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I have been a member since 07 Dec 2005
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ChiGreenSOXX's Immigration Cases
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| I-485 case:
Approved in 373 days (53 days less than average)
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ChiGreenSOXX |
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India |
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| Country of Chargeability: | India | Applicant Type: | primary | | | Service Center: | Texas | Category: | EB2 | | | Priority Date: | 12 Jul 2003 | Application Filed: | 02 Jun 2007 | | | USCIS Received Date: | 04 Jun 2007 | USCIS Notice Date: | 13 Jun 2007 | | | USCIS Receipt Number: | | I-140/485 Filing: | concurrent | | | I-140 Processing Type: | regular | I-140 Approval Date: | 19 Feb 2008 | | | First Fingerprint Date: | 10 Jul 2007 | Second Fingerprint Date: | | | | RFE Received?: | no | RFE Received Date: | | | | Reason for RFE: | | RFE Replied Date: | | | | Case Transferred to: | | Transfer Date: | | | | Name Check Status: | not sure | Name Check Approval Date: | | | | I-485 Status: | approved | I-485 Approval/Denial Date: | 09 Jun 2008 | | | Card Production Ordered: | 09 Jun 2008 | Card Received Date: | 14 Jun 2008 | | | EAD Applied?: | yes | AP Applied?: | no | | | EAD Approval Date: | 22 May 2008 | AP Approval Date: | | | | EAD Received: | | AP Received: | | | | Time to Get EAD Approval: | 355 days | Time to Get AP Approval: | | | | Time to Get Fingerprinting Done: | 38 days | Total Time to Get GC: | 373 days | | | Most Recent LUD: | | Days Elapsed: | | | |
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17 Jul 2008 |
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LUD: 6/23/2007 ; 7/11/2007.
Name check pending from June 7, 2007 |
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| I-485 case:
Approved in 411 days (15 days less than average)
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| User: |
ChiGreenSOXX |
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India |
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| Country of Chargeability: | India | Applicant Type: | dependent | | | Service Center: | Texas | Category: | EB2 | | | Priority Date: | 02 Jul 2003 | Application Filed: | 02 Jun 2007 | | | USCIS Received Date: | 04 Jun 2007 | USCIS Notice Date: | 13 Jun 2007 | | | USCIS Receipt Number: | | I-140/485 Filing: | concurrent | | | I-140 Processing Type: | regular | I-140 Approval Date: | 19 Feb 2008 | | | First Fingerprint Date: | 10 Jul 2007 | Second Fingerprint Date: | | | | RFE Received?: | yes | RFE Received Date: | | | | Reason for RFE: | | RFE Replied Date: | 08 Jul 2008 | | | Case Transferred to: | | Transfer Date: | | | | Name Check Status: | too early to say | Name Check Approval Date: | | | | I-485 Status: | approved | I-485 Approval/Denial Date: | 17 Jul 2008 | | | Card Production Ordered: | 14 Jul 2008 | Card Received Date: | 19 Jul 2008 | | | EAD Applied?: | yes | AP Applied?: | yes | | | EAD Approval Date: | 08 Aug 2007 | AP Approval Date: | 01 May 2008 | | | EAD Received: | | AP Received: | | | | Time to Get EAD Approval: | 67 days | Time to Get AP Approval: | 334 days | | | Time to Get Fingerprinting Done: | 38 days | Total Time to Get GC: | 411 days | | | Most Recent LUD: | | Days Elapsed: | | | |
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31 Dec 2008 |
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| Notes: |
Adding details for RFE
RFE email received on 6/9/08
Responded by 7/8/08
TSC received as per Fedex tracking was 7/9/08 and someone called S. Morris received it.
