EB2-3 Predictions (Rather Calculations)

[gcconnect]

Before forms ready , i booked the Doctor appointment and gets medicals done. By the time Medicals sealed cover ready, got forms from attorney and sent both signed forms and medicals .
if you plan to send this month, calculate the time - appointment booking, LAB results-> Doctor and sealed cover on your hand, Forms and medicals send to Attorney . If i am not wrong, last date to send USCIS on OCT'29 from your attorney to reach this month.

[Zenzone]

https://www.yahoo.com/money/coronavi...143916866.html
Stimulus talks are on AGAIN. Do you think stopping FB spillover is included? if yes, will USCIS pull back dates this (oct) month.

This has been answered several times before. Any stimulus bill negotiated will be brand new and had to be passed again in the House. This has been confirmed by both Dems and GOP. Also, for any substantial deal going through the chances are very slim.

[Zenzone]

Anyone working with fragomen
They have still not got i485 and i944 form ready for us to sign
With our oct 2010 eb3 PD- we r trying to push medicals too as I dont want RFE later and then delay in issuing gc if at all our interview gets waived. We r not submitting ead and ap either as we both have our h1bs. But they look hesitant for medicals. I think I have reasoning to submit medicals now.
My question is
For medicals - do I have to wait for my attorney to get i485 draft ready and then take appointment.
Or just start right away the process and then convince them

You can do the medicals separately. But if I were you, I will not do the Medicals now.

[1312011_eb2I]

Thank you.
Pelosi has give 48hrs to GOP to provide a plan.
I am worried since my attorney has not filed my application. He is planning to submit by End of this Month.

[Zenzone]

Thank you.
Pelosi has give 48hrs to GOP to provide a plan.
I am worried since my attorney has not filed my application. He is planning to submit by End of this Month.

Even then you have this month to file. Also, retroactive removal of fiscal 2021 SO is not going to happen. This has been also answered by some lawyers including Greg Siskind. So I won't get anxi. about it right now. This year's SO is something EB community can go to bank with. Its real, IMHO.

[inspired_p]

Even then you have this month to file. Also, retroactive removal of fiscal 2021 SO is not going to happen. This has been also answered by some lawyers including Greg Siskind. So I won't get anxi. about it right now. This year's SO is something EB community can go to bank with. Its real, IMHO.

It is as real as USCIS wants it to be. Wasting numbers is not a new thing. Let's really hope that at least 50% of the available visas are issued in all the categories.

[Zenzone]

It is as real as USCIS wants it to be. Wasting numbers is not a new thing. Let's really hope that at least 50% of the available visas are issued in all the categories.

I didn't talk about the potential for visa wastage at all here. The question was about the language in the HEROES Act.

[vsivarama]

Thank you.
Pelosi has give 48hrs to GOP to provide a plan.
I am worried since my attorney has not filed my application. He is planning to submit by End of this Month.

odds of SO being pushed back to FB are about the same of Getting S386 passed in the senate. I would worry about SO being wasted than losing it. So if you want to worry about something at least worry about the right stuff!! LOL! Just to lighten the mood here.

[1312011_eb2I]

Thank you all for clarifying. If we sure shot will get SO , then I will stop worrying about such news.

[inspired_p]

Thank you all for clarifying. If we sure shot will get SO , then I will stop worrying about such news.

All the best. The best we can do is make sure we get our applications in before this month end and get in queue.

[redsox2009]

I wanted to share some positive news. Last week I received my 485 Approval notices.


I personally wanted to Thank Q and Spec for all their efforts and help in getting this community move forward. I learned a lot through this forum and I helped some of my friends.

Throughout the journey, I made some mistakes, but in the last mile, I made sure I was one step ahead of the game and got my 485 approved.

My first PERM was supposed to be in 2006 and I did not push my management to get the Perm done and in 2007 when I was ready for PERM I requested my employer if there are any unused PERMS which I could use. Employer mentioned to me there are 3 PERMS and I can use them if I my experience falls in any one of the categories to support the documentation. I was out of the country and when I returned back, guess what was new policy!!! PERMS cannot be transferable.

