Chicago Regional DOL Tracker - Old (Archived on 09/22/2004)

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Re: Umyal

Please consider the following.

1. I just verified the processing time for Wisconsin, They are now processing Feb 2002 for regular and January 2002 for RIR. Either way it will not take more than 9 to 12 months to get your Labor certified.

2. Please see if there are any lay offs in your current company in the last six months. If they have any, RIR is ruled out for you. File in regular since regular LC is fater than RIR in Wisconsin.

3. How strong is your current company financially. If it is strong enough, there should be no problem.


4. Look into all other relavent things to make an informed decision.

5. Go through all the FAQs regarding LC in Immigration.com and Murthy.com

6. Discuss with your attorney all the pros and cons.

7. Don't get into money paying business for GC. You are a good consultant and you don't need to take this route to get your green card.

Good Luck to you !
 
Good news

my case finally get certified today. The problem with
my case was all the paper related to my case was stuck
in some pile, in other words was misplaced. Finally after
keep calling my lawyer, he agreed to call DOL officer this
morning and after calling DOL officer, he found out that
my case was misplaced. DOL officer promised him to look
my case today and I just got word from my lawyer that
my case already certified and my lawyer give them fedex
account so they can send it overnight

I am feel so much release. Thanks for the encouragement
from everybody

Once again, Thank you


Good luck for everybody else
 
Congrats

wxm8,
congratulations!!!!.
Its really happy to hear abt ur case.

U have been giving us the useful information.

Thank u once again

ALL THE BEST!!

Bindu
 
wxm8

Really good news Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:) :)

We will miss your postings:(
Good luck for I140 & I 485.


Nanaji
 
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Re : nanaji

I will still be here , keep updating FAQ until somebody wants
to take over the FAQ :) and once a while I still checking to
help anybody that needs it





Request : Anybody wants to take care of FAQ once I moved
to I-140 and I-485 ?



Thanks
 
wxm8

Congratulations ! We are going to have you in I-140 forum. Please keep up the good work there too.

Junior guys, one of you please take charge of FAQ from wxm8. He needs now to concentrate on I-140.

Congrats once again wxm8.

Good Luck !
 
Case Info

Guys,
There is a great information in this forum. jbm and wxm8 specially do lot of hard work to help people.
To let you all know, my case info is below-
Case No. 05408XXX RIR
Sent to SESA - 02/25/02
Sent to DOL - 04/15/02
Certified on - 07/25/02
Received Hard Copy - 08/01/02

Good Luck to you all and thanks for valuable information.

ssmk
 
FAQ & Tracker responsibility

Folks,
I seem to be at the bottommost of the list here (since my processing is still stuck at State labor coz of an RFE), I'll take on the responsibility of the FAQ.

wxm8 - pl check in frequently to help answer some q's in this forum.

And when jbm gets DoL approval, I can take over the tracker as well.
SDD

PS - Congrats wxm8 and good luck jbm.
 
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Thanks for everybody encouragement
and support. :)

Thanks sdd for taking care FAQ, once
a while I will be in this group and give
idea if there are some news and helping some new people. This monday I will
update FAQ for the last time

For umyal, I read in www.immigration-law.com that DOL suppose to publish interim or final regulation for PERM application in this month which is much much faster maybe only take 2 weeks for entire Labor Certification.You might want to consider that. Make sure you understand all the
requirement and caveat
 
Thanks guys....

First off...Wxm8, congrats......carry on your great work in I 140 forum.

Sachdev, Wxm8... thank you so much for looking at my case passionately as your own. I really appreciate it. WXM8, I don't think my approved labor from past company will help me in getting extension come Nov 2003. At this moment, I am ready to take the paycut to file I 140/485 by joining the DE based company. Best reason is "Peace of Mind" since the last 7 months i.e. from Jan 2002 (when I found out my ex-employer's lawyer had not filed my I 140 ) were like hell..emotionally. You know guys what I mean.. !!

