Recent content by berkeleybee

Ordinaria, I am no authority on processing times. Just a research minded person stuck in the process like everyone else. Check out trackitt.com to see how people on that site are making out. There are some people who get their I-485 done in that time frame (and note that not everyone reports...

(a) I most certainly am not logiclife!! (b) I was not giving false information. My original post is from February 2007, a nearly verbatim report of a conversation with the DOS official who sets the cutoff dates. If you read the April 27 Murthy Bulletin, you know that after discussions with...

Saras, I was referring to the posts which hypothesized this as some sort of strategic move. If your concern is that this connection was built due to IV, worry not. It wasn't. Some of us were picking up the phone and getting info well before we had anything to do with IV. [BTW, not even...

All, I remember when retrogression reappeared on the scene and I found immigration portal. An amazing resource with far more information at that time than any other place. I remember how hungry I was for facts, analysis and clues that would tell me a little more about the predicament I was...

All, I did not ask him absolutely every question there is about visa numbers. :) By now you know that neither CIS nor the State dept are models of efficiency. So they don't publish the annual stats on time every year. Feel free to call the Ombudsmans office to get an update on what...

Effort as in - every quarter they make a judgement call based on USCIS visa usage. Visa usage can go up and down due to inefficiency, slow name checks etc. So unfortunately even the guy who is setting visa cutoff dates does not know the exact number of visas that will be processed in a given...

He said it was possible that there would be some backward movement of EB-3 ROW in April, when DOL finished up the remaining labor certs, 245is etc. Unused EB-1 ROW and EB-2 ROW are being funnelled to EB-3 ROW, but demand is HUGE. To get some sense of the magnitude of the problem I gave him a...

No forward movement, he said they were making an effort for EB-2 India to have no backward movement. No guarantees against backward movement for both EB-3 India and EB-3 ROW (in April). The bottom line is that without legislation to increase EB numbers this state of affairs will continue...

All, As I just posted in the Outlook FY 2007 thread I had the chance to talk to a State dept official who is involved in setting cutoff dates. Amongst other things this official told me that there will be no movement in EB-2, EB-3 India cutoff dates for the rest of FY 2007 (i.e. at the...

Based on a conversation with a state dept official involved in setting cutoff dates yesterday, this is absolutely correct. I was also told yesterday that given this, EB-2 and EB-3 India cutoff dates are not going to move for the rest of FY 2007 (i.e. at least till Sept 07). Sorry to be...

All our hard work has paid off! Check out the immigration voice page and if you don't believe in us now, I don't know what will make you believe! best, Berkeleybee

Try this http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/25/AR2006042501963.html

Same as everyone else's "Application Type: I140 , IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR ALIEN WORKER Current Status: This case has been approved. On April 21, 2006, an approval notice was mailed. If 30 days have passed and you have not received this notice, you may wish to verify or update your...

The quick clearances? Saras76, Thanks for that terrific list. I saw on another thread that there are members of this board who got NCs in 48-72hrs, but a search doesn't pull those up. Do you know of threads that mention these quick approvals too? Thanks, best, Berkeleybee

Dec 5 RD I-140 Approved Hi All, At long last my I-140 was approved. Details below. EB-2 I-140 RD: 12/5/05 I-140 AD: 4/21/06 I-485 -- Need to file; PD: Jan 29 2003 I got 4 emails (2 from CRIS and 2 from USCIS-CSSO), and the case status online was updated. Good luck to everyone...