Hi All,
Yesterday the much awaited email for welcome notice for my wife came. So we are all clear at last.
Came to the US for the first time in Sept'01 on L1. Went back in just over 2 months. Came back in Jan 02. Moved to the South in Feb.'05. In Oct. I was converted to H1 on the suggestion of my attorney.
Though my PD is 10/2005, my GC journey started sometime around May05, when my co decided to sponsor my GC as I was preparing to go back to India.
Around July'05 I met our co-provided attorney, who told me about CC when she heard about my wife's COB.
After all the ads and pre-work etc. My labor got filed in Oct.'05.
During Labor I had an Audit, and I thought end-of-story. Some how my attorney managed to come out of it and my LC got approved in Jan-end 06.
My efficient HR-Manager took a very short time of almost 3 months to prepare the papers for my I140 which ultimately got filed in Mid-April 06.
I140 stage was the coolest of the 3 stages for me, as it got approved in 35 days in May06.
Again my HR-Manager and Attorney took a very short time of 2 months to prepare the papers for our I485 and it got filed in July'06.
Got an RFE to prove my legal status for my 485 as because my attorney forgot to send 1-2 H1/L1 approval extension notice.
Called using POJ a couple of times and each time got to know that my NC is pending. Then wrote letters to both senators, without waiting wrote to FL as well. There was no resp. from 1 senator while another was very helpful and followed up with USCIS, also wrote back saying that my NC is now clear. FL's office also wrote similar reply saying when my NC was sent back.
Ironically in Sept'07 when my NC was pending I/Os said over phone(using POJ) that everything was clear for my wife, just awiting Primary's approval.
After my NC got cleared, the I/Os started saying that my wife's BC conducted by USCIS is pending.
Never went for an Infopass. Cannot spend time outside client office so put the phone to full use.
Money wise spent approx 8K+ on attorney fees. Even though it says co sponsored, it is us who have to provide the attorney fees.
Thanks to everybody on this forum for all your support, without your support we(my wife & me) would not have made it thru this great journey.
Special thanks to Raad for starting this thread, wish he was among us to ack this. May his soul rest in peace and wish all the luck to his family.
A very very special thanks to Ks_CC, his knowledge with regards to immigration specially with CC is uncomparable. The great support provided by him was invaluable. God alone knows how many times I bugged him over the phone and each time gave me lots of advise and thus relief.
A big thanks to Mr. Rajeev Khanna & his team for having this portal in the and maintaining it.
A special thanks to all the old-timers of this thread for all your support.
Big thanks to all those who filed after me for their support.
Wish everybody who is still waiting for their approvals to go Green at the earliest.
Even though, it is difficult, hoping for the positive only can keep us alive and kicking. Now to put some realism to my hope I kept in touch with the latest "pulse" of USCIS and other involved orgs. by regularly visiting these forums and also sharing what I knew, what I heard. etc. So if I heard that currently there are no approvals and USCIS is replying back everybody saying that waith 6 months, I started hoping 6-months. If I saw a lot of approvals after 2 months I started expecting something in 2 months. So my friends dont loose hope just try to keep up with the "pulse" of USCIS.
I also think writing to FL/Senators help.
I will be visiting this forum, whenever I get time off from my 2-month old daughter.
Warm regards,
Still