Anybody with non-substituted labor with PD before 2002?

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Jackolantern

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Do any of you here have a priority date in 2001 or before, still haven't been approved for the green card, and you were the original beneficiary (i.e. no labor substitution involved)?

I am thinking that the majority of pending pre-2002 cases are labor substitution.
 
July 01. Retrogressed.

Jackolantern said:
Do any of you here have a priority date in 2001 or before, still haven't been approved for the green card, and you were the original beneficiary (i.e. no labor substitution involved)?

I am thinking that the majority of pending pre-2002 cases are labor substitution.
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August '01

Jackolantern said:
Do any of you here have a priority date in 2001 or before, still haven't been approved for the green card, and you were the original beneficiary (i.e. no labor substitution involved)?

I am thinking that the majority of pending pre-2002 cases are labor substitution.
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Jackolantern,

I have an August '01 PD and its my original labor (no subs). You are right in that a majority of '01 PDs are subs. Most original '01 PDs have been approved already (most were approved 2 years ago). I believe people like myself with non-sub '01 PDs are few and far between. Non-sub '01 PDs that are still pending are due to USCIS mistakes and Security Check delays. The missing link here are the NON-RIR 2001 PDs (mostly 245i's) that are still in the BECs. There is a fear that these are getting approved now and are being substituted and/or adding to the backlog. There is a lot of debate on this issue.

As for '02 PDs. I know a ton of people with substituted '02 PDs. Even more can be expected out of the BECs.

During the approval frenzy in '03 and '04, the USCIS approved most of '01 PDs. Average approval wait time at the time was about 9 months. I think they knew that severe retrogression was going to be put in place and they approved almost anything and everything that they could without regard for RD/ND or PD.

regards,

saras
 
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Jackolantern said:
Do any of you here have a priority date in 2001 or before, still haven't been approved for the green card, and you were the original beneficiary (i.e. no labor substitution involved)?

I am thinking that the majority of pending pre-2002 cases are labor substitution.
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Gone are those days where one gets approved after their priority date becomes current, the only way to beat their system is to go with a priority date that is older than the current processing. I think people would have figured this out and it does not surprise me to see too many substituted labors.

On the other hand, how can we expect people to stay with the same company for 4-5 years to just to get labor cleared that too in a field like IT where the technologies and skills change so rapidly. by the time BEC clears a labor, not many would be working in the same area as their original labor filed 4-5 years ago. This is a another loop hole in the system.
 
seriously .. . I'am at this stage for so long now. That finally I decided to change the job assuming I will be taken care by Ac-21.
As of now I'am on new job . Don't know when dates will move. per this forum discussion looks like dates will move only in Oct bulletin (hopefully).
 
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