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| Hello, I'm quasar
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My nationality is Vietnam
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I last logged in on 24 Nov 2008
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I have been a member since 09 Feb 2008
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59 posts in trackitt forums
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I added my last post on 26 Apr 2008
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quasar's Immigration Cases
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| I-485 case:
Approved in 650 days (279 days more than average*) (1 comment) (View approval trend) |
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| User: |
quasar |
Priority Date: |
15 Dec 2005 |
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| Service Center: |
Nebraska |
Category: |
EB2 |
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| Application Mailed: |
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USCIS Received Date: |
20 May 2006 |
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| USCIS Notice Date: |
31 May 2006 |
Filing Type: |
concurrent |
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| I-140 Processing: |
regular |
I-140 Approval Date: |
30 Jul 2006 |
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| Fingerprinting Date 1: |
20 Jun 2006 |
Fingerprinting Date 2: |
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| RFE: |
yes |
RFE Reply Date: |
30 Oct 2006 |
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| Name Check Status: |
pending |
Name Check Approval/Denial Date: |
N/A |
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| I-485 Status: |
approved |
Approval Date: |
29 Feb 2008 |
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| Card Ordered Date: |
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Card Received Date: |
07 Mar 2008 |
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| EAD Applied: |
yes |
AP Applied: |
yes |
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| EAD Approval Date: |
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AP Approval Date: |
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| Nationality: |
Vietnam |
Country of Chargeability: |
Vietnam |
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| Applicant Type: |
primary |
Last Updated: |
07 Mar 2008 |
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| Notes: |
No extra LUD until the emails. Only 1 FP back in mid-2006 as it was electronic scanning |
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*This is the average approval time in the last one year for cases with no RFE. (RFE = Request For Evidence) |
Topic: Laid off today
They have not mentioned anything about my last company revoking the 1-485 yet.
Your ex-employer revoked the I-140, not I-485 of which you are the petitioner. (Re the I-140, they were the petitioner, you beneficiary => so they had the right to retract it.)
We do hope to see your GC approval. I myself will be very excited. Why don't you start counting down from 60?
Best of luck. |
Topic: Two weeks ago I was laid off and today 2 weeks later everything has changed, thank you everyone.
Quasar
Just to let you know that I have a lawyer whom say that I have a very good case.
I have a meeting with him on Monday morning and start my new job on Tuesday.
Thanks Quasar for all your help.
Sweetpea.
You're very welcome. We, trackitters, just offered you some comfort. Glad that you seem to pull thru a tough time.
When I advised you to take up the suit task, my intention was more to slow down your ex-employer's action and buy time. Not really for the money. I am not into lawsuits myself. I could have gone to 2 lawsuits but either didn't pursue it or decided not to. One case was a chain car accident, 5 cars involved. The culprit that created the whole mess ran away, leaving the 1st car that got hit (hardest) hold the bag (Fortunately, she had good insurance). I was pushed hard into the steering-wheel but didn't get hurt, my car remarkably didn't get a scratch. Yet the one that I hit (the last car in the chain) was so greedy, claiming injury, everything (he already got 1,000$ or so, yet wanted more and more). After that, the insurance company (of the poor lady) asked me permission to take pictures of my car as evidence to fight against this guy. I mean, at the accident, this guy got out of his van, running around like a bull, taking pictures after pictures of his car (no scratch at all!) How can there be people that damn greedy? I regret that could have gone to court to testify against this damn man. I would have told him this: "Take the claimed money, then spend it on medications for the injuries you claim to have."
The 2nd case was a reckless airline (a big airline, let me withheld their name) which took off their plane despite they ALREADY discovered (and announced to passengers on board) a technical problem with the plane. Boy, I sensed something wrong here (am I paranoid?). After taking off, the plane had to fly low and eventually made an emergency landing. The craft hovered over ground. I was calm, partly because already prepared for the worst. Must be scary to other passengers. You must see it. Grown-up men wet their pants. An 18-yr-old boy from Australia visibly cried even after we temporarily landed. The airline asked us to wait for them to fix THAT plane (Excuse us? Are you out of your mind???? That airline just filed Chapter whatever shortly before that). We passengers all protested. After several-hour delay for a new plane, we finnaly made it to our intended destination. What would have been the point for a suit here? The airline put us in danger while fully aware of the craft's problems.
I didn't have any interest in pursuing these cases as some others advised me to. There are more important things/goals in life than these. I simply don't wait to exploit other people (be it a government or a public company)'s misfortune. Not because a god is watching. It's simply because since I cannot make the world a better place, I should refrain from making it a terrible place to live. I believe you share this philosophy.
