Post 485-Filing

[cool_guy_2004]

Soggadu bhai and Mesan sis, thank u very much.

Mesan, hope you will get current soon.
Hm those days are all gone, mom's cooking , escape from household work, diwali and colourful dresses. India polamnu nanaikiren.

Hi Kanmani,

How long did it take for your receipts numbers to appear on the USCIS automated status and to get EAD approved after your FP? Today I got my FP done, so trying to get a rough estimate.

[self.coach]

Yeah! I didn't find "Black eyes" and circled "hazel" but she changed it to "Brown" :-)

BTW, this is interesting that some of you are able to see the status of you EAD/AP the same day after FP but I am still not able to see my case status online although I completed my FP on 8th Mar.

Not entirely true, that. I called USCIS today as my case was not found on Case Status link. They too could not find, so they 'escalated' it to next level. There, they were able to find it (without asking for SRC number, just asked for first name, last name, birthdate and address, but I suspect that my SRC number was passed on when it was escalated).

The USCIS cust rep said "no one can check the status online for some reason" and then also stated that my application shows as "Pending" and I have to wait for it to take its time.

[bieber]

thank you bud!!!!... Wassup with your case?

EAD/AP in hand, FP done, NSC

[makmohan]

BTW, this is interesting that some of you are able to see the status of you EAD/AP the same day after FP but I am still not able to see my case status online although I completed my FP on 8th Mar.

Sorry if my reply was confusing. EAD/AP status got changed last week and had nothing to do with FP.

[soggadu]

EAD/AP in hand, FP done, NSC

well i wish u good luck and speedy approvals... would be awesome if you can put your dates in your signature...

[nabrika]

Thank you all for your wishes!

[ram_40001]

Hello everyone in the immigration blogosphere. I wanted to thank you for keeping me well informed and educated about this arduous painstaking process.

I just received my CPO email almost 3 (very very long) weeks after and RFE response was received for a minor Flu shot, at NSC no less.

Funny thing is I actually called this afternoon, received same recorded message saying that it was still within the 60 days etc, and 15 mins after I hung up had my CPO email.

Good luck to all of you who are still waiting

NSC- PD Aug 17 2007 - RD Nov 2 2011 - RFE Feb 19 2012 - RFE Review Feb 23 2012 - CPO March 13 2012

[reachme_s]

FP done today. On the questionnaire to be filled at the time of FP, there was no option "black" for the color of eyes .. they put that as "brown".. lol..



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GC Journey:

PD EB2I: April-2008
Packet Sent to TSC: 1/31/2011
RD 2/1/2012 http://www.qesehmk.org/forums/member.php?1532-ram_40001
ND 2/3/2012
NRD 2/10/2012
FP Notice 2/14/2012
EAD/AP Combo Card (Primary): 3/9/2012
FP done for both: 3/13/2012
Spouse EAD/AP: ?
485 - ??

Congratulations ram_40001!

I was wondering the same, why there wasnt any option "black" for the color of the eyes..

[soggadu]

Hello everyone in the immigration blogosphere. I wanted to thank you for keeping me well informed and educated about this arduous painstaking process.

I just received my CPO email almost 3 (very very long) weeks after and RFE response was received for a minor Flu shot, at NSC no less.

Funny thing is I actually called this afternoon, received same recorded message saying that it was still within the 60 days etc, and 15 mins after I hung up had my CPO email.

Good luck to all of you who are still waiting

NSC- PD Aug 17 2007 - RD Nov 2 2011 - RFE Feb 19 2012 - RFE Review Feb 23 2012 - CPO March 13 2012

awesome....now you can say ram naam satya hein to all the old documentation.... congratulations!!!!!

[mesan123]

Congratulations.....

hello everyone in the immigration blogosphere. I wanted to thank you for keeping me well informed and educated about this arduous painstaking process.

I just received my cpo email almost 3 (very very long) weeks after and rfe response was received for a minor flu shot, at nsc no less.

Funny thing is i actually called this afternoon, received same recorded message saying that it was still within the 60 days etc, and 15 mins after i hung up had my cpo email.

Good luck to all of you who are still waiting

nsc- pd aug 17 2007 - rd nov 2 2011 - rfe feb 19 2012 - rfe review feb 23 2012 - cpo march 13 2012

[mesan123]

Book the ticket and go home as soon as you can.....no more visa tension..... have nice time with amma...

