits, how do they know if it is a low hanging fruit, they have to look at a file, which would result in atleast a soft LUD, my case has not been touched since 12/12/2011.
Can somebody please explain... I am pulling my hair out and wearing out F5 on my key board

[nishant2200]

i agree completely, basically i want to be done with this process once and for all, no more renewing EADs every year.
BTW, while TSC being very active last few days, seems like NSC is sleeping ... Nishant, what does your Receipt number data say, have you looked into that lately? I tried doing some i kept on hitting i 90 replacement cards all the time.
Also whats funny is people who have RD earlier than me have receipt number almost 5-6 thousand behind me, may be they assign random numbers !!!
People talk about low hanging fruits, how do they know if it is a low hanging fruit, they have to look at a file, which would result in atleast a soft LUD, my case has not been touched since 12/12/2011.
Can somebody please explain... I am pulling my hair out and wearing out F5 on my key board

I agree on all counts. Same LUD for me. And crazy amount of I-90. seriously what's the deal with I-90s. Seems like NSC's 80% workload is I-90. Why not just getting citizenship after 5 years, instead of keep renewing your GC using I-90, no more hassle of losing GC, name changes, renewing

I think NSC will perk it up in the second half of month, right now I see them issuing a lot of EAD/AP.

[cbpds1]

Man's desire never ends !!

Now GC, next US Citizen, Governor, Senator, VP etc

It's amazing that last year I was just hoping of EAD/AP, and now they feel like worthless documents, and want the real deal

[doctorp]

I agree on all counts. Same LUD for me. And crazy amount of I-90. seriously what's the deal with I-90s. Seems like NSC's 80% workload is I-90. Why not just getting citizenship after 5 years, instead of keep renewing your GC using I-90, no more hassle of losing GC, name changes, renewing

I think NSC will perk it up in the second half of month, right now I see them issuing a lot of EAD/AP.

I really hope so, I also think as mentioned somewhere earlier that i think if the FBI clearance comes through they pick up the cases, that can explain the randomness of approvals without regard to RD or PD
what say you?

[nishant2200]

Man's desire never ends !!

Now GC, next US Citizen, Governor, Senator, VP etc

true, many years back, I didn't have a Maruti 800 and was dreaming of that

I really hope so, I also think as mentioned somewhere earlier that i think if the FBI clearance comes through they pick up the cases, that can explain the randomness of approvals without regard to RD or PD
what say you?

Yeah true, the background check process can definitely screw up the FIFO processing

[cbpds1]

Guess they use soundex function to find names that match with those of the blacklisted ppl

true, many years back, I didn't have a Maruti 800 and was dreaming of that



Yeah true, the background check process can definitely screw up the FIFO processing

[doctorp]

Guess they use soundex function to find names that match with those of the blacklisted ppl

what is soundex function?

[cbpds1]

They do not check if your name =something but sounds like below

soundex("Euler") == soundex("Ellery"); // E460
soundex("Gauss") == soundex("Ghosh"); // G200
soundex("Hilbert") == soundex("Heilbronn"); // H416
soundex("Knuth") == soundex("Kant"); // K530
soundex("Lloyd") == soundex("Ladd"); // L300
soundex("Lukasiewicz") == soundex("Lissajous"); // L222

Again this was what someone told me

what is soundex function?

[nishant2200]

They do not check if your name =something but sounds like below

soundex("Euler") == soundex("Ellery"); // E460
soundex("Gauss") == soundex("Ghosh"); // G200
soundex("Hilbert") == soundex("Heilbronn"); // H416
soundex("Knuth") == soundex("Kant"); // K530
soundex("Lloyd") == soundex("Ladd"); // L300
soundex("Lukasiewicz") == soundex("Lissajous"); // L222

Again this was what someone told me

We tried playing with soundex a long time back in our product. Basically we offer a search by feature at one place, where you could search by name, and we offered a "sounds like" facility in that, but it was only there in research and prototype kind of mode, and it never saw the day of light for actual production.

[cbpds1]

its present in oracle, so some programmer wud have used it, it wud have saved us pain if he just used = instead

We tried playing with soundex a long time back in our product. Basically we offer a search by feature at one place, where you could search by name, and we offered a "sounds like" facility in that, but it was only there in research and prototype kind of mode, and it never saw the day of light for actual production.

[nishant2200]

Guys, it just struck me that February is the fourth month for November filers, and NSC's processing time is 4 months. So I do feel that a big surge is forthcoming from NSC anytime now for November filers clearance.

[imdeng]

Cogratulations. ~40 days for EAD/AP. Thats not half bad for NSC. Hopefully the dates stay put and you 2008 guys get out of the system this FY :-)

Quick update... got SMS msgs - EAD & AP approved!

Thankyou

[cbpds1]

we are ready to get out today

Cogratulations. ~40 days for EAD/AP. Thats not half bad for NSC. Hopefully the dates stay put and you 2008 guys get out of the system this FY :-)

[essenel]

Guys, it just struck me that February is the fourth month for November filers, and NSC's processing time is 4 months. So I do feel that a big surge is forthcoming from NSC anytime now for November filers clearance.