In 2007 my PERM started and due to the economic meltdown and recession, my perm was on hold. In 2009 my company lawyer literally HUNTED me down and begged me to file PERM, I was so absorbed in the carrier goals and aspects and forgot about PERM. If I have to say THANKS she will be the first person. My management put tons of hurdles to stop the PERM and she fought on my behalf and got the PERM done in a timely fashion. At one point my company attorney threatened the company that the company is liable for a civil lawsuit if the company doesn't act accordingly.

In 2011, a bright ambitious guy moved to a new company and in the process, he forgot to push HR about the PERM. Guess who missed the GC filing slot in 2012. You guessed it correctly.

I learned my lesson the hard way and since then I focussed much of my time with family and started running the numbers when and where the dates are and started using this forum for more analysis and forecasting.

In 2014, I changed the company and made sure my PERM was started after the 90 day wait period.

Around Jan 2018, I was 100% confident that by September 2018, my dates will become current under the EB3 category. However, I was a couple of months early to my predictions. My date became current in Nov 2018. Around March 2018, I went to my company management and requested to start the downgrade process and the company HR said the company policy is "no two I-140's for the same employee". It took me 6 months to request them to change and show them the cost-benefit and get the approval. Around Oct 2018, my company finally approved my second I-140 i.e. to downgrade the application. In Nov 2018 My company immigration attorney sent me a form to sign the I-140, I told them "I will sign the document after seeing the Visa Bulletin" and I told them I'm more than 100% confident that my date under EB3 will be current. In a couple of days, Bulletin got released and my date became current. Since I fought and got my downgrade process, some of my colleagues took advantage of the new policy and they got their downgrading started. Around Dec 2018, I filed my I-485.

Believe me, since then I made numerous calls to USCIS to get the ball rolling. My fingerprint was delayed by a week, and made sure the I got fingerprint within the next 10 days. My interview dates were delayed by a month, guess who was on the phone. I did not hesitate to call them when I felt something was needed. This month My final action date was current and I called USCIS on OCT1st and raised the SR. This was my last mile, I was one step ahead of the game plan since Jan 2018.

When some of my colleagues were filing for their PERMS, I literally begged them to file PERM ASAP, and not to argue with the management about the EB2/EB3 category. I advised many folks to file PERM and get the date locked. I advised them if you miss a date by a single day, it could lead you to wait for a month or decade. Some of my colleagues followed my advice and some ignored my advice.

Believe me on Sept 24th when Bulletin was released my phone kept ringing from morning 7:30 AM to 11:30 PM, some of my colleagues called to Thank me and some to know the process of downgrading, some of my friends called to learn the process and asking my inputs. Around Sept 29th, my company said they changed the Policy back to " No two I-140's", but I kept telling my colleagues to keep pushing and some managers were directly in touch with me on how to get the ball rolling, etc..
A couple of days later the company gave in and allowed my colleagues to downgrade the applications. Since Sept 24th I'm getting calls from some of my old friends and they wanted to know the process and asking for help in getting their company to agree to downgrade. I kept calling them and advising accordingly.

Lessons I learned during my GC process. Never give up and keep your spirits high up.

1.) Never delay in filing the PERM.
2.) if you change the company, act fast and swiftly in getting your PERM filed and approved. Always assume your date will be current in the next bulletin or else you will sloppy with filing.
3.) When your date is current, and after you file I-485, keep up with activities and make sure the USCIS is working on your application.
4.) When talking to USCIS, you don't tell them what should happen, ask them where your file should be (in which stage). If your file is behind, I'm pretty sure they will feel guilty and work on your file.

Good Luck to all new filers and Best wishes to all of you.

Keep this community grow and increase your immigration knowledge.

[inspired_p]

I wanted to share some positive news. Last week I received my 485 Approval notices.


I personally wanted to Thank Q and Spec for all their efforts and help in getting this community move forward. I learned a lot through this forum and I helped some of my friends.

Throughout the journey, I made some mistakes, but in the last mile, I made sure I was one step ahead of the game and got my 485 approved.

My first PERM was supposed to be in 2006 and I did not push my management to get the Perm done and in 2007 when I was ready for PERM I requested my employer if there are any unused PERMS which I could use. Employer mentioned to me there are 3 PERMS and I can use them if I my experience falls in any one of the categories to support the documentation. I was out of the country and when I returned back, guess what was new policy!!! PERMS cannot be transferable.