Soggadu bhai and Mesan sis, thank u very much.

Mesan, hope you will get current soon.
Hm those days are all gone, mom's cooking , escape from household work, diwali and colourful dresses. India polamnu nanaikiren.

[harsha131]

Friends......We are greened today :-) Got the CPO email at 11.45 PST but I was late checking it. Thanks to fellow members, one and all for all your views and jokes that kept this forum very lively. From the day of filing I don't remember a single day I missed to read the forum, good luck to every one waiting for their GC's.

I am glad I am home today and was able shout out my happiness....went to my wife's office and conveyed the message by gifting her green flowers. She just won the weight watchers in their office and my news just made her uncontrollable. Very relieved and now we can just focus on our next month trip to India after 4.5years.

Go Green everyone.

[Umesh1209]

Friends, I have a quick question. My wife used to work till Oct on H1b and she took a maternity break from Oct'11 till now. She moved to H4 based on my H1 petition in Oct'11. She found a job in Jan and applied for H1B(based on her old petition). She received a RFE. RFE is to prove client relationship and a client letter would be the best option.
Her client is hesitant to give a client letter but they have a SoW. Her employer is planning to respond to RFE with the SoW. Mean while, we filed for our 485 and should received our EAD in the next few weeks hopefully.

Question is - If my wife's H1 is denied, will it impact our 485. I dont think so, since she has a valid H4 petition she should be fine. I want to check with experts on this. Please provide your suggestions

Thanks for your help

[nishant2200]

H1 denial will not impact her 485, if she is on a valid H4.

Friends, I have a quick question. My wife used to work till Oct on H1b and she took a maternity break from Oct'11 till now. She moved to H4 based on my H1 petition in Oct'11. She found a job in Jan and applied for H1B(based on her old petition). She received a RFE. RFE is to prove client relationship and a client letter would be the best option.
Her client is hesitant to give a client letter but they have a SoW. Her employer is planning to respond to RFE with the SoW. Mean while, we filed for our 485 and should received our EAD in the next few weeks hopefully.

Question is - If my wife's H1 is denied, will it impact our 485. I dont think so, since she has a valid H4 petition she should be fine. I want to check with experts on this. Please provide your suggestions

Thanks for your help

[TeddyKoochu]

Friends......We are greened today :-) Got the CPO email at 11.45 PST but I was late checking it. Thanks to fellow members, one and all for all your views and jokes that kept this forum very lively. From the day of filing I don't remember a single day I missed to read the forum, good luck to every one waiting for their GC's.

I am glad I am home today and was able shout out my happiness....went to my wife's office and conveyed the message by gifting her green flowers. She just won the weight watchers in their office and my news just made her uncontrollable. Very relieved and now we can just focus on our next month trip to India after 4.5years.

Go Green everyone.

Congratulations to you and your family, enjoy green life.

[JJcalifornian]

I'm one of the Feb filer, received the receipt notice on Feb17,2012, but no FP yet, called up customer care, they said to call them back if you haven't received after 30 days of receiving receipt notice. Just checking is there any one having similar experience? Didn't hear about this 30days time frame after receiving the receipt notice.

[nishant2200]

yes, that's standard procedure. 30 days after receving receipt notices in hand, if you don't have FP notice, they can open an SR if you request so.

I'm Feb filer received the receipt notice on Feb17,2012, but no FP yet, called up customer care, they said to call them back if you haven't received after 30 days of receiving receipt notice. Just checking is there any one having similar experience? Didn't hear about this 30days time frame after receiving the receipt notice.

[reachme_s]

Friends......We are greened today :-) Got the CPO email at 11.45 PST but I was late checking it. Thanks to fellow members, one and all for all your views and jokes that kept this forum very lively. From the day of filing I don't remember a single day I missed to read the forum, good luck to every one waiting for their GC's.

I am glad I am home today and was able shout out my happiness....went to my wife's office and conveyed the message by gifting her green flowers. She just won the weight watchers in their office and my news just made her uncontrollable. Very relieved and now we can just focus on our next month trip to India after 4.5years.

Go Green everyone.

Congratulations harsha13!!