Nishant, this is if numbers are still available from the 9% monthly allocation, right? I wonder how much of that is still left!

[nishant2200]

Nishant, this is if numbers are still available from the 9% monthly allocation, right? I wonder how much of that is still left!

Not all will qualify. Some will be stuck in RFE, some in background checks, some will be stuck on I-140 approval for concurrently filed, some will slip through the cracks, and so on. And I think some QSP per month also being given by CO, else it would be just 3,600 visas for EB2 each month, not enough for such huge approvals. You are correct though, as soon as huge approval numbers begin hitting DOS, CO might start frowning.

man I hope this year is it for me, so close yet so far, I will die out of craziness.

[nishant2200]

I received all 6 in one shot in the mailbox.

Teddy did not receive one, his own 485 filing receipt, he opened SR for that, and it has still not come to him, though he has already got RFE on his 485.

For EAD/AP, I got approval notices, one combined notice for both EAD and AP, for both me and wife, two notices in total, in one shot.

Then I got wife's EAD/AP card, but not mine. So I called USCIS and obtained tracking number, tracking number said out for delivery by USPS two days back then that day, so I went to USPS and they said they will investigate, and then that evening, magically, my EAD/AP card also showed up in mailbox.

there you have it, all the stuff got from USCIS so far.

One more 'Receipts' question ( sorry Nishant)

Y'all received the Receipts one by one or 6 together? Ours is one missing still.

[nishant2200]

Thank you Nishant. How long do we need to wait to open SR?

I would say wait a week after you got your first five receipts, and then call them and said you have waited a week, and are requesting them to send the filing receipt again.

Interestingly in the case of teddy, he might get his GC before he gets his duplicate filing receipt.

[dec2007]

Nishanth, pls help in answering a questtion,

My pd dec 31 2007, NSC. Ead/ap approved and card picked by usps yesterday.
Due to acquisition of comp. an amended i 140 was filed along with 485.

Do u see this as a reason for delay in adjudication. Thanks.

Otherwise considering 4 month processing time with RD 12/21, expecting something by april.

[ArienGC]

Hello All,

I have been a regular visitor to this forum the past two months. The collective knowledge of this forum is mind blowing and I admire the the mature way in which discussions are held here with the ultimate objective of helping people like me. Hats off to the gurus/moderators here!

Now, some really good news. We(myself + 3 derivatives) got greened yesterday. We received our I485 approval emails at around 4pm yesterday. This was a pleasant surprise but I would be happier if all the people here receive their green cards soon.

This is end of a journey but the beginning of another one.

Good luck to you all.

[sandeep11]

ArienGC, Congratulations to you and your family.

Looks like few early Dec filers ( RDs 1st, 2nd, 5th) are seeing approvals....noticed on trackitt couple of other approvals with these RDs....

Hello All,

I have been a regular visitor to this forum the past two months. The collective knowledge of this forum is mind blowing and I admire the the mature way in which discussions are held here with the ultimate objective of helping people like me. Hats off to the gurus/moderators here!

Now, some really good news. We(myself + 3 derivatives) got greened yesterday. We received our I485 approval emails at around 4pm yesterday. This was a pleasant surprise but I would be happier if all the people here receive their green cards soon.

This is end of a journey but the beginning of another one.

Good luck to you all.

[soggadu]

I received all 6 in one shot in the mailbox.

Teddy did not receive one, his own 485 filing receipt, he opened SR for that, and it has still not come to him, though he has already got RFE on his 485.

For EAD/AP, I got approval notices, one combined notice for both EAD and AP, for both me and wife, two notices in total, in one shot.

Then I got wife's EAD/AP card, but not mine. So I called USCIS and obtained tracking number, tracking number said out for delivery by USPS two days back then that day, so I went to USPS and they said they will investigate, and then that evening, magically, my EAD/AP card also showed up in mailbox.

there you have it, all the stuff got from USCIS so far.

N... How do you get the tracking number from USCIS? I would like to get for my cards too.... Please let me know!!!!

[longgcque]

Congrats ArienGC. You are a Dec filer and it is good to see you folks getting approved. Would you mind sharing some basics on your case US masters/consulting/full time etc.

Enjoy greener life .. good luck

Hello All,

I have been a regular visitor to this forum the past two months. The collective knowledge of this forum is mind blowing and I admire the the mature way in which discussions are held here with the ultimate objective of helping people like me. Hats off to the gurus/moderators here!

Now, some really good news. We(myself + 3 derivatives) got greened yesterday. We received our I485 approval emails at around 4pm yesterday. This was a pleasant surprise but I would be happier if all the people here receive their green cards soon.

This is end of a journey but the beginning of another one.

Good luck to you all.

[ArienGC]

Thank you.

Here is my background info,

MBA from a University here
Working for the consulting arm of a Fortune 500 company
Close to completing 6 years in the US on my H1B
Been with my sponsoring company for the last 5 years.

Let me know if you need any other info!