Dear friends,
After a terrifying 19 month long emotional roller coaster ride, through corkscrew inversions of the recession and 300 feet near vertical drops of layoffs all around, our I-485 s finally got approved. Now we can proudly wear T-shirts boldly claiming "I survived the waiting game"!!!
Best wishes,
Sunny
DETAILS:
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Labor applied: Jul '01 (EB2)
I-140 applied: Sep '01
I-485 applied: Dec '01 (RD 28th Dec)
EAD received: Jan 10th, '02 (at local INS with 485 receipt)
1st FP: Feb 02
(Those were the days! At this point 485s were getting approved in 8 months & I set my expectations around Aug/Sep '02 accordingly. "Yeah, right!", said the INS, and the fun started)
...
:-(
...
2nd EAD applied: Oct 02
2nd EAD received: Nov 02
...
:-(( @#$%^&*
...
2nd FP: Jun 15th, 03
2nd Adv Parole applied: Jul 19th, 03
I-485 approved: Jul 23rd, 03
Approval notice rcvd & passport stamped: Jul 28th, 03
AC21 not used - same employer since Apr 2000.
After a terrifying 19 month long emotional roller coaster ride, through corkscrew inversions of the recession and 300 feet near vertical drops of layoffs all around, our I-485 s finally got approved. Now we can proudly wear T-shirts boldly claiming "I survived the waiting game"!!!
Best wishes,
Sunny
DETAILS:
=======
Labor applied: Jul '01 (EB2)
I-140 applied: Sep '01
I-485 applied: Dec '01 (RD 28th Dec)
EAD received: Jan 10th, '02 (at local INS with 485 receipt)
1st FP: Feb 02
(Those were the days! At this point 485s were getting approved in 8 months & I set my expectations around Aug/Sep '02 accordingly. "Yeah, right!", said the INS, and the fun started)
...
:-(
...
2nd EAD applied: Oct 02
2nd EAD received: Nov 02
...
:-(( @#$%^&*
...
2nd FP: Jun 15th, 03
2nd Adv Parole applied: Jul 19th, 03
I-485 approved: Jul 23rd, 03
Approval notice rcvd & passport stamped: Jul 28th, 03
AC21 not used - same employer since Apr 2000.
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