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    Lightbulb Self Service Forecast @ WWW.WHEREISMYGC.COM

    Dear Friends,

    Happy new Indian year to all of you! Happy Ugadi & Gudhi Padwa!

    On this occasion, it gives me great pleasure to introduce to you a new Self-Service at www.WhereismyGC.com. This site offers a Self Service GC Forecasting Tool (SSFT) for all EB applicants. It will help them forecast when an average candidate might obtain Green Card based on factors such as Spillovers, Processing Times, 485 Decline Rates, and even customized Data Adjustments (e.g. to take care of Demand Destruction.).The tool will feature a default forecast and will also allow one to customize the forecast. We will improve on it on a continuous basis. The idea as always is to present as clear picture (literally this time since there are 4 graphs there!) as possible about Green Card backlog and its future to enable individuals to allow make better decisions about their life and career.

    We have tried our best to maintain privacy of a candidate. The tool forecast doesn’t require your personal information other than PD, Country,and EB Category. So please rest assured of that.

    I would like to disclose that this site is a commercial site. Today we are offering the tool FREE for initial few weeks. After the initial FREE period we will charge minimal amount to offer Daily, Weekly, Monthly subscription.

    This tool and site doesn’t change www.qesehmk.org in any shape way or form. I will continue to participate here and when I update my forecast on SSFT, I will also update it here. This forum will continue to run as a FREE / PUBLIC forum for everybody just as we have in the past. There is absolutely NO binding for you to use the paid service of SSFT whatsoever.

    I thank with all my heart to Teddy, Spec, Veni and Nishant for their help and constructive suggestions about this tool. I look forward to your feedback as well. Please feel free to make suggestions here or in the tool itself. My best wishes to you all in your GC journey and I hope this tool helps you one step further.

    Best Regards,

    Q
    Last edited by qesehmk; 03-27-2012 at 05:25 PM.
    I no longer provide calculations/predictions ever since whereismyGC.com was created.
    I do run this site only as an administrator. Our goal is to improve clarity of GC process to help people plan their lives better.
    Use the info at your risk. None of this is legal advice.

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    Hi,


    Happy Ugadi & Catulations for the new site...i accessed the site and have couple of doubts...when i enter my priority date with out spill over it estimates the date should be current by may 2017 & i will get green card by july 2017....

    i want to know this date is with out spill over right?
    can i know with spill over when my date can be current?( with normal yearly spill over)





    Quote Originally Posted by qesehmk View Post
    Dear Friends,

    Happy new Indian year to all of you! Happy Ugadi & GudhiPadwa!

    On this occasion, it gives me great pleasure to introduce to you a new Self-Serviceat www.WhereismyGC.com. This siteoffers a Self Service GC Forecasting Tool (SSFT) for all EB applicants. It willhelp them forecast by themselves when an average candidate might obtain Green Card based ondifferent factors such as Spillovers, Processing Times, 485 Decline Rates, andeven customized Data Adjustments (e.g. to take care of Demand Destruction.).The tool will feature a default forecast and we will improve on it on acontinuous basis. The idea as always is to present as clear picture (literallythis time!) as possible about Green Card backlog and its future to enableindividuals to allow make better decisions about their life and career.

    We have tried our best to maintain privacy of a candidate. Thetool forecast doesn’t require your personal information other than PD, Country,and EB Category. So please rest assuredof that.

    I would like to disclose that this site is a commercialsite. Today we are offering the tool FREE for initial few weeks. After theinitial FREE period we will charge minimal amount to offer Daily, Weekly,Monthly subscription.

    This tool and site doesn’t change www.qesehmk.org in any shape way or form. Iwill continue to participate here and when I update my forecast on SSFT. I willalso update it here. This forum will continue to run as a FREE / PUBLIC forumfor everybody just as we have in the past. There is absolutely NO binding for youto use the paid service of SSFT whatsoever.

    I thank with all my heart to Teddy, Spec, Veni and Nishantfor their help and constructive suggestions about this tool. I look forward to your feedback as well.Please feel free to make suggestions here or in the tool itself. My best wishesto you all in your GC journey and I hope this tool helps you one step further.

    Best Regards,

    Q

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    Mesan,

    At the bottom of the forecast, there is a link for creating your own forecast. IT will allow you to adjust spillovers.

    Quote Originally Posted by mesan123 View Post
    Hi,


    Happy Ugadi & Catulations for the new site...i accessed the site and have couple of doubts...when i enter my priority date with out spill over it estimates the date should be current by may 2017 & i will get green card by july 2017....

    i want to know this date is with out spill over right?
    can i know with spill over when my date can be current?( with normal yearly spill over)
    I no longer provide calculations/predictions ever since whereismyGC.com was created.
    I do run this site only as an administrator. Our goal is to improve clarity of GC process to help people plan their lives better.
    Use the info at your risk. None of this is legal advice.

