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I have been a member since 04 Oct 2008
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I added my last post on 19 Jan 2010
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alspu's Immigration Cases
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| I-485 case:
Approved in 332 days (95 days less than average)
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alspu |
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Ukraine |
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| Country of Chargeability: | Ukraine | Applicant Type: | primary | | | Service Center: | Texas | Category: | EB2-NIW | | | Priority Date: | 24 Jun 2008 | Application Filed: | 06 Jul 2008 | | | USCIS Received Date: | 10 Jul 2008 | USCIS Notice Date: | | | | USCIS Receipt Number: | | I-140/485 Filing: | concurrent | | | I-140 Processing Type: | regular | I-140 Approval Date: | | | | First Fingerprint Date: | 05 Sep 2008 | Second Fingerprint Date: | | | | RFE Received?: | no | RFE Received Date: | | | | Reason for RFE: | | RFE Replied Date: | | | | Case Transferred to: | | Transfer Date: | | | | Name Check Status: | | Name Check Approval Date: | | | | I-485 Status: | approved | I-485 Approval/Denial Date: | 03 Jun 2009 | | | Card Production Ordered: | | Card Received Date: | | | | EAD Applied?: | | AP Applied?: | | | | EAD Approval Date: | | AP Approval Date: | | | | EAD Received: | | AP Received: | | | | Time to Get EAD Approval: | | Time to Get AP Approval: | | | | Time to Get Fingerprinting Done: | 61 days | Total Time to Get GC: | 332 days | | | Most Recent LUD: | | Days Elapsed: | | | |
| Case Added to Tracker: |
16 Jun 2009 |
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16 Jun 2009 |
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| I-140 case:
Approved in 345 days (74 days more than average)
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| User: |
alspu |
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Ukraine |
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| Applicant Type: | primary | Service Center: | Texas | | | Category: | EB2-NIW | Priority Date: | | | | Application Filed: | 23 Jun 2008 | USCIS Received Date: | 24 Jun 2008 | | | USCIS Notice Date: | 24 Jun 2008 | USCIS Receipt Number: | | | | I-140/485 Filing: | concurrent | Processing Type: | regular | | | RFE Received?: | yes | RFE Received Date: | 10 Apr 2009 | | | Reason for RFE: | | RFE Replied Date: | 13 Apr 2009 | | | Application Status: | approved | Approval/Denial Date: | 03 Jun 2009 | | | Total Processing Time: | 345 days | Most Recent LUD: | | | | Days Elapsed: | | |
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| alspu's Posts |
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Topic: NIW TO EB1 UPGRADE credentials evaluation
1. Doesnt matter.
2. Good.
3. Bad. The word postdoc and EB1-EA dont get along well. You cant work in any one else's lab if you are extra ordinary. You must have your own lab.
4. good.
5. good. not much value.
6. Doesnt matter. Is it paid membership or were you selected.
7. Good. They must be independent citations.
8. Helps. Did you review journals?
9. Good for you.
EB1-EA is an art. You must silently prepare and go for the kill. Dont rush and get denied. Priority dates will be current and PP is always available.
In the next six months do the following,
1. Try to get elected in associations that require certain criteria for members. Sigma Xi helps. Some people disagree.
2. Review lots of journals. Write to editors and they will send you papers.
3. Chair sessions instead of presenting posters. Posters are for kids, NIW is for boys and EB1-EA is for men. So go for it and chair sessions. It is hard doing it as a post doc but not impossible.
4. Start kissing the ass of some big scientists, so that they will write strong letters. Remember in the letters, they should not talk too much about themselves but about you. NIW and EB1-EA letters have vast differences. NIW letters can be from a scientist loathing about himself and talking about you. But if in the EB1-EA if someone loathes so much about themselves, then the reviewer will use them as a judge for the EB1-EA criteria. He will simply state, be like him to get EB1-EA.
5. Get a darn good lawyer to write a super strong covering letter. The first few paragraphs must clinch the deal. Every sentence should be a killer.
6. The word 'potential' is death for EB1-EA. You must have already accomplished.
I am bored...now..hope this helps... ask me if you need anything else.
Remember, you already have NIW approved, so wait...dont send an underprepared EB1-EA case.
Can't reply better than this. Excellent advice! | |  |  |
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Topic: EB1 was denial
I am so sorry to hear what you went through. I have been here 14 years after 4 M.S and 2 Ph.ds. Yet it seems it was not anough for EB1A. But we cannot loose hope. I am going to try on my own without a lawyer. Perhaps we can collaborate and help each other. You can reach me at anant123_99@yahoo.com
Sorry to hear that you 'loose hope'. With 2 Ph.D.'s you should've known difference between loose and lose :) anough? | | | |
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Topic: I-485 approved but I-140 Pending
Hello,
I-485 shows the following message: Card production ordered.
But I-140 shows: Case Received and Pending.
I called USCIS. But the representative told they are not supposed to disclose any information regarding I-140 to Applicant.
Please give me any suggestions.
Thanks in advance.
Don't worry too much about web updates, they are known to be unreliable. Your i140 must have been approved some time ago. I got my card in June and my i140 is still shown as pending.
Congrats! You are as green as you can be. | | | |
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Topic: EB2-NIW and EB1B filed, H1B expired
I highly recommend not to delay with O1. Read about other people with expired h1b I-94's. According to recent changes in regulations, you will be out of status and deportable as soon as your i94 is expired. AOS under pending i485 doesn't protect you anymore.
