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Can anyone tell me regarding the Pilot Plus Program for Texas. Does that rule apply for me. I applied in California for my I-485/I-140 and I got letter Notice Transfer and now it has been transfered to Texas Center. My RD was July 31st, 2007 and ND on OCt 4th, 2007. As everybody know regarding the fiasco. My Receipt number start as "WAC"
"Current Status: This case has been sent to another office for processing because it has jurisdiction over the case.
On October 4, 2007, we transferred this I485 APPLICATION TO REGISTER PERMANENT RESIDENCE OR TO ADJUST STATUS to our TEXAS SERVICE CENTER location for processing because they now have jurisdiction over the case
Now in my scenario does Pilot Plus Program apply for me. I heard that they will only look at I-140 only until your visa number is available for I-485 because Pilot Plus looks as a whole package. Does that apply for me because my case was transfered from California to Texas center.
Someone please tell me regarding my case does the Pilot Plus program applies
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Is anyone concurrently filled I- 140 got approved from Texas:
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to atishrdas:
I am in your same boat. I applied on July 30th and my notice date was Oct 9th . They transferred the case to Texas from california and receipt notice starts with WAC. I am not sure what do you mean by pilot plus program? My petetioner says that if we give them a call they would issue a RFE unnecessarily so asked me to wait patiently. Dont have any choice.
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to rr4562:
rr4562
My case is very close to yours. My lawyer said that my case was transferred to CSC in order to process the EAD faster. Now it is in TCS since last october and no update since, and useless SR raised...
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to atishrdas:
Mine applied Online on 1st May 2007 at TSC. Still waiting.
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to rr4562:
This message is for rr4562
Regarding the PLUS PILOT LAW strictly for Texas center
I got this information from Trakitt. The law states that they will not touch I-140 unless I-485 visa is available, this law is only for Texas center. But my case was transfered but I am not sure whether they will use that law for us and I am not sure
They are saying due to efficient they will put in one package if you applied concurrently (I-140.I-485). But the law is vague and this law is not shown at USCIS Website. So if you are EB3. Like my case I am from India means until your PD is not current they will not touch the I-140, because due to concurrently filling. So if you PD for EB3 takes more than 2-3 years to get it current, until then you I-140 will be pending due to this law. I think they can not do that, and if they do it is BS and lots of Law suit to USCIS. Because all service center has to follow the same rules.
Here is the Law..
http://www.murthy.com/news/n_tscpls.html
Anyway feedback let me know, hope we do not have to wait 2-3 years just to touch out I-140 case to be reviewed for concurrently filling
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to atishrdas:
I do not think it applies to all I-140's. My EB2 I-140 was approved at TSC yesterday even though my (EB2) PD is nowhere near the cut-off date.
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to raysaikat:
Can this person (raysaikat (6) respond to this question or somebody else. I would appreciate it..
Is this rule only for Texas Center the Pilot Plus program. Does this apply for applicants whose cases where transfered from California to Texas and receipt with "WAC"..Please let me know. My case is EB3 Indian and it is still pending. Is this only for Texas Center...or is this rule just false rumor because I do not see it at USCIS website, I even asked Customer Service they never heard of it..Please give me some response. I am concerned because my PD for EB3 for Indian are still unavailable and my PD is Nov 2004.. I am worried and I do not want to wait for my I-140 to be approved let's say 2-3 years like my I-485 PD..that will really suck. let's hope that is not the case. Can you give me some response..
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to atishrdas:
what i understood from this rule is it applies to only councurrently filed cases not on the individual I-140 cases,who filed I-140 along with I-485 previously those cases were handled separately by different officers and now occording to this rule they will be handled by one officer,So it doesn't not apply to your case as yours is non concurrent filing.
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to atishrdas:
First off, processing dates for i-140 in Texas are July 23rd 2007 per USCIS website. Granted, many people who applied later than you did, already have gotten their i-140 approved, but technically if your i-140 RD isn't July 23rd or older, you are not within processing times.
Second, you and I both are EB3, which is Unavailable per Visa Bulletin for the remainder of the fiscal year, so USCIS will not prioritize our cases, because they are busy doing a lot of other stuff like citizenship applications, i-485 applications to avoid visa number waste, and EAD renewals for the tsunami of applications they received during last year's summer. Who knows what other things they are working on, but all i know is that i would not like to be working for the USCIS...
Lastly, it is not true that per PLUS PILOT PROGRAM, an immigration officer will not touch your i-140 until your PD becomes current. If your read closely the link provided, all it reads is that the SAME immigration officer will handle your whole case. That's all.
I wouldn't sweat the i-140 thing until November/December of this year. Hopefully by then, the processing times for i-140 move forward enough, and the pressure to prioritize citizenship/i-485 and EAD renewals is gone. Then the USCIS will catch up with the i-140s.
Have faith :)
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atishrdas -
Firstly, Plus Pilot is NOT "the Law"!
Secondly, here's the excerpt from Murthy.com
"Essentially, rather than processing each application / petition in a packet separately, the entire packet is reviewed by one officer. This is intended to reduce duplication of effort and other inefficiencies."
Nowehere does it say that concurrently filed I-140 applications "will not be touched until a visa number is avialable"! Where do you see that???
This message is for rr4562
Regarding the PLUS PILOT LAW strictly for Texas center
Here is the Law..
http://www.murthy.com/news/n_tscpls.html
Anyway feedback let me know, hope we do not have to wait 2-3 years just to touch out I-140 case to be reviewed for concurrently filling
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to Peacock:
From Feb 2008, TSC installed Plus Pilot program, Under the new program,
the entire packet is reviewed by one officer. This may implicitly mean that the Plus
Pilot program will benefit those whose PD is current At the same time that I
-140 processing times for those PD is not current could suffer. Since PD
retrogression, this could be the reason lot of indian/chinese last July/August Concurrently I-140
get stucked.
So far last July/August Concurrently without Priority date I-140 approval rate is less than 21% . At the same time, non-current I-140 with applicaiton mailing dates later than last August and even 2008 aproval rate is > 80%
Any other reason for TSC could have this kind of approval disparity besides PPP?
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to koty:
my I 140 got approved in 9 days from Texas( aplied on june 1..approved on june 10).Looks like these days its very fast..4 colleagues got approved within 1 months thanks.
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