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Will we require another medical exam and/or certificate if 485 comes for adjudication after more than one year from the previous med exam? Does the USCIS throw an RFE for expired med exams, prior to adjudicating a AOS app?

Hey - don't have any answers, but I am in the same boat. To qualify for by new EB2 (I have a approved 140 in EB3 already with EAD/AP), I will have to count my 1.5 years as a RA while doing masters in the US. Will have to see what you hear from this post. Anyone?

Any one!!! :(

Friends - my position will likely be listed EB2 as "needs Bachelor's + 5 years of experience". This is a Project Leader position with a software group. At the time I started on this job, I had a Master's degree and 4.5 years of experience. Would I qualify for EB2 for this position? My HR...

Venkat - transferring H1b based on a AOS (485) app filed along with a I-140 from a previous employer is valid. You should get the same validity on your transferred H1b as you have now. There are memos that USCIS has published. Refer to Murthy's articles on AC21 where this was discussed...

Hawaii is one of the United States. Your immigration check would be done at Hawaii, and then flying from Hawaii to mainland USA should not even need a passport (as long as you have any other official photo-id). My 2 cents.

That's right. Traveling on AP does not mean that you are abandoning your H1b application. It just means that you are re-entering the country while your AOS app is pending. Re-entering on AP also does not require you to start using the EAD after you return. You can be still working on your...

Why you all talk about H1b extension and approval - do you also mean a h1b stamp in the passport? In other words, in order to keep your h1b 'alive' until 485 is approved (to have a plan B in case 485 is rejected), do you have to get an h1b stamp in your passport, or just a notice of approval...

No notices yet. I don't know if checks have been cleared or not (paid by the employer). More info is in the signature.

You also have to keep in mind that: 1. All that apply for AOS don't look at online status, so the approvals aren't known until a paper copy reaches home. 2. Most likely all those folks would not be logging on to Trackitt as well. I know it's a wonderful way of tracking the updates, but I do not...

Also keep in mind that not ALL the filers join the forums. I guess only about 30% do, if not less. You sure would have company, you just don't know :)

I am on the boat, with package filed on August 14, reached on 15th at TSC. More details in my signature. Keep an eye on trackitt.com. You will find a much better way to track cases (other's and yours) there.

My details are in the signature.

Here's an update. According to my lawyer, USCIS rejected my app erroneously, since it reached on July 2nd. I am glad they rejected it but gave me enough time to re-apply before August 17th. However, talking to an IO today, I understand that the lawyer should have 'disputed' the rejection...

I talked to a customer service rep and then to an IO today. They told me the lawyer should have disputed the rejection, rather then simply filing one more time. To rub it in, she also told me that USCIS does not have any notes on rejection (they don't get entered into the system). Hence...

USCIS broke my heart by sending my app back citing visa availability numbers. Apparently the case was rejected errorneously by USCIS. We refiled on 8/14 :eek: I don't know if I should update the tracker. Technically, I am not 'applied in the last week of June' anymore!

You need to find out from your lawyer, the notice that USCIS must have sent with the rejection. That should tell you the reason why USCIS sent the app back. If the lawyer was careless to begin with (and if that's why the app came back) and if he is lazy to even let you know on time (you would...

That just means USCIS touched your case for one reason or another. It may be that they are entering you 485 app into the system, and hence connected the two for traceability. In my case, they sent my 485 case back on 8/10, after an LUD on my approved 140 on 8/5. Hope no one else is as un-lucky...

yeah .. what I fail to understand is why they returned my app. My PD is July 2001, and was current from June 01 onwards. This is one of the weird cases that got rejected since it reached USCIS on July 2nd. I hope USCIS accepts it now, and honors original RD. If not, I will just write-off a...

No .. they returned my 485 package. I am still trying to find out why, from my lawyers.