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Moderators, Could we have a thread dedicated to useful I-140 resources that is marked important and stays on the top? Potential things that could go in there are: 1) The scanning software for scanning I-140s for a particular series or date (along with instructions) 2) The I-140 Status...

Congrats, sanjb, rrml... yeah it looks like 2 to 2 1/2 months for non-RIRs and 1 month for RIR.

Posting with updated DOL RD (see below) .... It appears that although DOL received it on 3/9, it wasnt entered into their system until 3/22.

Congratulations, zbcx123! You've had a long roller-coaster ride indeed! Now you get to ride on the 140 one ;=) Jokes apart, I hope you have smoother sailing with the rest of the process. Do you know when in March your petition entered the DOL system?

Re: EB2/EB3 Actually I didnt think that it mattered for labor, whether you file EB2 or EB3. As far as I've seen, For Labor : It only matters whether you've filed as RIR or non-RIR (not if it's EB2/3) For I-140: It only matters whether you've filed EB1/2/3 (not if it's RIR or non-RIR).

at: http://www.ows.doleta.gov/foreign/times.asp I am not sure how up-to-date these times are though. I find that at least for Boston DOL, the actual processing dates are 2-3 months ahead. I think the immigration.com processing dates when posted (April dates arent posted here yet) are more...

New DOL/SESA Processing dates for April Of course, at least for Boston DOL, the dates arent up-to-date realistically, since the website claims currently processing RIR applications from Jan 2004, and non-RIR from Nov. 2003. http://www.ows.doleta.gov/foreign/times.asp

wow! just three months is plum for getting approval! I guess your RFE did it. I wish for your luck to continue through the next stage, and hope many more people see these rapid turnarounds!

Ah, that would make sense...

congrats, farhanr! Thanks for posting your approval. It seems like cases forwarded to Boston DOL from states other than MA take lesser time on the SESA-to-DOL trip and the DOL time taken for processing! Wonder why that is...

minesw, I know that in general the application priority date will remain the same (ie. the PD for the RIR petition) when moved from RIR to non-RIR, so one does not lose the initial place in the labor Queue. This also probably means his company will have to put out ads as per SESA's...

I would say apply for your I-485 ASAP. This way, you'll start the 6-month clock on the 485 right away, and hopefully you will be able to stick around in your current company for that time. Meanwhile, since your I-140 has been in for a year , there is a good chance it might get approved real...

Yes, I think it matters. Both DOL and SESA generally process RIR applications faster than non-RIR. You can check this trend out if you look at the Boston (and even other) DOL processing times for RIR vs non-RIR. For eg. the current Boston DOL processing date for RIR is Jan 2004 and for non-RIRs...

Congratulations, bronxboy! Good luck with I140/485. That means RIRs are currently taking a month or so for approval... So, it's not surprising if the non-RIRs take 2 months (or more?), I guess.

Remember, it is very likely that most of these 70-odd cases from Jan/Feb 2004 are Nurses and Multi-national executives (the USCIS processing dates for these are around Jan/Feb 2004). I havent checked out the details of cases processed at immigrationwatch.com myself...does it mention the category...

Re: DOL Boston Processing time It is the date when Boston DOL receives the case.

Congrats! Can you post your RD/ND dates and EAD/AP renewal dates if any? Also, did you file concurrently? Thanks. Good luck with 485.

That is disturbing... I do hope you hear about your approval really soon. DOL seems to have taken after SESA :( Good luck and keep us posted

ST, It is definitely taking more time than it was a few months ago (you caught the crest, I think!!). Tigris : 3-6 weeks is what the DOL rep. told me on the phone.

Good to hear that, minesw. Apparently it should take 3-6 weeks for approval... Back to waiting,