Get O1 asap, don't try to save money . I filed it premium this spring and it was approved in 2 days. Only $1k extra
Good advice. I will talk to my boss about O1 but will have to wait a couple of months. My boss has already spent a lot on these two filings. Hopefully they won't decide the EB1 in 2 months.
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Topic: Visitor Visa for Parents...
Same thing for me.
Never sent any affidavits or disclosed any bank info. I haven't even mentioned my visa status when inviting my relatives. I was J1 and my wife was J2. My in-laws got multi-entry visas.
Really good sources of information.
My parents and in laws have gotten US visa twice now...and each time all I gave was a letter of invitation certifying that I will take care of their boarding and lodging. I would also mention where I work and how much I draw.
Personally I will be a little scared to sign that I134 affidavit. I have heard horror stories of people using medical services (emergency) and if you have signed the affidavit....you might be liable.
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Topic: USPS attempted to deliver RFE on saturday
FedEx doesn't deliver to PO Boxes, that's why I also had to send reply to RFE via USPS. | | | |
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Topic: I 485 approved today!!!!
It took me less than a week to get the card after CPO. Don't forget to file change of address after you move. | | | |
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Topic: Got the card
It would've been nice if you could add your cases to the trackers. Then you would really share with others and give them hope. | | | |
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Topic: Resident of CA, can I submit EB1-EA I-140 petition to Texas Service Center
I am in CA and was supposed to file to Nebraska. When I e-filed my I-140, the system instructed me to actually send my application to Texas. Many other people here had the same experience.
However, I regret it. Nebraska is much faster now for EB2-NIW. I would've been greened by now if my application went to Nebraska. Still pending in Texas... | | | |
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Topic: travelling with GC
It was a joke, I just saw your poor English.
Congratulations on your GC! | | | |
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Topic: travelling with GC
I think u concern english speak have to learn. | | | |
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Topic: Case status online does not work
Yes, you can do all that:
I'm not sure what you mean by TSC is still down.
I can go to Case Status online and search for an SRC number and it returns the status (albeit still unchanged) with the date and time stamp : 03-12-2009 07:59 PM EDT. This case is at TSC.
The 'processing times' link for TSC shows I-485's being processed at TSC for July 18, 2008.
Is there some other link that's not working?
But the time stamp that you are getting doesn't mean anyhting. A lot of people have been approved or sent RFE or whatever else but their status remained unchanged. Since Feb 10, there hasn't been any updates at TSC web site (updates are also known as LUD's, or Last Update Date). Same applies to their phone system. | | | |
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Topic: Some how little good hope for all of us
Why haven't I paper-filed to Nebraska... :( I live in California and my I-140 was supposed to go to Nebraska. However, when I e-filed I-140, it went to Texas. And Texas is now 9 months behind Nebraska for EB2-NIW. | | | |
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Topic: Case status online does not work
TSC online system has been down since Feb. 10. | | | |
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Topic: Translation?
uscts says the following: Translations prepared in accordance with 8 CFR 103.2 (b)(3) and guaranteed to be accepted by USCIS and employers.**
Here is the quote from 8 CFR 103.2 (b)(3): " (3) Translations. Any document containing foreign language submitted to the Service shall be accompanied by a full English language translation which the translator has certified as complete and accurate, and by the translator's certification that he or she is competent to translate from the foreign language into English."
Translator can be ANYONE competent in your language. Don't you have Indian friends who can sign the translation that you prepare yourself? Why using any services like uscts? | | | |
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Topic: People who used AP, please help me out
Can't you just cancel your trip to India? I'll bet it is probably some family-related event like wedding. A lot of Indians tend to jeopardize their immigration cases like that. | | | |
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Topic: Translation?
No such thing as a certified translation in the US.
Anyone who is fluent in the language may translate and certify it. Documents may be translated by yourself, but then the translation must be verified by someone else who knows both English, and the language the document was written in. You could ask that person to look at your translation, and confirm its accuracy by signing the following statement which you must include on the same page below your translation:
This is to confirm that the above is a true and correct translation from _________ into English, and that I am competent in both these languages.
__________(prepare signature block) type name of person signing.
It would be a good idea to notarize the signature but it is not required. | | | |
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Topic: I-140 Receipt
Texas online system is down since Feb. 10. You will see your receipts online whenever they fix it. | | | |
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Topic: I-140 Approved
Did you get paper approval notice? Do you see your case approved in the online system? The reason I am asking is because the online systems has not been updated for a while and it would be interesting to see if someone is getting updates there. | | | |
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Topic: Any idea, when TSC plans to fix their online sysem?
alspu...
I have already informed them.... without answering if its down or faulty... they connected me to IO two times only talk about my 485 case.
How to prove that the system is not working??? I am not able ad my new EAD rect number in uscis portfolio.
Well, then you can complain to ombudsman and everywhere else. My point was that I can not complain about anything myself, except for the fact that I am unhappy not to see any LUD's :)
I agree, we should do something about it. It just makes my life so miserable not to know what's going on. It is just impossible to plan anything. And speaking about recession and housing crisis, etc., I would buy house next week if my application was approved. And probably there are tens of thousands of people like me, if not hundreds of thousands. | | | |
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