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I am from India
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I last logged in on 27 Nov 2008
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I have been a member since 24 Jun 2008
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517 posts in trackitt forums
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I added my last post on 07 Nov 2008
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sisyphus's Immigration Cases
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| I-140 case:
Approved in 250 days (28 days less than average*) (0 comments) (View approval trend) |
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| User: |
sisyphus |
Labor Filing Date: |
07 Apr 2004 |
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| Service Center: |
Nebraska |
Processing Type: |
regular |
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| Category: |
EB2 |
Filing Type: |
concurrent |
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| Application Mailed: |
08 Jul 2007 |
USCIS Received Date: |
12 Jul 2007 |
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| USCIS Notice Date: |
12 Jul 2007 |
RFE: |
yes |
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| RFE Reply Date: |
14 Mar 2008 |
I-140 Status: |
approved |
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| Approval Date: |
18 Mar 2008 |
Nationality: |
India |
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| Last Updated: |
25 Jun 2008 |
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*This is the average approval time in the last one year for cases with no RFE. (RFE = Request For Evidence)
| I-485 case:
Approved in 443 days (78 days more than average*) (24 comments) (View approval trend) |
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| User: |
sisyphus |
Priority Date: |
07 Apr 2004 |
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| Service Center: |
Nebraska |
Category: |
EB2 |
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| Application Mailed: |
28 Jul 2007 |
USCIS Received Date: |
25 Jul 2007 |
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| USCIS Notice Date: |
09 Sep 2007 |
Filing Type: |
concurrent |
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| I-140 Processing: |
regular |
I-140 Approval Date: |
08 Mar 2008 |
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| Fingerprinting Date 1: |
18 Oct 2007 |
Fingerprinting Date 2: |
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| RFE: |
yes |
RFE Reply Date: |
03 Oct 2008 |
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| Name Check Status: |
not sure |
Name Check Approval/Denial Date: |
N/A |
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| I-485 Status: |
approved |
Approval Date: |
10 Oct 2008 |
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| Card Ordered Date: |
10 Oct 2008 |
Card Received Date: |
14 Oct 2008 |
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| EAD Applied: |
yes |
AP Applied: |
yes |
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| EAD Approval Date: |
18 Oct 2007 |
AP Approval Date: |
13 Dec 2007 |
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| Nationality: |
India |
Country of Chargeability: |
Finland |
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| Applicant Type: |
dependent |
Last Updated: |
14 Oct 2008 |
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| Notes: |
I was primary all the way, except at the end where cross-chargeability worked! Good luck to all! |
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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: Do Any one has experience sending DUPLICATE RFE?
My lawyer sent a RFE response mistakenly -- it was grossly incomplete and 2.5 months too soon.
When it went it, I did see the online status change to "case processing has resumed". I think that's standard verbiage when they receive and file the response.
If this describes your situation, then I can share with you what my lawyer did.
Luckily I had 1 affidavit ready and 2 in the mail, so we wrote a letter saying "Sorry, we sent the RFE response by mistake. Please accept this package of evidence. Please note that the RFE response wasn't due until early December." Make sure to include ALL evidence in the new package, including what you sent before. Also, it is vital to have the original RFE or a good copy thereof on TOP of your second packet.
The RFE document has a stark warning about submitting all evidence in one go. The point here is that if they get to review your RFE before you send in another response, they may reject it. The chances of that happening are proportional to the time gap between your responses.
To you, redwings, I would recommend submitting all evidence ASAP. Why take chances?
Good luck to all. |
Topic: Lawyer submitted incomplete evidence responding to RFE
redwings, I had some notes in my previous post. You just want USCIS to consider "additional evidence" and mention that your RFE is not due until a certain date. If you can get the birth affidavits quickly, you might want to consider it. My understanding is that the 10th grade certificate does not have mother's name.
Did you copy the verbiage from your RFE? If so, I wouldn't worry too much. The verbiage on my RFE was different -- they already had a birth certificate issued in 2000 with the I-140 etc, but it wasn't good enough for them.
The worst that can happen to you now is another RFE. Take it easy :) |
Topic: Lawyer submitted incomplete evidence responding to RFE
Thanks to those who contributed to this thread. I have been devilishly busy, but have good news to report. LRIndy, I hope you're right in general here, though your opinion is what happened with my case. The verbiage on RFE is quite stark, presumably to deter people from submitting evidence piecemeal but once the said blunder has been committed, you live with a Democles' sword over your head for a few days. Not a nice feeling! :)
Luckily I received birth affidavits within days of lawyer's blunder. What we did was to file everything, including the newer evidence together and tied it with a letter saying "Sorry, we made a mistake. The RFE wasn't due for another 2 months and we sent you incomplete evidence by mistake. Please accept the contents of this package when adjudicating". The newer package went in 3 business days after the incomplete one -- and in the meanwhile USCIS did not look at it. When they did, they honored our request and granted us a visa number. So we are Green now, and my family has already left for a long vacation after 3-4 years!
Cheers, and good luck to everyone here. It's a great forum, with many helpful and knowledgeable persons like LRIndy make it easily worthwhile! |
Topic: People in Texas are so RACIST... Is overall US like that? Feeling very down on this...
zion2,
Without belittling your traumatic experiences, I wold say that personal experiences differ. Jackasses are everywhere, and if a teen does not go to a school with people of other races, he thinks it is all right to tease (which really is abuse/harass). Usually it is teens and young adults who do this. But I heard a lot of slurs and shouts (twice some missiles) during my 6 years in South (also in a college town), I heard NONE during my 5 years in Minneapolis. It may be true that my experience is rare, but I'll wager that this discrepancy shows you how much less racist Minneapolis is compared to the South. Seriously.
