Approved!! Rd 03/19/02
It's my day!!!!
Online status says my case is Approved on 10/29/03.
There are many twists and turns in my GC saga, let me tell you what kind of situation I had been through. I choose CP option in I140 and made all my arrangements to visit my folks in India some time during Feb - Jun 2002. But INS thought otherwise and approved it for AOS. Sensing lay off from the company( I was not in consulting), decided to go for AOS instead of sending I140 back to INS for correction because You know never know what appens once it is back in their court.
As feared, got laid off just 40 days after applying I485, but I was banking on AC21 clause "you can change the employer if the case is not adjudicated within 180 days". As there was no option for me, I accepted a job offer that falls under NSC juridiction and sent AR11 for my wife and kid for address change.
Then comes the FP issue, everybody was getting FP notice within 2 months after they apply I485 but not for me. After much waiting I got my FP notice in May 2003 to my new location in NSC area but my wife's FP went to our Lawyer and the FP location mentioned was in VSC area. I didn't notice the location difference until we went to give FP at my ocation, luck favored me this time and they accepted both my FP and my wife's. Then comes another surprise, guess what, we got another FP notice in Jul 2003. I called my Lawyer and INS to find out why there is another FP notice, butthey too didn't have any clue and suggested me to go ahead and give FP again, so we did FP again. Normally the status will be update to something like "process resumed" after FP but in our case the status was updated as "received FP and they are under review".
Then comes the final one, I planeed to visit India in DEC so applied for AP, I checked the status from my AP& I485 on 10/28, AP status showed that they need additional documnets of evidence, no change in I485 status.
Then comes BIG SURPRISE on 10/29 my I485 "APPROVED". Final glitch, my kid's status says some thing like "case could not be found for this number" ?????......
It's my day!!!!
Online status says my case is Approved on 10/29/03.
There are many twists and turns in my GC saga, let me tell you what kind of situation I had been through. I choose CP option in I140 and made all my arrangements to visit my folks in India some time during Feb - Jun 2002. But INS thought otherwise and approved it for AOS. Sensing lay off from the company( I was not in consulting), decided to go for AOS instead of sending I140 back to INS for correction because You know never know what appens once it is back in their court.
As feared, got laid off just 40 days after applying I485, but I was banking on AC21 clause "you can change the employer if the case is not adjudicated within 180 days". As there was no option for me, I accepted a job offer that falls under NSC juridiction and sent AR11 for my wife and kid for address change.
Then comes the FP issue, everybody was getting FP notice within 2 months after they apply I485 but not for me. After much waiting I got my FP notice in May 2003 to my new location in NSC area but my wife's FP went to our Lawyer and the FP location mentioned was in VSC area. I didn't notice the location difference until we went to give FP at my ocation, luck favored me this time and they accepted both my FP and my wife's. Then comes another surprise, guess what, we got another FP notice in Jul 2003. I called my Lawyer and INS to find out why there is another FP notice, butthey too didn't have any clue and suggested me to go ahead and give FP again, so we did FP again. Normally the status will be update to something like "process resumed" after FP but in our case the status was updated as "received FP and they are under review".
Then comes the final one, I planeed to visit India in DEC so applied for AP, I checked the status from my AP& I485 on 10/28, AP status showed that they need additional documnets of evidence, no change in I485 status.
Then comes BIG SURPRISE on 10/29 my I485 "APPROVED". Final glitch, my kid's status says some thing like "case could not be found for this number" ?????......
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