Another reason is I built my own company in India from 99 which is employing 18 people now with a branch in US. Thereby I feel that there is too much at stake.. since I would loose lot of business if I leave US.

So all in all, I am going to confirm with the DE based company next week and will file I 140/485 simultaneously.

One question though, does anyone know whether you need to be on the employer's payroll before you file I 140?


Thanks guys... I'll be still visiting this forum regularly.. it's been great advice here.
 
Re : Umyal

Good luck to you on what ever decision you take. Since you have all the info with you it will be easier for you to make a decision.

You don't have to be an employee of your GC sponsoring company as GC is for a future job. However you have to join that company as soon as you get your GC stamped and work for them for a reasonable length of time. Reasonable length is not defined and safe time would be one year. This will save you from any complications at the time of making an application for your citizenship, if you have any intentions of becoming a citizen of America. This is the basic info that i know. A discussion with an attorney will always be a better option in these matters.

Hope this helps !!!

Good Luck to you once again!
 
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FAQ again

New item is marked with Bold

This is my last posting regarding FAQ and sdd will take it
from now on . Thanks sdd :)


Incomplete FAQ on Labor Certification in Chicago

updated August 5, 2002

- Seems there are two analysts working on RIR case
- It usually takes 3 to 3.5 months for RIR cases (for most of IT) and
<B>takes about 4.5 to 5 Months for Regular cases</B>
- It usually takes about 6 to 10 days to receive Hard Copy after your case get certified
- If you running out of time in your H1-B (close to 6 years), Is possible to make a request
to DOL officer to expedite your case (give them your request and proof that you're 6 years
almost up) (USE WITH YOUR OWN RISK, I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE)

- List of phone number and email of DOL officers
Abraytis, John 312-886-2928 Jabraytis@doleta.gov
Carroll, Sarah 312-353-1550 Scarroll@doleta.gov
Gonzalez, Marie 312-353-3333 mgonzalez@doleta.gov
Johnson, Marsha 312-353-1509 majohnson@doleta.gov
Kimmons, Belinda 312-353-1207 bkimmons@doleta.gov
Smith, MaryAnn 312-353-7536 masmith@doleta.gov
Van, Renee 312-353-3448 rvan@doleta.gov
Warren, Waconda 312-353-1054 wwarren@doleta.gov

- Many attorneys advise that it is better not to call DOL officers directly asking about
your case, because it will irritate DOL officer and some attorneys said if they get
irritated, they will try to find fault on your file
- <B>WebSite Link related to this issue : http://www.murthy.com/UDavoid.html</B>

- Automated Voice Message number 312-353-1059

- (From Nanaji) If you want to talk to DOL officer, the best time is around 8.30 to 9am
Chicago Time
- Currently email lcstatus05@doleta.gov does not work
Here some notes regarding the status

*********************************************
Here is reply from DOL webmaster

From: FLC-DOL [FLC-DOL@doleta.gov]
Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 12:30 PM

Subject: RE: status line

We have been having trouble with our national status system.
It is being worked on, and hopefully will be backup soon.

In the meantime you can get general information
from our web site: OWS.DOLETA.GOV/foreign.asp

Select Processing time on the right hand side of the screen (about 2 pages down)

**********************************************

- The status is updated on 5 am from Monday to Thursday (according to official)
- Based on observation, the status SEEMS updated on 9 am Chicago Time from Monday to Thursday and seems on 9 pm on Friday afternoon also sometimes on saturday
- (Fron mnew) On every monday, Automatic Voice Message gets updated (very long update). When you call AVM and the phone keep ringing, it means AVM update is in progress

- Based on observation
when DOL officers review cases depends on DOT Code and RIR/Non RIR

for example if you are Prof / Teacher for some college/university
it gets approved very fast , within 2 weeks after RD

if you are IT related jobs, it takes about 3 to 3.5 months
for RIR

if you are chef, it takes about 3-5 months for RIR

if you are cleaner/gardener , it just take couple days after RD
because they have to wait very long time in local

and when they take RIR case, seems they follow the RD
but it depends on the officer which case # he/she wants to
review