As for the West Coast, the system is merit- and wealth- based. If you drive a Bentley no one gives a damn whether you are green or brown. Similarly, if you are really good, Silicon Valley offers unparalleled advancement. I would not compare the Bay Area with MPLS or with Chicago. Talking of Chicago, it has its areas. There are many blacks in Des Plaines and neighboring areas who lead respectable middle class lives. Yes, there is the South Side, but every large city has such enclaves for the poor that often are a minority overall. However, I agree with you substantively about real segregation and racial uniformity in neighborhoods: it's the case all over the country.
Coming back to your experiences, it certainly is traumatic dealing with such things. You wonder what you have done to deserve this. That's why places like West Coast benefit in terms of attracting and retaining best talent. US universities need to do more to avert cases of slurs like this. More CCTV would help. And they should prosecute and let everyone know that bigotry will not be tolerated in a place of learning. |
Topic: People in Texas are so RACIST... Is overall US like that? Feeling very down on this...
foampile, I was talking about the paragraph referring to the prodigal son. A lot of people have a sense of entitlement (because they are in IT, have a degree, whatever) and expect to be received especially well wherever they go. Even if they don't have manner, contextual knowledge and are rude. |
Topic: People in Texas are so RACIST... Is overall US like that? Feeling very down on this...
Many women in India and even men use it to appear lighter-skinned and thus more attractive and desirable. I haven't heard of side effects or toxicity, so it's probably safe and herbal-based. Big seller.
dude, over here, people fry themselves in the sun or tanning salons just to get some complexion, yet in india they are doing exactly the opposite ...
foampile, that is a new thing. If you read The Great Gatsby, then you know in the 1920s, pale deathly white was the 'in' thing as it signified aristocracy or in any case a lack of a need to work in the sun.
It was the GIs returning from foreign posting in the 1950s who made a tan cool. But the widespread tanning is a recent phenomenon. Stay with me and ponder the inversion:
A. Until the 1940s, lighter color was desirable because it meant you didnt have to work!
B. Now, lighter color is NOT desirable because it means you can't afford to leave house!
Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose (The more it changes, the more it is the same). |
Topic: People in Texas are so RACIST... Is overall US like that? Feeling very down on this...
zion2,
I like the perspective you provide on Texas. However, I don't understand why you find the Midwest racist. There's plenty of racism in rural areas, but all urban centers in the midwest -- minneapolis, chicago, des moines are all fine. Lower Midwest is worse off as it segues into the Southeast, but not the upper Midwest. Minneapolis and Des Moines are actually among the top urban areas with most people having a college degree. The quality of schools in Iowa and Minnesota is outstanding. What's your beef, dude?
Prince and the Minneapolis Sound were really popular (and still are for years): and Prince is half-black and bisexual. The rate of readership is quite high in the upper Midwest. Ever go to the library in downtown Minneapolis? Even Ridgedale kicks ass. A free zoo in the Como Park area, hello? Ever saw that in the Bay Area?
Seriously folks, do your homework and gather some facts before you leap to conclusions that a new place you move to does not come running to you and welcome you like the prodigal son.
foampile, second me on that, eh? |
Topic: People in Texas are so RACIST... Is overall US like that? Feeling very down on this...
'fair and handsome' ??? WTF ? that crap probably causes skin cancer.
It is an ointment/cream that is supposed to make your skin lighter! Many women in India and even men use it to appear lighter-skinned and thus more attractive and desirable. I haven't heard of side effects or toxicity, so it's probably safe and herbal-based. Big seller. |
Topic: People in Texas are so RACIST... Is overall US like that? Feeling very down on this...
Bollywood movies does not portray the people's ways. Rajshri's,Yash Chopra's movies show that people are affluent and rich that does not mean whole country is rich and movies like salaam bombay shows people are in utter poverty that does not mean country is the poorest of all. ofcourse Bollywood hero jumps from one tall building to the other which is real Fake. I hope you do not believe in all that. People being nice or not nice comes from their heart, but not where they are from. I was just highlighting the fact that we don't have to show something like a Fake smile when we don't mean it.
I see that you've chosen to pursue a tangential thread here. The point is not about Bollywood.
The point was that Indians should not be talking of racism too loudly and too quickly, a sentiment that was echoed by DesiVidesi : hence the humorous reference to Fair N Lovely.
You're talking about cultural superiority here by saying that we Indians don't fake it but Westerns do. That's a self-serving judgment. Sounds like old patriotic movies from socialist 60s and 70s. Think carefully about it, these are myths that socialism found useful to propound. Are they true? Ask yourself and look around yourself, and take your time. Then make up your mind. |
Topic: People in Texas are so RACIST... Is overall US like that? Feeling very down on this...
Bollywood movies does not portray the people's ways. Rajshri's,Yash Chopra's movies show that people are affluent and rich that does not mean whole country is rich and movies like salaam bombay shows people are in utter poverty that does not mean country is the poorest of all. ofcourse Bollywood hero jumps from one tall building to the other which is real Fake. I hope you do not believe in all that. People being nice or not nice comes from their heart, but not where they are from. I was just highlighting the fact that we don't have to show something like a Fake smile when we don't mean it.
I see that you've chosen to pursue a tangential thread here. The point is not about Bollywood.
The point was that Indians should not be talking of racism too loudly and too quickly, a sentiment that was echoed by DesiVidesi : hence the humorous reference to Fair N Lovely.
You're talking about cultural superiority here by saying that we Indians don't fake it but Westerns do. That's a self-serving judgment. Sounds like old patriotic movies from socialist 60s and 70s. Think carefully about it, these are myths that socialism found useful to propound. Are they true? Ask yourself and look around yourself, and take your time. Then make up your mind. |
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