In 2007 my PERM started and due to the economic meltdown and recession, my perm was on hold. In 2009 my company lawyer literally HUNTED me down and begged me to file PERM, I was so absorbed in the carrier goals and aspects and forgot about PERM. If I have to say THANKS she will be the first person. My management put tons of hurdles to stop the PERM and she fought on my behalf and got the PERM done in a timely fashion. At one point my company attorney threatened the company that the company is liable for a civil lawsuit if the company doesn't act accordingly.

In 2011, a bright ambitious guy moved to a new company and in the process, he forgot to push HR about the PERM. Guess who missed the GC filing slot in 2012. You guessed it correctly.

I learned my lesson the hard way and since then I focussed much of my time with family and started running the numbers when and where the dates are and started using this forum for more analysis and forecasting.

In 2014, I changed the company and made sure my PERM was started after the 90 day wait period.

Around Jan 2018, I was 100% confident that by September 2018, my dates will become current under the EB3 category. However, I was a couple of months early to my predictions. My date became current in Nov 2018. Around March 2018, I went to my company management and requested to start the downgrade process and the company HR said the company policy is "no two I-140's for the same employee". It took me 6 months to request them to change and show them the cost-benefit and get the approval. Around Oct 2018, my company finally approved my second I-140 i.e. to downgrade the application. In Nov 2018 My company immigration attorney sent me a form to sign the I-140, I told them "I will sign the document after seeing the Visa Bulletin" and I told them I'm more than 100% confident that my date under EB3 will be current. In a couple of days, Bulletin got released and my date became current. Since I fought and got my downgrade process, some of my colleagues took advantage of the new policy and they got their downgrading started. Around Dec 2018, I filed my I-485.

Believe me, since then I made numerous calls to USCIS to get the ball rolling. My fingerprint was delayed by a week, and made sure the I got fingerprint within the next 10 days. My interview dates were delayed by a month, guess who was on the phone. I did not hesitate to call them when I felt something was needed. This month My final action date was current and I called USCIS on OCT1st and raised the SR. This was my last mile, I was one step ahead of the game plan since Jan 2018.

When some of my colleagues were filing for their PERMS, I literally begged them to file PERM ASAP, and not to argue with the management about the EB2/EB3 category. I advised many folks to file PERM and get the date locked. I advised them if you miss a date by a single day, it could lead you to wait for a month or decade. Some of my colleagues followed my advice and some ignored my advice.

Believe me on Sept 24th when Bulletin was released my phone kept ringing from morning 7:30 AM to 11:30 PM, some of my colleagues called to Thank me and some to know the process of downgrading, some of my friends called to learn the process and asking my inputs. Around Sept 29th, my company said they changed the Policy back to " No two I-140's", but I kept telling my colleagues to keep pushing and some managers were directly in touch with me on how to get the ball rolling, etc..
A couple of days later the company gave in and allowed my colleagues to downgrade the applications. Since Sept 24th I'm getting calls from some of my old friends and they wanted to know the process and asking for help in getting their company to agree to downgrade. I kept calling them and advising accordingly.

Lessons I learned during my GC process. Never give up and keep your spirits high up.

1.) Never delay in filing the PERM.
2.) if you change the company, act fast and swiftly in getting your PERM filed and approved. Always assume your date will be current in the next bulletin or else you will sloppy with filing.
3.) When your date is current, and after you file I-485, keep up with activities and make sure the USCIS is working on your application.
4.) When talking to USCIS, you don't tell them what should happen, ask them where your file should be (in which stage). If your file is behind, I'm pretty sure they will feel guilty and work on your file.

Good Luck to all new filers and Best wishes to all of you.

Keep this community grow and increase your immigration knowledge.

Congratulations !! Long journey :-) . On a personal note, it's good to see EB3 downgrade working in getting the wait times cut down so much.. gives me hope that I am doing the right thing by asking my employer to apply in EB3 even though EB2 is possible.

[Spectator]

redsox,

Many, many congratulations on your approval. What a relief.

I'm genuinely pleased for you personally.

Thanks for telling your story. What a journey! I think your point about continuing to own the process is well made and applies to many things outside the immigration journey as well.

