gcWaitWay2Long,
I am EB2. (140/485). Per your url (thanks that was very helpful), I should be current(with EB2), which reduces/eliminates the possibility of being held up on that account. I am waiting to hear back from a re-submitted RFE 16 weeks and counting.
These days, my biggest fear is that our papers are lost somewhere in the "piles" ...this is exactly what some user here had reported in the conversation that happened with USCIS. (read it somewhere on this site, can't locate the thread/forum for reference)
Atleast for you, the EB3 visa number issue is an explanation(although little consolation), but there are many cases coming up which are held up for no apparent reason, which bothers me, coz in that case there is no reason/estimate to go forward with or track and resolve.
And the 30 day do-not-call-me-back-status-check from USCIS is a JOKE. I wish I could tell my bank/employers that for any status check questions they might have
I have one Q...after doing a status check request with USCIS, does the online message change in any way?...I did my status checkc and nothing's changed...(same message)
Thanks for your info. Will post any further info, as I discover. You guys are great, the best support one can get in this long road to GC.
Regards,
Etchoneb
gcWaitWay2Long said:
GC7 and etchoneb, what is the category in your 140 application?? was it EB3 by any chance?? I have been applied in the EB3 category as well and I was reading up stuff about the categories and stuff on Sheela Murthy's website and I believe there is a "Visa Bulletin" that DHS/ BCIS releases middle of every month or so which has the timelines of the visas available for each category.... and shockingly per that document the visas available for EB3 category applicants are for the applications that have a priority date of Jun '02..... So if your priority date on your application is Jan '03 you'd have to wait till the visa availability date moves upto your priority date, even though the notice date on your 485 app. is Jun '03... Or atleast thats the way I understood how the "visa availability" process worked.... Could somebody shed some light on this please and confirm if thats the way the process works.
Visa bulletin --->
http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/bulletin/bulletin_2252.html
--> slavery or bonded labor in the 21st century is called "Immigration Process"