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USCIS did all the work, FBI cleared your fingerprint Your company sponsored your GC Your lawyer did the paperwork and YOU went through all the suffering ... and you are thanking Satyanarayana swami?? BTW, where was he during the delay?

uscissucks USCIS sent a notice to the company suggesting a change in category. They said that the job as advertized does not require a masters degree or 5 years exp. Hence the job does not qualify as EB2 but may qualify for EB3. They attached a second piece of paper that had a sentence like...

... and I am one of them. I140 approved today - 3 years after labour process started. This forum has been a great help. All the best to those waiting. 140 EB2 - category changed to EB3 ND: 9th Sep'03 RFE sent: 13th May'04 (category change) RFE recv: 16th Jun'04 Approved: 13th July'04...

Or, maybe the 140 team had a big party on hitting the target ahead of time. Now they are drooling from the hangover.

They have changed priority They are approving a lot of 485 these days. This may be the effect of the new backlog elimination plan. To hit the target set by the plan, they need to process 1 years worth of 485 by Sep'04. The target for 140 is 8 months, which they have already achieved. So...

Is anybody working 1099 while 485 in pending? Is there any risk in doing so? Info, comments will be appreciated.

Your case sounds a lot like me. My 140/485 was also applied in Sep'03. My H1B is expiring in Oct'05, I received EAD/AP in April not March. Anyway, you can change employer. There is a risk in doing so as your 140 is not approved. If there is a RFE on the 140, your current employer need to take...

An officer found a car speeding on the highway. He immediately tunred on his lights and siren and followed the car. The car in front sped further, the officer kept following and called for backup. After some time another police car arrives. Now the speeding car slows down stops on the shoulder...

aks Look at section 3C, and read till the 6th exception at the following link: http://www.socialsecurity.gov/international/your_ss.html The age requirement applies to retirement benifits only. You may receive retirement benifits at 62 if you retire, but you will get reduced payments. 67 is...

It's not only VSC, none of the other service center dates are updated. Their schedule is twice a month, not every two weeks. This delay happens during every month with 5 Fridays, like July and April. Either the 2nd of the previous month or first of that month is delayed by a week. The first...

Thanks aks for the link. That is very long and convoluted document. Here is what I could make out: if you have earned 40 credits, i.e worked in the US for 10 years and a citizen of a list of countries including India, China, Pakistan, Bangladesh, you can receive benifits...

I believe, security clearance wasn't that bad earlier - it took less than 2 months. The important change is Fujie memo. However, not many pending 140 have their FP done. They should start issueing FP notices soon to continue the trend.

EAD ND: 09/09/03 RFE sent: 01/16/04 (photograph) RFE recv by CIS: 01/27/04 EAD Approved: 04/23/04 Card received: 04/28/04

According to the new backlog reduction plan, the target for 485 till end of FY'04 (30th Sep 2004) is 20 months. So they should be done with all cases filed before 30th Jan'03 by then. That means - cover a year's worth of 485 in 3 months(?!) - they better get to work. The target for 140 is 8...

Congratulations K_P_K! Thanks for sharing the details. I140_2003