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    Q, congrats on the new website! I think it is very generous of you to continue your main blog as an open forum. It looks like the tool will be very helpful to those people who ask specific questions about their priority dates, where as the blog will be helpful to those interested in a broader analysis. Wish you success in your new venture!
    TSC || PD: Aug 08 2007 || Receive date: Nov 08 || EAD/AP: Jan 24 || RFE for birth certificate: Feb 27 || Response received: Mar 5 || CPO email: Mar 13

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    Quote Originally Posted by qesehmk View Post
    Dear Friends,

    Happy new Indian year to all of you! Happy Ugadi & GudhiPadwa!

    On this occasion, it gives me great pleasure to introduce to you a new Self-Serviceat www.WhereismyGC.com. This siteoffers a Self Service GC Forecasting Tool (SSFT) for all EB applicants. It willhelp them forecast by themselves when an average candidate might obtain Green Card based ondifferent factors such as Spillovers, Processing Times, 485 Decline Rates, andeven customized Data Adjustments (e.g. to take care of Demand Destruction.).The tool will feature a default forecast and we will improve on it on acontinuous basis. The idea as always is to present as clear picture (literallythis time!) as possible about Green Card backlog and its future to enableindividuals to allow make better decisions about their life and career.

    We have tried our best to maintain privacy of a candidate. Thetool forecast doesn’t require your personal information other than PD, Country,and EB Category. So please rest assuredof that.

    I would like to disclose that this site is a commercialsite. Today we are offering the tool FREE for initial few weeks. After theinitial FREE period we will charge minimal amount to offer Daily, Weekly,Monthly subscription.

    This tool and site doesn’t change www.qesehmk.org in any shape way or form. Iwill continue to participate here and when I update my forecast on SSFT. I willalso update it here. This forum will continue to run as a FREE / PUBLIC forumfor everybody just as we have in the past. There is absolutely NO binding for youto use the paid service of SSFT whatsoever.

    I thank with all my heart to Teddy, Spec, Veni and Nishantfor their help and constructive suggestions about this tool. I look forward to your feedback as well.Please feel free to make suggestions here or in the tool itself. My best wishesto you all in your GC journey and I hope this tool helps you one step further.

    Best Regards,

    Q
    Congratulations on the launch of this new website. Happy Gudhi Padwa and Happy Ugadi !!
    Last edited by pdfeb09; 03-23-2012 at 11:36 AM.

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    Essenel,

    This forum was always non-profit and will remain so. It is enabled by many many people. I only initiated it! Thanks for your kind words.

    Quote Originally Posted by essenel View Post
    Q, congrats on the new website! I think it is very generous of you to continue your main blog as an open forum. It looks like the tool will be very helpful to those people who ask specific questions about their priority dates, where as the blog will be helpful to those interested in a broader analysis. Wish you success in your new venture!
    Quote Originally Posted by pdfeb09 View Post
    Congratulations on the launch of this new website. Happy Gudi Padwa and Happy Ugadi !!
    Thank you Pfeb!
    I no longer provide calculations/predictions ever since whereismyGC.com was created.
    I do run this site only as an administrator. Our goal is to improve clarity of GC process to help people plan their lives better.
    Use the info at your risk. None of this is legal advice.

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    Pandit
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    Congratulations and best wishes, Q! And thank you for keeping the forum public. I appreciate the fact that you distinguish between the forum and any for-profit venture clearly.
    PD - 3/15/2008 EB2 I TSC l RD - 1/6/2012 l ND - 1/10/2012
    CPO - Awaited

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    Onthedge, Thank you. Appreciate kind words. I hope people find value in the tool and we will keep improving it.

    Quote Originally Posted by ontheedge View Post
    Congratulations and best wishes, Q! And thank you for keeping the forum public. I appreciate the fact that you distinguish between the forum and any for-profit venture clearly.
    I no longer provide calculations/predictions ever since whereismyGC.com was created.
    I do run this site only as an administrator. Our goal is to improve clarity of GC process to help people plan their lives better.
    Use the info at your risk. None of this is legal advice.

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    Yoda
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    Congratulations Q!!

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    Thank you skpanda!
    A request if I may to you and everybody. Please feel free to provide feedback so that we can improve the tool. Any suggestion - howsoever simple and complex is welcome.
    Quote Originally Posted by skpanda View Post
    Congratulations Q!!
    I no longer provide calculations/predictions ever since whereismyGC.com was created.
    I do run this site only as an administrator. Our goal is to improve clarity of GC process to help people plan their lives better.
    Use the info at your risk. None of this is legal advice.

