Here is the full history.
06/95 Came to US from India on H1 through a consulting company
04/96 Filed regular labor ceritfication (EB3)
07/97 No news from labor department. Joined client company.
02/98 Initated GC process with company\'s immigration department.
06/98 Filed EB3 RIR labor certification. They did not file in EB2 eventhough I had Bachelors and 7+ years of exp. They do EB2 only for
employees with advanced degree.
01/99 Labor certification approved. applied I-140
07/99 Started thinking to reapply in EB2 with the help of the newly acquired Masters (part-tim)
08/99 All PDs became current. Still waiting for I-140 approval.
10/99 I-140 got approved. Filed I-485
03/01 Finger printing
04/01 An officer wanted RFE (Emp. letter), but the mail was never sent out !! (I came to know this only after 4 months)
05/01 Dependents FP redo and she is out of country. Requested a reschedule.
07/01 Dependent\'s FP redo letter got on the same day at 2pm for a 12 noon appointment. The letter was mailed on the previous day.
Went to newark office any way to try the luck and fortuately the did the FP.
08/01 Called IIO first time, came to know about the RFE never sent out problem. IIO promised send the RFE soon.
08/01 AVM say RFE issued.
09/01 lawyer received RFE for emplyment letter after one month from the date it was sent as per AVM.
09/01 VSC recived RFE response.
10/01 Got approved - mine and the dependents case (as per AVM)
The whole process taught me the meaning of patience. Personally, the GC doesn\'t seem to valuable as I felt a few years ago. May be beacuse
of the realization that money cannot buy happiness.
06/95 Came to US from India on H1 through a consulting company
04/96 Filed regular labor ceritfication (EB3)
07/97 No news from labor department. Joined client company.
02/98 Initated GC process with company\'s immigration department.
06/98 Filed EB3 RIR labor certification. They did not file in EB2 eventhough I had Bachelors and 7+ years of exp. They do EB2 only for
employees with advanced degree.
01/99 Labor certification approved. applied I-140
07/99 Started thinking to reapply in EB2 with the help of the newly acquired Masters (part-tim)
08/99 All PDs became current. Still waiting for I-140 approval.
10/99 I-140 got approved. Filed I-485
03/01 Finger printing
04/01 An officer wanted RFE (Emp. letter), but the mail was never sent out !! (I came to know this only after 4 months)
05/01 Dependents FP redo and she is out of country. Requested a reschedule.
07/01 Dependent\'s FP redo letter got on the same day at 2pm for a 12 noon appointment. The letter was mailed on the previous day.
Went to newark office any way to try the luck and fortuately the did the FP.
08/01 Called IIO first time, came to know about the RFE never sent out problem. IIO promised send the RFE soon.
08/01 AVM say RFE issued.
09/01 lawyer received RFE for emplyment letter after one month from the date it was sent as per AVM.
09/01 VSC recived RFE response.
10/01 Got approved - mine and the dependents case (as per AVM)
The whole process taught me the meaning of patience. Personally, the GC doesn\'t seem to valuable as I felt a few years ago. May be beacuse
of the realization that money cannot buy happiness.
