485 not approved. Pending since July 2000

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Agni1234

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My 485 application has been pending with the INS for almost two year now. My is RD- July 27, 2000. In October 2001 INS issued me a request for evidence, which we promptly responded to. The automated INS line says that they received the response on Dec 12, 2001. Generally when the preliminary processing is already complete like in my case, INS does not take long to process the cases. However it has been over 60 days and I haven’t heard anything from INS.

Any suggestions what I should do.
 
Talk to your local congressman or Senator

I think you should take help from your local congressman or Senator. I have heard that this might help sometimes

Achiever
 
AGNI 1234, could U pl post details about your RFE

Hello AGNI 1234, could U pl post your details about RFE U have got from INS, I mean what kind of info they have asked in RFE, probably I might come with some kind of ideas. , to U,

Thanks,
ramukesi
 
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I am in the same boat. I was asked for RFE. When INS received it, the AVM said the preliminary processing stage has finished. It will take 390 days to get a decision from them. I talked to IIO, he said it would take 60 days. I don\'t know which time range is true.
 
please READ MAY APPLY FOR YOU

After getting info from INS NSC that they are having difficulties matching my 140 and 485.

I posted a message here to which I got useful replies that if I140 was procesed by NVC which is the Department of State center for Visa Processing, then there is a possibility of the 140 Approval being sent to the Local Consulate in India.

So I checked the 140 Approval and yes there was a note that said that the approval was sent to the Consulate in INDIA.

Calling NVC I found out that my approval was sent to a US consulate in India on the 18th of July.

So now what? I call the attorney to get explanation.

They tell me that while applying 140 there is a little field where they ask for optional consular processing center(US consulate in India).

So that is why the approval was sent to India. But they confirmed that even if the 140 was for consular and AOS, INS should be OK as far as my 485 was concerned.

Now I have to fiind out from NSC if they will make a requisition to the US consulate in INDIA or should I do it.

And also can call the US consulate to find out if my files are physically present there

The Irony is that came to know about this only now, so if I had chosen to go for consular processing(sometime end of 2000 or beg 2001) I might have got my GC approved.

Talk about BAD LUCK, u r talking about me. LOL

Hope this helps ppl.

BUT PLEASE DO LOOK AT THE I140 APPROVAL NOTICE AND FIND OUT WHAT IT SAYS.

WISH ME LUCK FOLKS

THANKS
 
Mine is worst

Replied RFE on July\'2000
No reply so far from INS..Contacting Senator\'s office
 
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Today I called INS. They say my file has gone to examination Area. It will take about two to three weeks more before I hear answer from INS. Hoping for the best.

I have also sent a letter to local Senator. They are going to send letter to INS in a week’s time.

My lawyer is a perfect idiot. But I am stuck with him as this last stage
 
My case is similar to yours

My I140 Approval Notice also says the they have sent the information to NVC and will be forwarded to the Consulate. AFter checking your messge, I checked my I140 approval Notice. It exactly says what u have mentioned. WHen I called NVC today and keyed in the LIN # it couldn\'t find it and asked me to call during office hours to talk to a rep. I\'m not sure why it couldn\'t find my case. WIll call tomorrow and post the update. Also, I did ask my attorney and he replied that it takes only 2 weeks for the INS to get back the application from the Consulate.
I also went thru the I140 application that my attorney filed. In PART 4(Processing Information) it says "Below give the US consulate you want notified if this petition is approved and if any requested adjustment of status cannot be granted". My attornye had put Chennai and India in thost fields. I\'m not sure if this triggered the whole of things of sending the approval for CP to Indian consulate. I need to ask my attorney about that. WIll post the update tomorrow.
Meanwhile let me know if you have any updates. Lets have some hope and wait for some more time.
 
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Hi Agni1234,

Do you mean your file, including the RFE, was assigned to an officer? Did you hear they said "a written decision will be mailed to you" when you checked the AVM?

Thank you for your reply.

Best wishes for you.
 
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