I-140 CALIFORNIA EB2 Tracker only

[richardstevens]

Lawyer has already taken 15 days for 485 and has not even started the process. I have done all the medicals etc from my side
The response that I get is that they have attorney has a lot of cases in progress. I am usually told that they take one month for the filing process. Any idea on why there is such a delay?
Can I change attorneys at this stage?

[mlin144]

IN Delayings,

Can you please inform me when is the processing time changed? When is the processing date as of Aug, 02, 2002? I can't open the file for some reason. i check out Cebee at EB3 file. He said processing time after checking AVM from 30-60 days to 144-174 days? Is it true?

Thanks!

mlin144

[malkoc]

Added richardstevens to the list.

[mlin144]

Just check out AVM about my case status. It say it takes 144-174 day instead of 30-60 days. It is wierd that I-140 is going to delaly to 5-6 months. I got very mad at green card. For Labor Certification process, I got delay for 1 year because I-245. Now it got delays again for some reason Is it true that it will take that long for the processing time.

mlin144

[kingno1]

Originally posted by kingno1
Guys My RFE receipt date was 8/1/02..
Any updates on RFEs? When was the last approval here on this forum?
My AVM says it is certified even before we send in RFE response but didnt received any paperwork on this from DOL. My lawyer is asking me to wait and see for the letter from them. Is there any way that we can talk to someone at DOL?
This is weird, Once they ask for RFE, how can they certify before we send in Response? and no paperwork is received on that till date...Any pointers????

Guys,
My attorney received a call from DOL saying that mine was approved but was misplaced in RFE queue. Will be joing in this queue this month end with concurrent processing. Have a question though.
1)Do the fathers name on the passport has to be exactly same on the birth certificate too? suppose passport has fathers name as like Kovi.v.Rao
can it be Kovi Venkateswara Rao on the birth certificate?
2)Suppose if the Birth cert is missing and if we need affadavits from parents, do they have to be on stamp paper or regular paper?

[Jitup]

Congrats Kingno1.

When do u think u will get the approval? If I am right u need the approval to file I-140.

Also, I would advise fo file I-140 immediately and file I-485 when ever u get ur birth certificates/affadivits. By this way, u will be in I-140 queue quickly. You can file I-140 in one week.

Thanks,
Jitup

[140_takes_4ever]

'llo all,

Good to see everyone slowly making the jump from the labor forum to the I140 forum.

Was a little reticent so far thanks to all the snipping that took over the labor forum. But now that we are past that, and the lamerz seem to have disappeared, thought I would make a comeback to the forums.

Malkoc can you please add me to the tracker?
WAC # 238-5XXXX
RD 7/23/02

Jitu, Good to see ya!



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[malkoc]

You're in, 140_takes_4ever.

[mlin144]

Just check out Fragomen web site. EB2 jump to July,31, 2002

[Jitup]

AVM says my case as still pending and it will take 30-60 days. Probably it should be done in next couple of weeks?

Did anyone get approval ?

ganshm, TargetGC403, 140_takes_4ever, rohufish, mlin144 ???

Thanks

[mlin144]

Jitup,

I checked again by AVM. Yes, it move back to 30-60 days. I did check it by Aug, 16, 2002. AVM said it took 144-174 days to process. I saw EB3 post from Cebee that it was 144-174 days. May be we should check with them to see what happen. By the way, I briefly calculate by how many days approval after Processing date annouce by INS. It takes 14 days to get approval after processing date by average. Hopely we all can get approval within Aug

For those waiting list people, please post your approval date for our reference. Thanks!

mlin144

[ganshm]

I just checked AVM and it still said "30 to 60 days".

ganshm

[rohufish]

7/31/02 means 2 week processing time. seems like a typo.

[140_takes_4ever]

It is interesting to note that everyone who came up the DOL ladder post 245(I) have such little trust in the processing speeds. :-)

I waited over a year for something that should have taken less than 6 weeks, and now I cannot trust nor believe things are moving so fast (not for one moment to criticise the fast processing, if true I just love it).

July 31 definitely seems like a typo or some kind of mistake since we haven't heard of any approvals from the people ahead of us on the processing list. I am going to wait till malkoc and the others get their approval before trusting the dates. Would wait till I receive conformation from the lawyer saying I have the I140 approval before breaking out the champagne glasses if you guys don't mind! :-)

So guys please check with your lawyers and update the tracking list. All in all, this news is definitely heartening, since INS says if your case has not been processed 30 days from the time your date is current you can file to get it assessed ASAP. So if July 31 is not a typo, Then man it is just AWESOME!! :-)

(Better get going on filing I485, I have been taking things easy anticipating atleast a 4 month lead time! :-), what is the position on I485 application for the rest of you guys?)

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[140_takes_4ever]

Category             # of Days Moved     Currently Processing 
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I-140 A & B E1-E1    8 Days                   03/19/02
I-140 C E1-3            2 Months 2 Days       06/13/02
I-140 D E2-1            1 Month 26 Days       07/31/02
I-140 E E - 3            8 Days               05/29/02
I-140 G EW - 3        20 Days                  06/06/02

[rqtang]

As said before, RD of my case EB2 is Mar 4th, 2002. Nothing has changed in past 5 months(Even in AVM).

Today I called INS again. The guy said "they sent forms to my lawyer and I should call my lawer". Damn. My lawyer said she has never received anything from INS.

Current date is July 31, 2002. Any comment or explanation about it?

