Approved
I am EB-2 India and dates retrogress to Jan 2002 from December 1.
I had given up hope and had not checked status ever since I talked to my attorney about possibility of someone taking note of response to RFE. The lawyer was sympathetic but said the possibility is remote since there are barely 10-12 business days left before end of month.
I checked status today and I don't know why I did it since this was any way a short week. But to my surprise I see "Welcome notice mailed" with a LUD on 11/20/2007.
The same applied to my family. So all of us got approval somewhere this week. I received no emails even though the option to receive email was on.
Following are my details if it helps someone:
Eb-2 India PD 11/2002 ( Own labor)
LC cleared 5/2006
I-140 Approved 10/2007 (upgraded to Premium)
I-485 filed 7/2006
NC cleared 7/2007 (wrote to FL/Senator/COngresswoman)
Can not say if that helped as they
just get the status. I anyway sent
the Thank you not to all so they may
continue to enquire FBI for others
i-485 RFE 10/2007
Response to RFE 11/8/2007
I-485 Approved 11/20/2007 (May be before this date)
Sometimes 15 days can make all the difference. Six years back I missed the bus by that time when my HR did not file my Labor in August 2001. She actually hid the fact from me that a change of policy is coming at end of September 2001 which would affect me. This resulted in labor not being being filed for than a year. Then BEC happened and it kept getting worse and worse specially if one is from high visa demand country like India or China.
At least this time some kind soul at USCIS took a look at RFE and responded in a week's time, probably saving me another 6-8 months.
I feel for those still stuck there. Particularly the fellow BEC sufferer and those stuck in Name Check hole. Hang on, it will happen. Sooner than later and hopefully before this year runs out.
Good Luck. I will hang around to answer any related questions for at least a month.
I thought I was nearing the end of this self imposed term in this prison.
Here is the status: 485 filed in July '06. EB-2 India 11/2002. Namecheck cleared soemwhere in July '07.
Kept pushing USCIS about my case since logically I should have got approved in last years' quota. So many 'o7 filers with PD of 2005/2006 got approved isn't it ?
Had an RFE. Replied with documents which were already there in the original filing. Had two LUDs on 8th and 9th Nov after sending the response.
And now the retrogression with chances of Eb-2 going even back.
For those who have had RFE and approvals, what is the usual time taken ? I am not too hopeful to get something before 30th Nov but it helps to remove even that speck and do something more useful in life than trolling these boards and checking USCIS website.