Anyway, your ex-employer treated you bad. You are doing a favor not only for yourself, but for other employees - past, present, and future - for that company.
[Another thing to add: you have to look if some other manager/s performing at par or worse than you yet still in the payroll just because he is male?]
I bet you watched Erin Brockovich? Regardless, fun to watch Julia Robert in that role. It's not for the money. It's for the justice. Someday looking back you will see how extraordinary your life has been. It's worth fighting.
Best wishes. |
Topic: New FBI and USCIS memo on name check
New GC filers = the ones that file in 2009. Their names will be cleared in 90 days at most (again, suppose the FBI keeps its words.) At least the USCIS cannot point its finger at the FBI should a new wave of WoM's floods in starting next year.
I'm sorry that some of current GC filers are held up even when their names are cleared.
Let me put it this way: the new FBI/USCIS memo may not help a few of us, but it certainly doesn't hurt any of us. |
Topic: New FBI and USCIS memo on name check
The FBI/USCIS new memo and the Feb NC memo are orthogonal.
This latest memo is indeed great news for citizenship applicants who are not covered under the other memo.
Down the road, in 2009, this is even beneficial to new GC filers no longer having to potentially wait a 180-day NC limbo to take advatage of the NC memo. [90 days at most if the FBI keeps its words.]
And who knows, the recent GC holders (myself included) may be blessed that their names will be cleared by end-08 with no nasty surprises. Doesn't matter anymore but doesn't hurt to get cleared either. |
Topic: Got my GC, but changed job just 2 weeks ago. Is that a problem for future?
banglagc-
Didn't follow the whole thread. But I guess you should come clean if possible. Don't rely on the current laws, practices, or wisdom that the USCIS won't trace your employment history. Those are laws/practices/wisdom of today, not written in stone. Things might change. Rewind back to Sep 10, 2001, who on earth would have imagined of the horrendous namecheck requirement?
Better safe than sorry. Don't let it haunt you for 5 years. As long as you obtained your GC cleanly this time, no new laws can affect that. |
Topic: Two weeks ago I was laid off and today 2 weeks later everything has changed, thank you everyone.
russianninja, you should go home and wash your hand (the one that typed) :)
So the problem is an oversupply of homes. This is easy for the US to solve if they want to; just ease immigration (unsurprisingly when people immigrate they require places to live, and this has an uncanny ability to ease oversupply problems).
Agreed (partially only). Immigrants, especially skilled workers, add value to the US economy. They create jobs. One study - widely circulated on the Net - argues that one techie generates 5 to 6 derivative jobs. Beside that, these are educated people. So their children tend to be well grown.
But your solution may come too little, too late. I have no intention to hold the bag, man :) |
Topic: Two weeks ago I was laid off and today 2 weeks later everything has changed, thank you everyone.
Sweetpea-
I guess you should ask your immigration lawyer to find ways to have your case adjudicated as soon as possible (write to senators, congresspeople, etc? or even file a suit with USCIS). You reach a safer ground, but the danger is still dangling.
Sorry that I sound ignorant. Obviously this is not your top concern/worry right now with the news of your parents back there. Stay strong. |
Topic: Two weeks ago I was laid off and today 2 weeks later everything has changed, thank you everyone.
I have not got my green card yet, but that is not so important anymore as I have a new dream job with the
competitor of the company that fired me.
Unbelievable. I lost hope, upon reading one of your latest posts. I thought you were painfully giving up fighting...
Life is beautiful beyond words, isn't it? Someday, looking back you'll cherish a life worth living. Smile, we trackitt imagine a smile on your face. We are expecting the day you share with us the news that brings a smile on our faces.
[PS: The fact that the competitor hires you EMBOLDENS your case against your previous employer's claims about your "work incompetence". How sweet!] |
Topic: Got Card Production Ordered Email and Traveling in a Week But No Paper Approval Notice. Stamp?
You're a Canadian national? I thought you would always have been able to work in the US thru some special (NAFTA?) arrangement without the need of H1B or GC... |
Topic: Got Card Production Ordered Email and Traveling in a Week But No Paper Approval Notice. Stamp?
Of course I'm not counting the 30 minutes to wipe the big smile off my face on the way home!
Congrats!
Was the trip part of your celebration plan? Or at least for a festive feeling of being greeted "Welcome home!" instead of "Welcome to America"?
Congrats again. I bet this is a trip to remember. Enjoy! |
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