LUD(Hard) 7/9/2008 on I-485
LUD(Hard) 7/9/2008 on I-765
LUD(soft) 7/9/2008 on I |
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| I-140 case:
Approved in 262 days (9 days less than average)
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ChiGreenSOXX |
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India |
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| Applicant Type: | | Service Center: | Texas | | | Category: | EB2 | Priority Date: | 02 Jul 2003 | | | Application Filed: | 02 Jun 2007 | USCIS Received Date: | 04 Jun 2007 | | | USCIS Notice Date: | 13 Jun 2007 | USCIS Receipt Number: | | | | I-140/485 Filing: | concurrent | Processing Type: | regular | | | RFE Received?: | no | RFE Received Date: | | | | Reason for RFE: | | RFE Replied Date: | | | | Application Status: | approved | Approval/Denial Date: | 19 Feb 2008 | | | Total Processing Time: | 262 days | Most Recent LUD: | | | | Days Elapsed: | | |
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31 Dec 2008 |
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LUD: 6/23/2007; 8/12/2007, opened a SR and in 2 weeks got approval
LUD: 2/19/08, 2/20/08, 2/21/08 on I-140 |
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| I-765 (EAD) case:
Approved
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| User: |
ChiGreenSOXX |
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India |
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| Application Type: | new application | Service Center: | Texas | | | Filing Method: | electronic | Application Filed: | | | | USCIS Received Date: | 01 Apr 2008 | USCIS Notice Date: | | | | USCIS Receipt Number: | | RFE Received?: | no | | | RFE Received Date: | | Reason for RFE: | | | | RFE Replied Date: | | Application Status: | approved | | | Approval/Denial Date: | 20 May 2008 | Card Production Ordered: | | | | EAD Received: | | Total Processing Time: | days | | | Most Recent LUD: | | Days Elapsed: | | | |
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20 May 2008 |
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LUD: 4/2, 4/3, 4/4,
Finger prints on 4/19/08.
LUD: 4/21 |
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| I-131 (Advance Parole) case:
Approved
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| User: |
ChiGreenSOXX |
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India |
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| Service Center: | Texas | USCIS District Office: | | | | Filing Method: | electronic | Application Filed: | | | | USCIS Received Date: | 01 Apr 2008 | USCIS Notice Date: | | | | USCIS Receipt Number: | | RFE Received?: | no | | | RFE Received Date: | | Reason for RFE: | | | | RFE Replied Date: | | Application Status: | approved | | | Approval/Denial Date: | 01 May 2008 | AP Received: | | | | Total Processing Time: | days | Most Recent LUD: | | | | Days Elapsed: | | |
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20 May 2008 |
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| Notes: |
LUD: 4/2, 4/3, 4/4, 4/23, 5/19 |
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| Job-Switch After GC case:
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| User: |
ChiGreenSOXX |
Nationality: |
India |
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| Hire Date by Sponsoring Employer: | 16 Jun 2008 | Green Card Approval Date: | 09 Jun 2008 | | | Left Employer On: | 15 Dec 2008 | Reason for Leaving Employer: | Better offer | | | Citizenship Status: | will apply in the future | Citizenship Application Date: | | |
| Case Added to Tracker: |
14 Apr 2009 |
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14 Apr 2009 |
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Topic: Public Charge and I 485
I got my GC on June 2008 and my wife got her's on July 2008, why not together, because I was foolish I said YES to public charge which was actually not public charge. They send a RFE for my wife when I got my approval.
As from my past post my wife did take some assistance and i said those to my lawyer, and my lawyer did not not any stuff and calls himself a Immigration lawyer and he is one of the famous dude in Maryland and Virginia.
Please read below and answer yourself, according to me you need to answer NO but put forth this document from the link below and talk to your lawyer, in my case i have to gather all this document before I approached my lawyer to answer the RFE. I know people who lived on Food stamp and got their GC.
Also you wife took benefit not subject to Public charge, read below
Benefits Not Subject to Public Charge Consideration
Non-cash benefits and special-purpose cash benefits that are not intended for income maintenance are not subject to public charge consideration. Such benefits include:
• Medicaid,
• Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP),
• Food Stamps,
• the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC),
• immunizations,
• prenatal care,
• testing and treatment of communicable diseases,
• emergency medical assistance,
• emergency disaster relief,
• nutrition programs,
• housing assistance,
• energy assistance,
• child care services,
• foster care and adoption assistance,
• transportation vouchers,
• educational assistance,
• job training programs,
• and non-cash benefits funded under the TANF program.
Some of the above programs may provide cash benefits, such as energy assistance, transportation or
child care benefits provided in cash under TANF or the Child Care Development Block Grant
(CCDBG), and one-time emergency payments under TANF.
