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Well I saw a support group for Nov (08), Dec (08), Jan (09), Feb (09), Mar (09) even a June (09). I know there are people from April that have been waiting their turn... so this is for us April folks!
I think we may start seeing April cases in early-mid Feb.. Good Luck to us all..
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to jd00786:
Doesn't matter when it starts. We have waited so long what's another month or two? But yes, good luck to us all.
Another fellow April-er :)
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to BackInTheGame:
I see a few March 09 cases have been approved...we are next in line....
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to jd00786:
by the way, our PDs are same (28th). May not matter in the end, but certainly a longer wait for us, compared to early April PDs
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to BackInTheGame:
I saw a pretty good explanation on how the months are handled. They are not sequential... I have been following the trend and the first Jan and Feb cases (maybe it was Feb and March) approved were the 28th of that month! Gives me hope...
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Another April-er...
I guess we will start seeing the april cases from mid jan. All the best.
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to diamond123:
I think it will start from last week of Jan or from 1st week of Feb. My previous Labor was applied in Nov 07 and after Audit it was denied in Nov 09. Bloody Fu*k*rs !!
I am hoping that atleast this Labor gets approved. My PD is 1st week of April 09
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to merakyahoga:
I think we may start to see April 2009 approvals in last week of this month. I hope this year folks at DOL will be rational, reasonable and have compassion in their mind!
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to jd00786:
I am waiting for PERM approval to file my H-1 7th year extension. Today, I am really nervous to see no approval on January 5th. Hopefully, DOL is still approving March cases as quick as it did in December.
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It seems the march cases did not go further, not even a single approved case yesterday. We might have to wait longer than expected.
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to diamond123:
I am starting to get nervous now since my H-1 visa will expire in the mid February. Time is clicking. I have everything ready for my H-1 visa renewal and just hoped everything will be fine before my H1 expiration.
Keep my finger crossed. God save us.
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to jasonLA:
Even i was in the same situation until 2nd week of december but luckily got my H1 approved under premium process. Good luck...
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to diamond123:
Did you renew your H-1 visa within 6-year limit? Unless your PERM has been filed for over 365 days, you have to rely on the approval of PERM application to file 7-year extension.
Anyway, I felt some kind of relief sharing my situation with others.
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to jasonLA:
Did you consider recapture time and/or leaving the US for a couple months..I am sure in a couple months we will see some result (if not earlier)
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to diamond123:
There was another March 09 case approved sometime back. I hope we see more approvals and we definitely need to see the dates on the icert.doleta site change. Its still stuck in Feb 09 (last updated on 11/30/2009)... wishing for the best
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As per Icert.doleta.gov, they have moved PERM processing into March 2009 (as of 12/31). Lets see how it goes....
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to jd00786:
Yep they updated today. I see it. But still I am waiting for my Feb case to be processed. Fingers crossed.
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I guess March is almost over..I see approval for march are slowing down...hope to see April approval coming very soon may be by mid of next week?
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to newand0202:
Once 50% of a month are usually completed they move on the next month....we are over 50% for March so we should see April soon... lets wait and watch... good luck to everyone...
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to jd00786:
I hope so. Keep fingers crossed.
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to jasonLA:
It's 62% for March and not a single April case, seems like every month the wait gets longer. Hope to see some April this week!
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to jd00786:
I think they are wrapping up the March cases. Either tomorrow or Wednesday, we are going to see April case approvals start to surface up. Wish all the best.
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to jasonLA:
It looks like the DOL will not process the April cases until February. Hopefully, they will finish all the April cases in February.
Another stressful month is waiting for us. God bless us.
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to jasonLA:
Looks like DOL doesn't want to speed up their processing and decided on keeping 10 months processing time ( hopefully not more than that).
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to Bilka:
In a way this is a change in trend. Over the past few months, everytime the % crept over 50 for a month they would pick up cases from the following month. However, since last month they seem to have changed that. Officially March was not processed until Jan 12th but there were some (very few) March cases that were processed as early as Dec 30th. So officially speaking we may not see the icert website move dates until sometime in mid Feb, in the meantime we may see some April cases (the number has been declining since the past few months). March has definitely slowed, a week ago the activity was frentic (a jump of 5% points was the norm).