- Currently it takes less than 1 month for your cases to be put on Automated Voice message
after Local SESA send it to Chicago
- DOL Chicago WebSite http://www.doleta.gov/regions/reg05/Pages/Acutxt.cfm#times
- DOL Website for all region http://workforcesecurity.doleta.gov/foreign/times.asp
- jbm already provide excellent DOL Chicago tracker with the file called "chicago dol tracker excel.xls"


<B>
- If your case has not been processed according to time frame then make sure to
call your lawyer to inquiry about your case status, for example
Your case has RD 4/1/2002 and today's date is August 31, 2002. When you
check AVM, AVM reported that they already process case with RD 5/1/2002, it means
that your case is about 2 weeks to 1 month behind. Please ask your lawyer to
inquiry about your status, because there are possibilities that your case
is lost or misplaced


- Some Immigration Link
www.immigration-law.com
www.shusterman.com
www.visalaw.com
www.murthy.com
www.shihab.com
</B>

Please give me more suggestion to make this FAQ useful for anybody that needs it
 
My case detail

Received at SESA : Dec 1,2001
Sent to Regional : March 5, 2002
Received at Regional : March 28, 2002
Approved : August 2, 2002
Hard Copy Received : August 5, 2002
Case # : 054079XX

My case was special case, because it was misplaced
So it was approved in approximately 4 months
Since it was late, DOL officer agree to Fedex it overnight
using my lawyer fedex account

Please add it to tracker
 
Re: My case detail

HI WXM8

CONGRATS ON YOUR LABOR APPROVAL.
LET ME THANK YOU FOR YOUR TRACKING INPUTS.
IT HAS HELPED A LOT OF PEOPLE.
I HAVE A QUESTION.
MY COWORKER'S RIR HAS BEEN DENIED TODAY
BY DOL CHICAGO. WE ARE A STATE GOVT INSTITUTION
AND HAVE NEVER HAD A LAYOFF.THERE MIGHT BE ADVERTISEMENT ISSUES ON HIS CASE.
MY QUESTION IS IF RIR HAS BEEN DENIED DOES IT MEAN
THE END OR DOES IT MEAN THAT THE CASE IS UNDER
REGUALAR LC.

THANKS

RAJESH

Originally posted by wxm8
Received at SESA : Dec 1,2001
Sent to Regional : March 5, 2002
Received at Regional : March 28, 2002
Approved : August 2, 2002
Hard Copy Received : August 5, 2002
Case # : 054079XX

My case was special case, because it was misplaced
So it was approved in approximately 4 months
Since it was late, DOL officer agree to Fedex it overnight
using my lawyer fedex account

Please add it to tracker
Click to expand...
 
update

update

CASE# 05408***
SWA RD: Jan., 2002
DOL RD: Apr.,2002
Certified D: July, 2002
Hard copy RD: Aug.,2002
 
Question to nanaji and wxm8

Hi,
I have not yet got my case number from my attorney.I got my case number thru john from DOL.
I am worried why did it take so much time to send the case number to my attorney.

nanaji,
did u get ur case number.Pl tell me when did u get ur case number.

Thank you very much
priya
 
wxm8 & Priya

wxm8,

Expecting the same because they have cleared 054090xx series
except some 10-15. And they started 054091xx and 054092xx.
I started collecting all the documents required for filing 140 & 485.
:) :)

Priya,

My case has been sent to DOL on may 8th. They told me the case number after 3 weeks.
My RD is May 14th and I got my case number in May ending or June first week! Dont worry I saw some posts saying they didnt get their case number till their case got certified.

-Nanaji
 
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Re : Rajeshtl

It depends. If it said it just need RFE, then Do the best
to respond that RFE. If it gets denied and no RFE required
then RIR automatically become Regular Labor

Sorry to hear that for your friend
 
Re : nbindu

Do not worry, if your case experience unusual delay
for example they processes case that have RD 1 month
more than you, then you should worry
 
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