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    Q one suggestion, just a suggestion ....the own forecast link is not user freindly...i mean for a new user it is not clear what all he needs to select...i meant there are many tabs there....can you put some details how to play with that forecast

    Quote Originally Posted by qesehmk View Post
    Mesan,

    At the bottom of the forecast, there is a link for creating your own forecast. IT will allow you to adjust spillovers.

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    Q, the real benefit of this tool will be if it can calculate atleast the most generally acceptable spillover factors or a historic average or something like that to predict the GC date. that might attract people who are not as familiar with the calculations and those who don't frequent this forum as much.

    just my 2 cents. good initiative though, keep up the good work.
    PD: 10.16.2009|| Current 2.1.2012 || RD: 02.29.2012 || ND: 03.02.2012||FP Date : 04.17.2012||EAD/AP Approval : 04.06.2012||EAD/AP Received :04/12/2012||

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    Mesan

    Thank you. Will work upon it.

    Quote Originally Posted by mesan123 View Post
    Q one suggestion, just a suggestion ....the own forecast link is not user freindly...i mean for a new user it is not clear what all he needs to select...i meant there are many tabs there....can you put some details how to play with that forecast
    Quote Originally Posted by mbasense View Post
    Q, the real benefit of this tool will be if it can calculate atleast the most generally acceptable spillover factors or a historic average or something like that to predict the GC date. that might attract people who are not as familiar with the calculations and those who don't frequent this forum as much.

    just my 2 cents. good initiative though, keep up the good work.
    mbasense, thank you too! The tool actually is a bit more sophisticated than that. It has future demand built into it and then it simulates how the visa allocation might happen month by month. So the spillover calculations are quite precise as long as the demand we project for future is reasonable accurate. I agree that the tool will be more useful for somebody who doesn't want to spend too much time on Forum understanding these things. For people on the forum who have a good understanding of all these things, if they need visualization and want to create scenarios, the tool will be useful. But if they just need a pointer tehn the forum already provides that.
    I no longer provide calculations/predictions ever since whereismyGC.com was created.
    I do run this site only as an administrator. Our goal is to improve clarity of GC process to help people plan their lives better.
    Use the info at your risk. None of this is legal advice.

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    Quote Originally Posted by qesehmk View Post
    Dear Friends,

    Happy new Indian year to all of you! Happy Ugadi & GudhiPadwa!

    On this occasion, it gives me great pleasure to introduce to you a new Self-Serviceat www.WhereismyGC.com[FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3].
    Congrats Q! I used it; although have to admit that I am a bit more optimistic than the forecasted date for my case (Jul 2015).

    Overall, it looks like a slick tool. My best wishes!!
    EB2I: PD 08-20-2009 || SC: TSC || RD: 2/10/2012 || ND: 2/15/2012 || FP: 3/14/2012 || RN: SRC1290146*** || EAD/AP-Dependent 3/16/2012 (combo card) received || EAD/AP-Applicant: 3/26/2012 (combo card) first received || Medical/EVL RFE Response Sent with AC21: First time on 7/24/2014, second time on 01/22/2016 || Now what?
    If I were God, I'd give GC to all!

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    Quote Originally Posted by self.coach View Post
    Congrats Q! I used it; although have to admit that I am a bit more optimistic than the forecasted date for my case (Jul 2015).

    Overall, it looks like a slick tool. My best wishes!!
    Me too. For Jul 2008, the tool forecasts a date of Jul 2014, two years from now. Kinda looks out of place, something to consider may be.

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    Self coach, me too am more optimistic. I will be finetuning the tool as we go ahead. I was so much deep into getting the tool developed that i only entered directional info right now.

    I am sure there are quite a few things we will be straightening out. Thanks a lot for note!
    Quote Originally Posted by self.coach View Post
    Congrats Q! I used it; although have to admit that I am a bit more optimistic than the forecasted date for my case (Jul 2015).

    Overall, it looks like a slick tool. My best wishes!!
    I no longer provide calculations/predictions ever since whereismyGC.com was created.
    I do run this site only as an administrator. Our goal is to improve clarity of GC process to help people plan their lives better.
    Use the info at your risk. None of this is legal advice.

