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--Thanks for the reply. Enjoy my friend. Very good news.

Happy for you --First of all, congratulations. What a sigh of relief it must be for you. I just wanted to double check. Are you EB3-India with April 2003 PD? Did you file 485 in June 2007? If so, this is remarkably fast approval I have seen recently. I am still stumped as to how...

I am in the same situation. It is not true that past overstays are nullified once you renter US with new visa stamp. Whether in US or outside, while adjudicating 485, they see whether the person has maintained valid non-immigrant status in the past. Upto 180 days of overstay can be covered...

Dates could move forward in July by few months. Dates could move forward in July by few months. Applicants whose PDs are current for the month of June will by applying till June 30th. July's visa bulletin should be out by the middle of June itself. I am not sure USCIS is that quick to count...

Apply 485 without medical Last week I went for the medical exam. Got poked left and right! TB skin test(PPD) was positive (6mm). For X-ray exam, this guy asked me to take off my shirt and hug a machine. I asked if I should say "cheese", but the guy didnt have sense of humor. Result is due...

--You will know about further movement in July visa bulletin. It will be out in the middle of June. In case the dates move to include your PD, you will have half month of June + 30 days of July to prepare for 485. Approximately 45 days. I went for medical this week. Did not have proof of any...

Bunny01, I was in a similar situation. But BEC did not respond to our request to amend the labor application. We sent this request with 45-day letter. After waiting for few weeks, our attorney called BEC (many times) and got the labor application amended finally. Try your best to get your...

--My opinion is this. There is a recent memo which spelled out the I-140 adjudicating guidelines to all the service centers. Mind you, this is not a website link by a private party trying to interpret the rules. It was an official USCIS-issued memorandum. What does the memo say? Almost samething...

--Your first case got approved from TSC. TSC never seems to have problem if combination of eduction or experience is used to show bachelor's equivalency. Regarding your second case at NSC. If you read RFEs issued by NSC for different cases, you will find that they are very inconsistent in...

--Radhagd, could you please tell us the service center your got I-140 approved from? Tanveer, if you are combining degrees to get to US bachelor's equivalency , your LABOR MUST ALLOW FOR IT. That is the only way a case like yours gets approved at NSC. Exceptionally, sometimes luck favors...

--There you go. Excellent strategy. Provide IIT world ranking. Describe the the criterion IIT requires for admission into Master's degree. Sheila hit the nail right on its head. NSC is itching to know whether you had 3-year degree ,and also combining something else( like 2-year diploma or...

--Your attorney made a strong case. When the job requirement is MS degree, there is no point asking whether you "combined" degrees to get there or you used a "singular source" 4-year bachelor's degree. There are many channels through which a person may qualify for higher education. When a...

Tanveer, My case was in a similar situation. We tried to amend the pending LC to include "equivalency" verbiage (just like yours) and were successful. * First attempt was made while responding to "45-day letter". We attached a letter requesting to allow for amendments. Technically, BEC...

--You can appeal your case I guess. It goes to AAO. Your case may remain pending at AAO for good 18 months (approximately). You can get h1b extension till appeals court makes a decision on your case. There is no point in hoping for a positive outcome on appeal. Start your GC process...

--His ETA does not allow for combination of education. The only option(not that it works!) he's got right now is to prove that one of his degrees by itself ("single-source") is equivalent to BS in US. Another pitfall his attorney laid out for him is the major field of study. It is isolated to...

--My opinion would be to get an evaluation that shows your MCA as equivalent to bachelor's degree in US. NSC could still come back and say that MCA is a 3-year degree. Therefore, in your response letter to RFE, you have to emphasize that it is 3 years Master's degree that is being equated to...

--They will give new H1b for 3-years starting from your current H1b's expiration date. They dont care about when labor was petitioned. If your extension is approvable, then they always make it a point to extend it from the DAY OF CURRENT H1B EXPIRATION. You wont have any lapse between current...

"1) I know that till sometime back you could apply for the 3 yr extension only if uyou were within 6 months of the H1 expiry date. Does that still hold? " --IMO, H1B extension can be applied even a day before current H1B's expiration date. Petition must be recieved/acknowledged by USCIS on...

Congratulations GCOnly. You have to change your name to CitizenOnly soon!! :D

Online status of my case shows as "certified". Case#: P-05146-44*** State: MD PD: April 01, 2003. 45-day Letter Replied: April, 2006 Case "certified": Nov 13,2006 This is EB3 case. It could take years for my PD to become current.With democrats coming back to power, my hopes on govt...