Since the purpose of such benefits is not for income maintenance, but rather to avoid the need for
on-going cash assistance for income maintenance, they are not subject to public charge
consideration.
Criteria for Public Charge Determinations
The proposed rule states that an alien’s mere receipt of cash assistance for income maintenance, or being institutionalized for long-term care, does not automatically make him or her inadmissible, ineligible to adjust status to legal permanent resident, or deportable on public charge grounds. The law requires that INS and DOS officials consider several additional issues as well. Each determination is made on a case-by-case basis.
Admission and Adjustment of Status
Before an alien can be denied admission to the United States or denied adjustment of status to legal permanent resident based on public charge grounds, a number of factors must be considered by INS and DOS, including: the alien’s age, health, family status, assets, resources, financial status, education and skills. No single factor -- other than the lack of an Affidavit of Support, if required --will determine whether an alien is a public charge, including past or current receipt of public cash benefits for income maintenance.
Deportation
The INS can deport an alien on public charge grounds only if the alien has failed to meet the benefit-granting agency’s demand for repayment of a cash benefit for income maintenance or for the costs of institutionalization for long-term care. INS may initiate removal proceedings only if the benefit-granting agency has the legal authority to demand repayment and has:
• chosen to seek repayment within five years of the alien’s entry into the United States; • obtained a final judgment;
• taken all steps to collect on that judgment; and
• been unsuccessful in those attempts.
Even if these conditions are met, the alien is not deportable on public charge grounds if the alien can show that he or she received public cash benefits for income maintenance or was institutionalized for long-term care for causes that arose after entry into the United States.
Other Public Charge Clarifications
There is no public charge test for naturalization.
Public charge is not a factor in whether a non-citizen can sponsor a relative to come to the United
States.
Benefits received by one member of a family are not attributed to other family members for public
charge purposes, unless the cash benefits amount to the sole support of the family.
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Topic: For all AC21 guys whose I140 and I485 is pending.
I just came across this section in the Immigration Adjudicator's Field Manual on USCIS website.
http://www.uscis.gov/propub/ProPubVAP.jsp?docke...
There I read about this passage, its in chapter 20 section 20.2 item D.
"(d) Form I-140 Petition Must be Approved Prior to a Favorable Determination of a §106(c) AC21 portability request . (Added AD08-06)
On October 18, 2005, USCIS designated Matter of Al Wazzan, A95 253 422 (Jan. 12, 2005) as a USCIS Adopted Decision. This AAO decision established that a petition that is deniable (i.e. not approvable), whether or not the petition is denied 180 days or more after the filing of the adjustment of status application, cannot serve as the basis for approval of adjustment of status to permanent residence under the portability provision of INA § 204(j) . An un-adjudicated Form I-140 petition is not made “valid” merely through the act of filing the petition with USCIS or through the passage of 180 days. Rather, the petition must have been filed on behalf of an alien who was entitled to the employment-based classification at the time that the petition was filed, and therefore must be approved prior to a favorable determination of a §106(c) AC21 portability request."
Can some one decode this message for others whose I140 is pending and want to use AC21.
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Topic: H1B 7-9 Yr RFE
Why is it a difficult query, if you have a job then you can provide the client info and also the job description, but if u dont have a job then u cannot provide client info which will create issue in ur H1 approval.
The client letter and work order are 2 common thing USCIS are asking every H1B applicant no matter whether its new or renewal. | | | |
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Topic: Can my mother get H4 Visa?
Hi,
I am the only child of my parent. My dad passed away and now, I am the only one to take care of my mother. I am on H1B visa and I485 is pending since July 2007. My mom's health is not good, as she of 80 years.
Can I file H4 visa for my mother?
Thanks
Paad
Just want to let u know Money is not everything, dont forget your responsibilities to ur parents. | | | |
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Topic: H E L P - I'M D E S P E R A T E!!!
The Labor Cert was approved - I have a copy but doesn't say EB2 or EB3, though the I-140 says clearly skilled worker or professional.
What I'm sure is that the Labor Cert was done with EB2 requirements. I don't know neither my lawyer why the I-140 was approved as EB3.