[reachme_s]

Yeah! I didn't find "Black eyes" and circled "hazel" but she changed it to "Brown" :-)

BTW, this is interesting that some of you are able to see the status of you EAD/AP the same day after FP but I am still not able to see my case status online although I completed my FP on 8th Mar.

usernameisnotvalid - our NDs and FP dates are the same..you should be able to see the EAD/AP soon...

[mesan123]

Congratulations Harsha...

Friends......We are greened today :-) Got the CPO email at 11.45 PST but I was late checking it. Thanks to fellow members, one and all for all your views and jokes that kept this forum very lively. From the day of filing I don't remember a single day I missed to read the forum, good luck to every one waiting for their GC's.

I am glad I am home today and was able shout out my happiness....went to my wife's office and conveyed the message by gifting her green flowers. She just won the weight watchers in their office and my news just made her uncontrollable. Very relieved and now we can just focus on our next month trip to India after 4.5years.

Go Green everyone.

[Soleil]

Not entirely true, that. I called USCIS today as my case was not found on Case Status link. They too could not find, so they 'escalated' it to next level. There, they were able to find it (without asking for SRC number, just asked for first name, last name, birthdate and address, but I suspect that my SRC number was passed on when it was escalated).

The USCIS cust rep said "no one can check the status online for some reason" and then also stated that my application shows as "Pending" and I have to wait for it to take its time.

I am also sailing the same boat , not able to see my case status online. Do you recommend calling USCIS ? Will it be L2 officer who would answer the call.

[vizcard]

FP done today. On the questionnaire to be filled at the time of FP, there was no option "black" for the color of eyes .. they put that as "brown".. lol..

Yeah! I didn't find "Black eyes" and circled "hazel" but she changed it to "Brown" :-)

Just so you know, humans don't have black eyes. Its a very dark brown but not black.

[gc0907]

Had the black/brown eye color experience at DMV branch. I wrote as Black and the lady there changed that to brown saying normally humans have very dark brown eyes but not actually black. So during FP I opted for Brown.

FP done today. On the questionnaire to be filled at the time of FP, there was no option "black" for the color of eyes .. they put that as "brown".. lol..
Very professional experience though. Got there 15 mins early and got done in 45 mins (out of which total wait time at several steps was 25 mins).

Online status for spouse EAD was "Approved" and now it is changed to "CPO". But no updates on AP. Has anyone received separate cards for EAD and AP?

- Makmohan


---------------------------
GC Journey:

PD EB2I: April-2008
Packet Sent to TSC: 1/31/2011
RD 2/1/2012
ND 2/3/2012
NRD 2/10/2012
FP Notice 2/14/2012
EAD/AP Combo Card (Primary): 3/9/2012
FP done for both: 3/13/2012
Spouse EAD/AP: ?
485 - ??

[essenel]

Folks, I got my CPO email yesterday evening.

This forum has been incredibly helpful, not only in terms of learning about the process and understanding exactly what is going on thanks to top notch analysis, but has also been a place to share our experiences and go through the GC journey together (and vent when necessary (which has been often!!) )

Thanks everyone for sharing your experiences and answering numerous questions - Teddy, Leo, Tackle, IEB2, Nishant, Soggadu, gcseeker, and many others who post in the 485 thread and of course for your valuable analysis - Teddy, Q, Nishant, Spec, Kanmani, Veni and several others who contribute to the predictions thread.

Teddy and Tackle, waiting eagerly for your approvals!!

[soggadu]

Folks, I got my CPO email yesterday evening.

This forum has been incredibly helpful, not only in terms of learning about the process and understanding exactly what is going on thanks to top notch analysis, but has also been a place to share our experiences and go through the GC journey together (and vent when necessary (which has been often!!) )

Thanks everyone for sharing your experiences and answering numerous questions - Teddy, Leo, Tackle, IEB2, Nishant, Soggadu, gcseeker, and many others who post in the 485 thread and of course for your valuable analysis - Teddy, Q, Nishant, Spec, Kanmani, Veni and several others who contribute to the predictions thread.

Teddy and Tackle, waiting eagerly for your approvals!!

congratulations essenel bhai... weekend shurru ho gaya aap ka :-)

teddy, i am looking forward to hear from you around the ides of march!!!!!