[140_takes_4ever]

rqtang-

Can you give us some details about your case, eg. is it substitute labor, or RFE, company size and type of job. That will help us understand the process a little better.

I am a little worried that inspite of the jump in processing times, I don't hear anyone posting their approvals.

mlin144-

Can you tell us how you came up with the 14 days. I am curious.

Thanks,
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[georgep]

Hi,
I am new here. My case has just been approved on Aug 16.

WAC-02-233-5XXXX
RD 07/16
ND 07/16
AD 08/16

Good luck to you all!

[mlin144]

Georgep,

Congradulations!

Can you post which category are u? EB2 or EB3?

If you are in EB2, it shows that INS processing date is correct.

Ganshm, TargetGC403, Jitup, Rohufish, please post your approval information if you get further news. Thanks!

140_takes forever,

I calculate by following method to get 14 days. Taking richardstevens case, his RD is 6/10/02 and AD is 8/15/02. At 08/02/02, processing time is 6/05/02. So i use 8/2-8/15/02 which is 13 days minus 6/5-6/10/02 which is 5 days. It takes 8 days after processing time. By using this method of EB2 tracking list from chakirvyas to mlin144, the avg date is 14 days to get approval after processing date. It is just my estimate for your reference. Please don't critize if you don't think it is correct.

[rqtang]

As said my case:
EB2
RD March 4th
After LC approved(more than 1year)
Very big company
No any response after 5 months;

my lawyer told me that my case is still pending after talking with INS officer.

[georgep]

My case is EB2. Just hang in there, the good news will come to all of you!

[140_takes_4ever]

georgep -

This is positively good news. Have you filed your I485 application or were you caught flat footed on the speed? :-) Congratulations once again!

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rqtang -

What does your lawyer have to say about the fax inquiry system? Apparently 30 days after your PD becomes current you can fax INS and they should get cracking either by approving the case or by issuing an RFE. :-(

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mlin144 -

Absolutely no criticism implied, just curious. I was too lazy to do the calculation my self.

I wish we had a larger sample of PD's vs AD's. It would make calculations and predictions that much easier.

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The processing dates don't seem to be a typo. I checked it out on a couple of other websites. And with georgep blazing through the I140 list, like a cat on hot bricks. :-) Predictions of approval in August doesn't seem unlikely. DOL has spoilt me for any good news on this front! :-)

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[malkoc]

Wow, within a month, that's great. It's just what I expected 5 months ago. The process had sped up, and I was expecting the processing time to be 1 month with the pace at the time. Then they literally stopped processing almost two months. But this does not seem to happen this time.

I hope my RFE reply will get processed soon.

[Jitup]

Hi All,

At What time does the INS AVM get updated?

Thanks

[140_takes_4ever]

After seeing the status of my case on my lawyer's website, called up INS last night. Apparently my I140 has been approved!

I might have just broken the record on I140 approvals, you think?

WAC-02-238-5XXXX
RD 07/23
ND 07/23
AD 08/15

23 days!

Everytime you think you have INS figured, they pull a fast one on you. Not going to argue with that! (Apparently 140 dint take for ever! :-))

Yet to start collecting paperwork for I485, better get cracking.

mlin144 -

Guess your stats are correct! :-)

Good luck to everyone here, dint get a chance to know some of you at all (unlike the labor forum), but hope to see y'all in the I485 forum ASAP!

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[Jitup]

140_takes_4ever,

Congrats.

I didn't understand one thing. How come ur AD is 15-Aug.
Didn't u check in the last one week?

Thanks

[140_takes_4ever]

JituP,

Not for one moment did I think my case would be looked at inside of 4 months. I was looking at my lawyer's website to find doctors for the medical, and checked upon my case status for the heck of it. Lo, behold, in big red letters "Approved!". Called up INS last night to verify and they had the date as Aug 15.

Who am I to look a gift horse in the mouth. Just rolled over and smiled!

All the rest of you guys, don't be dumb as me, go ahead and check the status of your cases. Not much of a difference in dates between me, Jitup (1 day), rohufish (7 days) and mlin144 (8 days). malkoc needs to be banging on the doors on INS asking for out! I am sure you guys will be getting your approvals in the next week.

Going to take another week or two to file my 485 with INS. Apparently this is going to be the first time for the para legal assigned to me so a little worried about that. Does anyone have a clue as to how long it takes to get the receipt from INS? And is the 180 day rule applicable from the date of receipt or date of filing?

Thanks,

[mlin144]

140_takes_forever

Congradulations!

It is a good news for you. Good Luck to you for I-485 forum.

Jitup, roufish, malkoc,

Please keep updated your approval information. Thanks!

mlin144

[Jitup]

I did check this morning and still says "Pending". Hope I will get the approval by next week.

I am also in the process of getting all reqd information for I-485 filing.

Thanks

[glovia1]

I checked the status and it says they have recieved RFE on 7/11 and it is taking 144 days to process it.

WAC- 132-55xxx(subs.LC)
RD 03/11/02
ND 03/11/02
waiting (rcvd RFE on 7/8/02&replied on 7/9)

My H1-B is expriing in Jan'2003. I have filed my I-485 also on 8/15.
I have also applied for EAD/AP along with it. So hoping to get EAD in 3-4 months.

Since mine is Subs LC case I am little worried now. Can anyone suggest me if I can get H1-B extended based on my previous employers 1-140. The LC / I-140 were cleared but I had to change my Job.

I am not sure with the new ruling of concurrent I-140/I-485 filing how long it will take to get the EAD/AP.

Any suggestions please....