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Ok first thing first, do you have a approved I140 notice, check the right side of the document it will clearly mention in which category it was filed under. It will not say EB2 or EB3 but will say the following " 203(b)(2) Member of Professional w/Adv. degree or exceptional Ability".
If it says the above phrase then the best way to get the issue resolved is to talk to an IO .
I had the same issue even though i had I140's filed in EB2 category i later found tht the USCIS has placed me in the wrong category even though all my I140 was filed for EB2. But later the issue got resolved by talking to the IO, u will be lucky if its done by one calling I had to call several times to get this resolved, u can read my post i have it in Trackitt. | | | |
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Topic: Labor Certification Details - for I-485 RFE
Go to this link and request your labor info using FOIA act. U will get your complete labor description in a month u will get a copy of ETA 750B please note NOT ETA 750A.
U can even email or fax or send them a snail mail. U do not need to fill out ur complete info in that request, your name, company name who applied for labor and approx date, if u have the file number or job title u can provide them.
http://www.doleta.gov/foia/
Final note if u need to complete copy of ur I485 then u can file a FOIA with USCIS and that takes 8 months for you to receive it and that package includes everything from labor to I140 to ur I485 along with supporting documents. | | | |
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Topic: Re: Applying for Med School.
Nisra, dont discourage people , an international graduate dont need to get 95+ in USMLE to get an admission for residency, I am telling this because i know so many international docs who got into residency who has score between passing to 85 percentile. | | | |
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Topic: Did you give money to Immigration Voice?
immigrationvoice sucks, they used to delete my threads and even banned me from their website, i hate the way they work. I was one of the first member of IV.
I do not want to give any more details to support my claims because such thread has appeared on Trackitt forum in the past and so dont wan to waste time explaining again.
I only have one advice for all, dont support IV because they dont support the immigration community cause but they just support their pockets and personal benefit and gain. | | | |
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Topic: How to get Labor Copy
Great. I found my case but it starts with "C" not "P" or "D". This link only search for C or D:
http://pds.pbls.doleta.gov/
Where can I search for my labor cert?
A stands for Atlanta processing center (Perm cases)
P stands for Philadelphia processing center(Perm cases) but this one no longer accepts employment bases cases
D stands for Dallas processing center (Backlog cases)
C stands for Atlanta processing center (Backlog cases)
I think only Atlanta processing center accepts the PERM cases while the 2 P and D were for Backlog cases which has now been closed. and Recently they closes Chicago for any employment based labor cert | | | |
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Topic: First GC travel experience
When u are flying in Air India , the rep at the counter do know on what visa u are travelling, because they told me to show my GC card when I reached the counter. | | | |
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Topic: Infopass appt in Baltimore- Please advise
tips, search the forum, dont need to start a new thread for this, do some work, everything cannot be spoon feed. | | | |
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Topic: It is time to go home
Stop all this crap, act mature....................................... stop comparing countries, before u guys say USA is heaven on earth, think first from which countries u all guys came from and what has that country provided u in terms of educations that has got u to this land. | | | |
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Topic: H.R. 5882:To recapture employment-based immigrant visas lost
Guys email and fax the senators and the first lady for this matter. | | | |
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Topic: Got first RFE on May 6th .. any suggestions?
I'm one among the July 2007 filers. Recently first time on May 6th I got RFE. I tried to check with my lawyer whether he has received the notice or not. But he mentioned that it will take couple of week time to get delivered. My questions, quite obviuos as I'm curious on RFE, to this forum are:
1. Is it really that it takes couple of weeks time for RFE notice to get deliver ?
2. Any speculation on RFE like what it would be about etc
Takes normally a week or 2 to get it, in my case both lawyer and the applicant got a copy.
To sepeculate whts gonna be in the RFE is totally useless and waste of time and will lose ur sleep. | | | |
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Topic: Question about form DS134 to bring parents
Just a question, how can one say that he or she is a permanent resident just by having a AOS pending, doesn't we see that I-485 being approved and denied and withdrawn. So I think u cannot say your self till u dont have ur GC approved. | | | |
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Topic: Signal is very clear. Indians Go Home....USCIS
BE positive in life to achieve something. | | | |
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