I feel you are one of the few kindred spirits left who analyze the diminishing data that's left. I hope you'll stick around for a while to continue doing so.

All the best

Spec

[mjaggu]

I wanted to share some positive news. Last week I received my 485 Approval notices.


I personally wanted to Thank Q and Spec for all their efforts and help in getting this community move forward. I learned a lot through this forum and I helped some of my friends.

Throughout the journey, I made some mistakes, but in the last mile, I made sure I was one step ahead of the game and got my 485 approved.

My first PERM was supposed to be in 2006 and I did not push my management to get the Perm done and in 2007 when I was ready for PERM I requested my employer if there are any unused PERMS which I could use. Employer mentioned to me there are 3 PERMS and I can use them if I my experience falls in any one of the categories to support the documentation. I was out of the country and when I returned back, guess what was new policy!!! PERMS cannot be transferable.

In 2007 my PERM started and due to the economic meltdown and recession, my perm was on hold. In 2009 my company lawyer literally HUNTED me down and begged me to file PERM, I was so absorbed in the carrier goals and aspects and forgot about PERM. If I have to say THANKS she will be the first person. My management put tons of hurdles to stop the PERM and she fought on my behalf and got the PERM done in a timely fashion. At one point my company attorney threatened the company that the company is liable for a civil lawsuit if the company doesn't act accordingly.

In 2011, a bright ambitious guy moved to a new company and in the process, he forgot to push HR about the PERM. Guess who missed the GC filing slot in 2012. You guessed it correctly.

I learned my lesson the hard way and since then I focussed much of my time with family and started running the numbers when and where the dates are and started using this forum for more analysis and forecasting.

In 2014, I changed the company and made sure my PERM was started after the 90 day wait period.

Around Jan 2018, I was 100% confident that by September 2018, my dates will become current under the EB3 category. However, I was a couple of months early to my predictions. My date became current in Nov 2018. Around March 2018, I went to my company management and requested to start the downgrade process and the company HR said the company policy is "no two I-140's for the same employee". It took me 6 months to request them to change and show them the cost-benefit and get the approval. Around Oct 2018, my company finally approved my second I-140 i.e. to downgrade the application. In Nov 2018 My company immigration attorney sent me a form to sign the I-140, I told them "I will sign the document after seeing the Visa Bulletin" and I told them I'm more than 100% confident that my date under EB3 will be current. In a couple of days, Bulletin got released and my date became current. Since I fought and got my downgrade process, some of my colleagues took advantage of the new policy and they got their downgrading started. Around Dec 2018, I filed my I-485.

Believe me, since then I made numerous calls to USCIS to get the ball rolling. My fingerprint was delayed by a week, and made sure the I got fingerprint within the next 10 days. My interview dates were delayed by a month, guess who was on the phone. I did not hesitate to call them when I felt something was needed. This month My final action date was current and I called USCIS on OCT1st and raised the SR. This was my last mile, I was one step ahead of the game plan since Jan 2018.

When some of my colleagues were filing for their PERMS, I literally begged them to file PERM ASAP, and not to argue with the management about the EB2/EB3 category. I advised many folks to file PERM and get the date locked. I advised them if you miss a date by a single day, it could lead you to wait for a month or decade. Some of my colleagues followed my advice and some ignored my advice.

Believe me on Sept 24th when Bulletin was released my phone kept ringing from morning 7:30 AM to 11:30 PM, some of my colleagues called to Thank me and some to know the process of downgrading, some of my friends called to learn the process and asking my inputs. Around Sept 29th, my company said they changed the Policy back to " No two I-140's", but I kept telling my colleagues to keep pushing and some managers were directly in touch with me on how to get the ball rolling, etc..
A couple of days later the company gave in and allowed my colleagues to downgrade the applications. Since Sept 24th I'm getting calls from some of my old friends and they wanted to know the process and asking for help in getting their company to agree to downgrade. I kept calling them and advising accordingly.

Lessons I learned during my GC process. Never give up and keep your spirits high up.