But our turn will come... lets hope its sooner than later
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to jd00786:
They were blamed for not following FIFO, so I believe they finally decided on following their own regulation.
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Seems like the april cases are getting processed. I see one approval, its late though than expected.
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to diamond123:
My goodness! Finally, it is starting to move. Hmmm....
Why the DOL picked up the April 7th case?
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to jasonLA:
I am unsure if it is genuine April case as it was mentioned as re-file. I would have seen 1-2 more approvals if DOL would have really touched April cases.
Looks like we will have to wait until 1st Feb!! Though don’t mind if DOL surprises by approving more cases today!
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to newand0202:
I tend to agree with you, we need a couple more before we are well and truly on our way...lets wait and watch...
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to jd00786:
Second case approved..PD of 04/03
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to BackInTheGame:
Spoke too soon I guess, I saw a total of 3 april cases... April is well and truly underway....Good Luck to us all....
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to jd00786:
I got my approval yesterday. :)
It has been a real hard 295 days.
Good luck to you all, don't worry your case will be approved real soon.
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Attorney informed me about approval today morning. See you guys in I140 forum.
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to newand0202:
And you doubted that they have started April cases...tch tch... JK... Good luck
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Hello everyone..great to have an April forum
Doesn't it mean late April applications will wait a little longer or its just random within the month? I also see the Chicago forum is still active but am assuming all PERM (EB2 in my case) go thro' Atlanta.
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to ecprof:
Welcome! Actually, if you see the tracker you will note that approvals have come through for cases as late as the 23rd. I wouldn't call it random but its not sequential either. It seems like analysts have a case load that span a week or so and depending on their backlog they seem to go through these! I saw one of the first approvals come in for a case filed on 04/07. Thereafter 04/01s and 04/02s so lets wait and watch
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Yes, I saw the Apr 23rd case that gave me some hope. I am glad you confirmed m suspicions. Will wait and see what happens.
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Mine is April 2'nd just got news from my employer that it is approved.......Good luck to every one who is waiting patiently in line.
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I checked with my employer today and they weren't even sure whether PERM went to Atlanta..."we just submitted online, we don't know where they go.." was the response, but when I asked them to check my status, they entered a letter followed by nos A..... , does the A stand for Alien? Atlanta?? The status was "in process" whatever that means. Also, I would hate to bother them frequently, so will they automatically be told once it's approved or they gotta check first. Thanks.
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to jd00786:
My attorney just called me this afternoon that PERM has been approved. Patience paid off. But, there are some issues of ability to pay to file I-140. Hopefully, I could convince my boss give me some kind of raise of a couple of thousands dollars on top of my current salary.
Anyway, thank your guys for sharing information, blessings, and encouragement. I wish you all the best.
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to ecprof:
A for Atlanta, You have to check everyday if your application is filed in April or before that.
In mostly 15 days, you will get the certification in mail.
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to jasonLA:
Hey congratulations, I hope you are able to file I-140 soon...good luck
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I got the email from the employer today confirming my approval. I have already set up a meeting next week for discussions on the next steps. No time to waste baby! Thanks to everyone. I think the last few days of February were the most difficult during the waiting period, given that I knew the news could come anytime based on Trackiit's accurate data!!!!
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to ecprof:
Congratulations! Enjoy the weekend
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My PERM was filed on 4/9/09. I'm starting to get nervous as I see they have moved well into dates that are end of April 09. This doesn't make much sense to me. My employer has been checking the website and it keeps saying "In Process". Anyone else who filed at the beginning of April of 2009 and is not approved yet? Ugh, this is so nerve wrecking.......
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Just got the news that my case was approved. Hopefully see you all in I140 forum soon
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to latvietis:
to latvietis:
Mine is 04/07/09 and "In Process". Even I am a bit confused and nervous. Not sure what to do except wait and watch.
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to april09eb2:
Well technically speaking DOL has not even started processing April cases. The Icert.doleta.gov website shows that currently they are processing March 2009 cases. I know that is of little comfort to us... I wish my case was certified as well but its not...we can do nothing but be patient. We have waited for 10 months...lets be patient and wait for a few more days
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