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Member Profile: hopefultoo (105 posts)
 
Hello, I'm hopefultoo
My nationality is India
I last logged in 6 hours ago
I have been a member since 12 Sep 2007
I have added 105 posts in trackitt forums
I added my last post on 29 Sep 2008
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hopefultoo's Immigration Cases
 
I-485 case: Pending for 556 days (185 days more than average*)  (0 comments)  (View approval trend)
User: hopefultoo Priority Date: 25 Mar 2005
Service Center: Texas Category: EB2
Application Mailed: 02 Jul 2007 USCIS Received Date: 02 Jul 2007
USCIS Notice Date: 02 Oct 2007 Filing Type: non-concurrent
I-140 Processing: regular I-140 Approval Date:
Fingerprinting Date 1: 02 Nov 2007 Fingerprinting Date 2:
RFE: no RFE Reply Date:
Name Check Status: too early to say Name Check Approval/Denial Date: N/A
I-485 Status: pending Approval/Denial Date: N/A
Card Ordered Date: Card Received Date:
EAD Applied: yes AP Applied: yes
EAD Approval Date: AP Approval Date:
Nationality: India Country of Chargeability: India
Applicant Type: primary Last Updated: 21 Jul 2008
Notes:

*This is the average approval time in the last one year for cases with no RFE. (RFE = Request For Evidence)

hopefultoo's Recent Posts

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Posted in I-485 Forum on 29 Sep 2008
Topic: Just got an email from Visa Now !..what is this?

Could be a typo. I will email them tomorrow...That is all we need..more confusion in this entirely confused process..
Posted in I-485 Forum on 29 Sep 2008
Topic: Just got an email from Visa Now !..what is this?

i have subscribed to this newsletter. it emails me all relevant immigration news...http://www.visanow.com/
Posted in I-485 Forum on 29 Sep 2008
Topic: Just got an email from Visa Now !..what is this?

i have no bloody idea...im as thrown off as the rest :-)
Posted in I-485 Forum on 29 Sep 2008
Topic: Just got an email from Visa Now !..what is this?

i know...i chcked uscis...but this email threw me off
Posted in I-485 Forum on 29 Sep 2008
Topic: Just got an email from Visa Now !..what is this?

just got an email from visa now..pls read below

EB2 is 4/1/04 for India
EB3-7/1/01

DOS Releases Visa Bulletin for the Start of Fiscal Year 2009

The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has issued its Visa Bulletin for October 2008, which is also the first Visa Bulletin for Fiscal Year 2009. Employment-based third (EB-3) preference categories, which had been unavailable since July 2008 for all countries, received an influx of numbers. The cut-off dates for China and India are in 2001, while Mexico’s EB-3 dates cut off in 2002. Priority dates of January 1, 2005, and earlier, are current for EB-3 from the Philippines and all other countries.

While the October Visa Bulletin contained good news for EB-3 beneficiaries and Other Workers, for whom the dates jumped back to January 1, 2003, it was more disappointing for employment-based second (EB-2) preference workers from China and India. In these categories, the priority dates retrogressed from 2006 to April 1, 2004 (for China) and April 1, 2003 (for India). Immigrant visa availability for all other employment-based preference categories remained the same.

The DOS warns in this month’s bulletin that little, if any, forward movement can be expected as the fiscal year continues due to the excess number of Forms I-485, Application to Register Permanent Resident or to Adjust Status, already on file with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and awaiting visa numbers. The USCIS accepted more adjustment applications than were needed to meet the FY 2008 quotas, thus resulting in a backlog. The DOS predicts that the cut-off dates are not likely to advance until the USCIS has determined the extent of its I-485 backlog and how this affects how many more applications it can accept for FY 2009.

Employment - Based All Other Countries China - mainland-born India Mexico Philippines
1st C C C C C
2nd C 4/1/04 4/1/04 C C
3rd 1/1/05 10/1/2001 7/1/01 7/1/02 1/1/05
Other Workers 1/1/03 1/1/03 1/1/03 1/1/03 1/1/03
4th C C C C C
Certain Religious Workers C C C C C
5th C C C C C
Targeted Employment Areas/Regional Centers C C C C C

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Posted in I-485 Forum on 29 Sep 2008
Topic: What is this?

just got an email from visa now..pls read below

EB2 is 4/1/04 for India
EB3-7/1/01

DOS Releases Visa Bulletin for the Start of Fiscal Year 2009

The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has issued its Visa Bulletin for October 2008, which is also the first Visa Bulletin for Fiscal Year 2009. Employment-based third (EB-3) preference categories, which had been unavailable since July 2008 for all countries, received an influx of numbers. The cut-off dates for China and India are in 2001, while Mexico’s EB-3 dates cut off in 2002. Priority dates of January 1, 2005, and earlier, are current for EB-3 from the Philippines and all other countries.

While the October Visa Bulletin contained good news for EB-3 beneficiaries and Other Workers, for whom the dates jumped back to January 1, 2003, it was more disappointing for employment-based second (EB-2) preference workers from China and India. In these categories, the priority dates retrogressed from 2006 to April 1, 2004 (for China) and April 1, 2003 (for India). Immigrant visa availability for all other employment-based preference categories remained the same.

The DOS warns in this month’s bulletin that little, if any, forward movement can be expected as the fiscal year continues due to the excess number of Forms I-485, Application to Register Permanent Resident or to Adjust Status, already on file with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and awaiting visa numbers. The USCIS accepted more adjustment applications than were needed to meet the FY 2008 quotas, thus resulting in a backlog. The DOS predicts that the cut-off dates are not likely to advance until the USCIS has determined the extent of its I-485 backlog and how this affects how many more applications it can accept for FY 2009.

Employment - Based All Other Countries China - mainland-born India Mexico Philippines
1st C C C C C
2nd C 4/1/04 4/1/04 C C
3rd 1/1/05 10/1/2001 7/1/01 7/1/02 1/1/05
Other Workers 1/1/03 1/1/03 1/1/03 1/1/03 1/1/03
4th C C C C C
Certain Religious Workers C C C C C
5th C C C C C
Targeted Employment Areas/Regional Centers C C C C C

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Posted in I-485 Forum on 17 Sep 2008
Topic: Got RFE today: I-485 India EB2 PD Mar 2005 @TSC July 2007 Filer, I-140 approved

i cant see these lazy bums even bothering to send an RFE unless they have a visa # available..
whose to say...they work in such idiotic mysterious ways
Posted in I-485 Forum on 17 Sep 2008
Topic: Got RFE today: I-485 India EB2 PD Mar 2005 @TSC July 2007 Filer, I-140 approved

my sense of this whole madness is that they have already assigned a visa # to the case before thye start processing it. the RFE, if approved should result in a GC regardless of next mnths retrogression
Posted in I-485 Forum on 28 Aug 2008
Topic: Spoke to Attorneys on EB2 after numerous posts/news that it is exhausted

Not sure how many people will buy it but i sure do. My lawyer , as i was discusisng the rumors of the EB2 being exhausted and no more EB2 being processed, went into the AILA web site and said that she did not find anything there. She said that if the DOS did indeed release such information it would be posted first on the AILA website for common access to all immigration attorneys.
She did say that they are slowing down the processing of EB2's to tide them over till end sept. they do not want to have to retrogress dates again mid month and lose credibility as they did last yr with the July fiasco.

I hope you guys keep the faith...
Posted in I-485 Forum on 26 Aug 2008
Topic: EAD renewal -QUESTION

im trying to figure this out from people who got their EAD renewed just before they got their GC.whether theirs was any different?