1.) Never delay in filing the PERM.
2.) if you change the company, act fast and swiftly in getting your PERM filed and approved. Always assume your date will be current in the next bulletin or else you will sloppy with filing.
3.) When your date is current, and after you file I-485, keep up with activities and make sure the USCIS is working on your application.
4.) When talking to USCIS, you don't tell them what should happen, ask them where your file should be (in which stage). If your file is behind, I'm pretty sure they will feel guilty and work on your file.

Good Luck to all new filers and Best wishes to all of you.

Keep this community grow and increase your immigration knowledge.

Many Congratulations and thanks for the pointers!!!

[redsox2009]

redsox,

I feel you are one of the few kindred spirits left who analyze the diminishing data that's left. I hope you'll stick around for a while to continue doing so.

Spec

On Sept 24th, my wife was not a happy person as the phone was ringing continuously and on that, she begged me not to take any more calls or do Immigration stuff. On Sept 24th I did not focus on my kid's classes and they missed few classes and she has every right to scream at me.

Yesterday I was on a call with one of my relatives and talking to him, during the conversation multiple times I had to correct him wrt Immigration topic and then I decided " I SHOULD KEEP DOING THE NUMBER ANALYZING and WILL DO THE NUMBERS ANALYZING".

[vedu]

I wanted to share some positive news. Last week I received my 485 Approval notices.


I personally wanted to Thank Q and Spec for all their efforts and help in getting this community move forward. I learned a lot through this forum and I helped some of my friends.

Throughout the journey, I made some mistakes, but in the last mile, I made sure I was one step ahead of the game and got my 485 approved.

My first PERM was supposed to be in 2006 and I did not push my management to get the Perm done and in 2007 when I was ready for PERM I requested my employer if there are any unused PERMS which I could use. Employer mentioned to me there are 3 PERMS and I can use them if I my experience falls in any one of the categories to support the documentation. I was out of the country and when I returned back, guess what was new policy!!! PERMS cannot be transferable.

In 2007 my PERM started and due to the economic meltdown and recession, my perm was on hold. In 2009 my company lawyer literally HUNTED me down and begged me to file PERM, I was so absorbed in the carrier goals and aspects and forgot about PERM. If I have to say THANKS she will be the first person. My management put tons of hurdles to stop the PERM and she fought on my behalf and got the PERM done in a timely fashion. At one point my company attorney threatened the company that the company is liable for a civil lawsuit if the company doesn't act accordingly.

In 2011, a bright ambitious guy moved to a new company and in the process, he forgot to push HR about the PERM. Guess who missed the GC filing slot in 2012. You guessed it correctly.

I learned my lesson the hard way and since then I focussed much of my time with family and started running the numbers when and where the dates are and started using this forum for more analysis and forecasting.

In 2014, I changed the company and made sure my PERM was started after the 90 day wait period.

Around Jan 2018, I was 100% confident that by September 2018, my dates will become current under the EB3 category. However, I was a couple of months early to my predictions. My date became current in Nov 2018. Around March 2018, I went to my company management and requested to start the downgrade process and the company HR said the company policy is "no two I-140's for the same employee". It took me 6 months to request them to change and show them the cost-benefit and get the approval. Around Oct 2018, my company finally approved my second I-140 i.e. to downgrade the application. In Nov 2018 My company immigration attorney sent me a form to sign the I-140, I told them "I will sign the document after seeing the Visa Bulletin" and I told them I'm more than 100% confident that my date under EB3 will be current. In a couple of days, Bulletin got released and my date became current. Since I fought and got my downgrade process, some of my colleagues took advantage of the new policy and they got their downgrading started. Around Dec 2018, I filed my I-485.

Believe me, since then I made numerous calls to USCIS to get the ball rolling. My fingerprint was delayed by a week, and made sure the I got fingerprint within the next 10 days. My interview dates were delayed by a month, guess who was on the phone. I did not hesitate to call them when I felt something was needed. This month My final action date was current and I called USCIS on OCT1st and raised the SR. This was my last mile, I was one step ahead of the game plan since Jan 2018.

When some of my colleagues were filing for their PERMS, I literally begged them to file PERM ASAP, and not to argue with the management about the EB2/EB3 category. I advised many folks to file PERM and get the date locked. I advised them if you miss a date by a single day, it could lead you to wait for a month or decade. Some of my colleagues followed my advice and some ignored my advice.