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    Congratulations Q! We are grateful to you for all the efforts you put in here for the community. Its little bit hard to digest I have to wait till July 2014 (almost 6 years) for me to get the GC, but I understand it is a conservative estimate.
    TSC || PD: 09/25/2008 || I-485 (RFE for Medicals & EVL): 05/30/2014 || RFE Response Received: 06/23/2014

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    Right now the estimate shown is very conservative. Over next two weeks I will adjust better.
    Quote Originally Posted by HR3012 View Post
    Congratulations Q! We are grateful to you for all the efforts you put in here for the community. Its little bit hard to digest I have to wait till July 2014 (almost 6 years) for me to get the GC, but I understand it is a conservative estimate.
    I no longer provide calculations/predictions ever since whereismyGC.com was created.
    I do run this site only as an administrator. Our goal is to improve clarity of GC process to help people plan their lives better.
    Use the info at your risk. None of this is legal advice.

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    Q,
    Congratulations! on the launch of new tool for Immigration Community. I personally like the 'own forecast' part .
    The tool is more sophisticated and user-friendly only to our Q-forum members, I must say it should be Beginner-friendly for others in the immi-community to understand and use this tool.

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    Kanmani

    Thanks ! We will work towards making it beginner friendly!! Great feedback!!

    Quote Originally Posted by Kanmani View Post
    Q,
    Congratulations! on the launch of new tool for Immigration Community. I personally like the 'own forecast' part .
    The tool is more sophisticated and user-friendly only to our Q-forum members, I must say it should be Beginner-friendly for others in the immi-community to understand and use this tool.
    I no longer provide calculations/predictions ever since whereismyGC.com was created.
    I do run this site only as an administrator. Our goal is to improve clarity of GC process to help people plan their lives better.
    Use the info at your risk. None of this is legal advice.

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    Q, I have a comment - I noticed that you have advertised it on this blog too. Users who visit this site might see the ad, but may not realize that it is being launched by you. You could consider adding something like - 'The creators of qesehmk.org/Q's Blog bring you WhereIsMyGC.com' or something like that...
    TSC || PD: Aug 08 2007 || Receive date: Nov 08 || EAD/AP: Jan 24 || RFE for birth certificate: Feb 27 || Response received: Mar 5 || CPO email: Mar 13

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    essnel, thanks again. Good suggestion. Appreciate it.
    Quote Originally Posted by essenel View Post
    Q, I have a comment - I noticed that you have advertised it on this blog too. Users who visit this site might see the ad, but may not realize that it is being launched by you. You could consider adding something like - 'The creators of qesehmk.org/Q's Blog bring you WhereIsMyGC.com' or something like that...
    I no longer provide calculations/predictions ever since whereismyGC.com was created.
    I do run this site only as an administrator. Our goal is to improve clarity of GC process to help people plan their lives better.
    Use the info at your risk. None of this is legal advice.

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  23. #23
    Quote Originally Posted by qesehmk View Post
    gc_usa - I will move this to the junk folder and we can play mud there.

    But to answer your question - I think the answer is simple - do not use it if you don't find it valuable.

    This forum was and is and will be free. What we have created is a totally separate website that is commercial.
    This makes perfect sense.
    gc_usa, if you look at the website, you will understand the amount of time and effort it takes to create a tool like that. Since you already got the GC, it might not be useful to you. But for the other people who did not get the GC, it is a REALLY useful one. Again, it is not a magical tool that tells you the date when you get the gc, rather it gives you the option to play with different scenarios.
    TSC || PD: 09/25/2008 || I-485 (RFE for Medicals & EVL): 05/30/2014 || RFE Response Received: 06/23/2014

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    Lightbulb Latest updates from WhereisMyGC.com

    Dear Friends,

    We are pleased to announce that today our beta version has moved into full production version.

    With this the forecast is now expanded to EB3, includes NVC data especially for categories such as EB3 philipines and is much more improved for EB2. Thanks to all of you for your suggestions.

    Very soon, you should expect to see a much simpler interface and monthly updates on latest situations around middle of every month.
    You can continue to access the site for free for some more time. If you like the site, please spread the message to other EB folks. And as always - please continue to provide us
    feedback so that we can provide more value to you.

    Best Regards,

    Team WhereismyGC.com
    www.whereismygc.com
    I no longer provide calculations/predictions ever since whereismyGC.com was created.
    I do run this site only as an administrator. Our goal is to improve clarity of GC process to help people plan their lives better.
    Use the info at your risk. None of this is legal advice.

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  25. #25
    Friends,

    Another update from www.whereismygc.com :

    Today we rolled out a simplified interface with some basic free information. I hope you find it useful. Try it out. I would appreciate any feedback you may have.

    p.s. - In a week max - i will incoprorate the new pending inventory data into the tool wihch will make the tool predictions even more accurate.

    Best Wishes,
    Q
    I no longer provide calculations/predictions ever since whereismyGC.com was created.
    I do run this site only as an administrator. Our goal is to improve clarity of GC process to help people plan their lives better.
    Use the info at your risk. None of this is legal advice.

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