Believe me on Sept 24th when Bulletin was released my phone kept ringing from morning 7:30 AM to 11:30 PM, some of my colleagues called to Thank me and some to know the process of downgrading, some of my friends called to learn the process and asking my inputs. Around Sept 29th, my company said they changed the Policy back to " No two I-140's", but I kept telling my colleagues to keep pushing and some managers were directly in touch with me on how to get the ball rolling, etc..
A couple of days later the company gave in and allowed my colleagues to downgrade the applications. Since Sept 24th I'm getting calls from some of my old friends and they wanted to know the process and asking for help in getting their company to agree to downgrade. I kept calling them and advising accordingly.

Lessons I learned during my GC process. Never give up and keep your spirits high up.

1.) Never delay in filing the PERM.
2.) if you change the company, act fast and swiftly in getting your PERM filed and approved. Always assume your date will be current in the next bulletin or else you will sloppy with filing.
3.) When your date is current, and after you file I-485, keep up with activities and make sure the USCIS is working on your application.
4.) When talking to USCIS, you don't tell them what should happen, ask them where your file should be (in which stage). If your file is behind, I'm pretty sure they will feel guilty and work on your file.

Good Luck to all new filers and Best wishes to all of you.

Keep this community grow and increase your immigration knowledge.

Congratulations redsox. Good job buddy!

[suninphx]

redsox,

Many congratulations!

[GCMirage]

Congratulations redsox2009.

[qesehmk]

I wanted to share some positive news. Last week I received my 485 Approval notices.

Redsox - many congratulations. You seem to be one bright fellow. Employers are after you. Good for you! All the best for life ahead.

p.s. You are the first ever person I have seen where a company lawyer fought for you with the company. Completely unheard of!!

[delguy]

Anyone working with fragomen
They have still not got i485 and i944 form ready for us to sign
With our oct 2010 eb3 PD- we r trying to push medicals too as I dont want RFE later and then delay in issuing gc if at all our interview gets waived. We r not submitting ead and ap either as we both have our h1bs. But they look hesitant for medicals. I think I have reasoning to submit medicals now.
My question is
For medicals - do I have to wait for my attorney to get i485 draft ready and then take appointment.
Or just start right away the process and then convince them

Yes and same experience here too. No medicals this time and still waiting for forms to be signed. Almost 2 weeks since I submitted everything to them.

[YTeleven]

Congratulations Redsox.

[inspired_p]

That time of the month , where we can start speculating / predicting /calculating the dates for the next month 😂
What do the gurus think ? What would ‘rapid movement’ mean according to USCIS ?

[sudiva]

Congratulations !!! Very inspiring.

wow... great narration of your timeline. Really appreciate your time and effort put in to writing your experiences.

I was wondering why you took initiative to call USCIS several times as mentioned below? Was that to get your case moving or to find out where it stood? Request to share the purpose of the calls. Thank you.

I wanted to share some positive news. Last week I received my 485 Approval notices.

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Believe me, since then I made numerous calls to USCIS to get the ball rolling. My fingerprint was delayed by a week, and made sure the I got fingerprint within the next 10 days. My interview dates were delayed by a month, guess who was on the phone. I did not hesitate to call them when I felt something was needed. This month My final action date was current and I called USCIS on OCT1st and raised the SR. This was my last mile, I was one step ahead of the game plan since Jan 2018.
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Keep this community grow and increase your immigration knowledge.

[Prabhas]

I wanted to share some positive news. Last week I received my 485 Approval notices.


I personally wanted to Thank Q and Spec for all their efforts and help in getting this community move forward. I learned a lot through this forum and I helped some of my friends.

Throughout the journey, I made some mistakes, but in the last mile, I made sure I was one step ahead of the game and got my 485 approved.

My first PERM was supposed to be in 2006 and I did not push my management to get the Perm done and in 2007 when I was ready for PERM I requested my employer if there are any unused PERMS which I could use. Employer mentioned to me there are 3 PERMS and I can use them if I my experience falls in any one of the categories to support the documentation. I was out of the country and when I returned back, guess what was new policy!!! PERMS cannot be transferable.

In 2007 my PERM started and due to the economic meltdown and recession, my perm was on hold. In 2009 my company lawyer literally HUNTED me down and begged me to file PERM, I was so absorbed in the carrier goals and aspects and forgot about PERM. If I have to say THANKS she will be the first person. My management put tons of hurdles to stop the PERM and she fought on my behalf and got the PERM done in a timely fashion. At one point my company attorney threatened the company that the company is liable for a civil lawsuit if the company doesn't act accordingly.

In 2011, a bright ambitious guy moved to a new company and in the process, he forgot to push HR about the PERM. Guess who missed the GC filing slot in 2012. You guessed it correctly.

I learned my lesson the hard way and since then I focussed much of my time with family and started running the numbers when and where the dates are and started using this forum for more analysis and forecasting.

In 2014, I changed the company and made sure my PERM was started after the 90 day wait period.

Around Jan 2018, I was 100% confident that by September 2018, my dates will become current under the EB3 category. However, I was a couple of months early to my predictions. My date became current in Nov 2018. Around March 2018, I went to my company management and requested to start the downgrade process and the company HR said the company policy is "no two I-140's for the same employee". It took me 6 months to request them to change and show them the cost-benefit and get the approval. Around Oct 2018, my company finally approved my second I-140 i.e. to downgrade the application. In Nov 2018 My company immigration attorney sent me a form to sign the I-140, I told them "I will sign the document after seeing the Visa Bulletin" and I told them I'm more than 100% confident that my date under EB3 will be current. In a couple of days, Bulletin got released and my date became current. Since I fought and got my downgrade process, some of my colleagues took advantage of the new policy and they got their downgrading started. Around Dec 2018, I filed my I-485.

Believe me, since then I made numerous calls to USCIS to get the ball rolling. My fingerprint was delayed by a week, and made sure the I got fingerprint within the next 10 days. My interview dates were delayed by a month, guess who was on the phone. I did not hesitate to call them when I felt something was needed. This month My final action date was current and I called USCIS on OCT1st and raised the SR. This was my last mile, I was one step ahead of the game plan since Jan 2018.

When some of my colleagues were filing for their PERMS, I literally begged them to file PERM ASAP, and not to argue with the management about the EB2/EB3 category. I advised many folks to file PERM and get the date locked. I advised them if you miss a date by a single day, it could lead you to wait for a month or decade. Some of my colleagues followed my advice and some ignored my advice.

Believe me on Sept 24th when Bulletin was released my phone kept ringing from morning 7:30 AM to 11:30 PM, some of my colleagues called to Thank me and some to know the process of downgrading, some of my friends called to learn the process and asking my inputs. Around Sept 29th, my company said they changed the Policy back to " No two I-140's", but I kept telling my colleagues to keep pushing and some managers were directly in touch with me on how to get the ball rolling, etc..
A couple of days later the company gave in and allowed my colleagues to downgrade the applications. Since Sept 24th I'm getting calls from some of my old friends and they wanted to know the process and asking for help in getting their company to agree to downgrade. I kept calling them and advising accordingly.

Lessons I learned during my GC process. Never give up and keep your spirits high up.

1.) Never delay in filing the PERM.
2.) if you change the company, act fast and swiftly in getting your PERM filed and approved. Always assume your date will be current in the next bulletin or else you will sloppy with filing.
3.) When your date is current, and after you file I-485, keep up with activities and make sure the USCIS is working on your application.
4.) When talking to USCIS, you don't tell them what should happen, ask them where your file should be (in which stage). If your file is behind, I'm pretty sure they will feel guilty and work on your file.

Good Luck to all new filers and Best wishes to all of you.

Keep this community grow and increase your immigration knowledge.

Redsox,

I am in awe!! First off all congratulations on your freedom .. I can draw some parallels with your journey but man... your preserverance, learning from mistakes and never loosing hope has become the mantra for EB community in recent times and your journey is a cherishable one.. Thanks for sharing it with us all!!

Cheers,

V

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Wow inspiring! Similar story here... was ignorant early on and did not care much about the importance of PERM and locking the PD.

Congratulations! Enjoy!

I wanted to share some positive news. Last week I received my 485 Approval notices.


I personally wanted to Thank Q and Spec for all their efforts and help in getting this community move forward. I learned a lot through this forum and I helped some of my friends.

Throughout the journey, I made some mistakes, but in the last mile, I made sure I was one step ahead of the game and got my 485 approved.

My first PERM was supposed to be in 2006 and I did not push my management to get the Perm done and in 2007 when I was ready for PERM I requested my employer if there are any unused PERMS which I could use. Employer mentioned to me there are 3 PERMS and I can use them if I my experience falls in any one of the categories to support the documentation. I was out of the country and when I returned back, guess what was new policy!!! PERMS cannot be transferable.

In 2007 my PERM started and due to the economic meltdown and recession, my perm was on hold. In 2009 my company lawyer literally HUNTED me down and begged me to file PERM, I was so absorbed in the carrier goals and aspects and forgot about PERM. If I have to say THANKS she will be the first person. My management put tons of hurdles to stop the PERM and she fought on my behalf and got the PERM done in a timely fashion. At one point my company attorney threatened the company that the company is liable for a civil lawsuit if the company doesn't act accordingly.

In 2011, a bright ambitious guy moved to a new company and in the process, he forgot to push HR about the PERM. Guess who missed the GC filing slot in 2012. You guessed it correctly.

I learned my lesson the hard way and since then I focussed much of my time with family and started running the numbers when and where the dates are and started using this forum for more analysis and forecasting.

In 2014, I changed the company and made sure my PERM was started after the 90 day wait period.

Around Jan 2018, I was 100% confident that by September 2018, my dates will become current under the EB3 category. However, I was a couple of months early to my predictions. My date became current in Nov 2018. Around March 2018, I went to my company management and requested to start the downgrade process and the company HR said the company policy is "no two I-140's for the same employee". It took me 6 months to request them to change and show them the cost-benefit and get the approval. Around Oct 2018, my company finally approved my second I-140 i.e. to downgrade the application. In Nov 2018 My company immigration attorney sent me a form to sign the I-140, I told them "I will sign the document after seeing the Visa Bulletin" and I told them I'm more than 100% confident that my date under EB3 will be current. In a couple of days, Bulletin got released and my date became current. Since I fought and got my downgrade process, some of my colleagues took advantage of the new policy and they got their downgrading started. Around Dec 2018, I filed my I-485.

Believe me, since then I made numerous calls to USCIS to get the ball rolling. My fingerprint was delayed by a week, and made sure the I got fingerprint within the next 10 days. My interview dates were delayed by a month, guess who was on the phone. I did not hesitate to call them when I felt something was needed. This month My final action date was current and I called USCIS on OCT1st and raised the SR. This was my last mile, I was one step ahead of the game plan since Jan 2018.

When some of my colleagues were filing for their PERMS, I literally begged them to file PERM ASAP, and not to argue with the management about the EB2/EB3 category. I advised many folks to file PERM and get the date locked. I advised them if you miss a date by a single day, it could lead you to wait for a month or decade. Some of my colleagues followed my advice and some ignored my advice.

Believe me on Sept 24th when Bulletin was released my phone kept ringing from morning 7:30 AM to 11:30 PM, some of my colleagues called to Thank me and some to know the process of downgrading, some of my friends called to learn the process and asking my inputs. Around Sept 29th, my company said they changed the Policy back to " No two I-140's", but I kept telling my colleagues to keep pushing and some managers were directly in touch with me on how to get the ball rolling, etc..
A couple of days later the company gave in and allowed my colleagues to downgrade the applications. Since Sept 24th I'm getting calls from some of my old friends and they wanted to know the process and asking for help in getting their company to agree to downgrade. I kept calling them and advising accordingly.

Lessons I learned during my GC process. Never give up and keep your spirits high up.

1.) Never delay in filing the PERM.
2.) if you change the company, act fast and swiftly in getting your PERM filed and approved. Always assume your date will be current in the next bulletin or else you will sloppy with filing.
3.) When your date is current, and after you file I-485, keep up with activities and make sure the USCIS is working on your application.
4.) When talking to USCIS, you don't tell them what should happen, ask them where your file should be (in which stage). If your file is behind, I'm pretty sure they will feel guilty and work on your file.

Good Luck to all new filers and Best wishes to all of you.

Keep this community grow and increase your immigration knowledge.