CSC I-485 **Approvals** in JULY 2004.

#139 gcusa99: Approval letter in the mailbox but no update

I am glad to share the news. We both received our approval letters in the mail box yesterday and got passport stamping done today. No update on our cases online.

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WAC-02-258-5xxxx (primary and derivative)
RD:08/14/02; ND:08/15/02; AD: 07/16/04
1FP:09/26/02; 2FP:06/26/04
LUD (primary):04/07 to 07/17
LUD: (derivative): 07/09 to 07/17

http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=135727
 
#140 myturnhere: wac03143xxxx approved!

just want to share with you my joy here! The email notification arrived at 5:01pm...

details:
NIW, 140 approved 03/2003;
485 RD 04/2003
1st FP 05/2003
AD 07/22/2004, LUD changed from 05/30/2003 to 05/26/2004 (now is 07/22/2004), no RFE

I think the story that CSC are approving those whose FP are expiring may be valid... Anyway, I am really happy. Good luck to those who are still waiting!

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#141 Hari_Seldon: Approved - WAC02206

All,

Wife, self and son (all wac-02-206) approved on 07/22/04.
Online message changed, received e-mails, waiting for snail mail.

Thanks to one and all in this forum - questions (however silly)always invariably get answered.

A number of theories - (mostly heuristic, akin to palmistry) has been offered in terms of predictability and many have borne fruit - latest e.g...2nd FP and LUD means you are close.

Wonderful work, Kashmir, 140 for ever and others (please do not be offended if i did not name names, but every1 knows the folks and their sterling efforts in providing timely information). this site by Rajiv khanna is just great.

I have been like the teeming thousands - getting tons of information here and very sporadically posting information. Like the others, i gained succor and solace while i discovered there were others like me (funny things, misery loves company, safety in numbers whatever)

Please bear with life/fate/the INS while they plod through whatever they are plodding through to get your approvals

What i don't want to do and will resist is ....just because my case is over..stop visiting this forum...will try and visit it and if possible share my experiences....participation is the only way.

Oh yes..finally, will give my 50 bucks...

warm regards,all

Hari_Seldon

wac02206xxxxx
labor filed Nov 2000
140 approval Apr2002 (in just 6 weeks)
1st FP July 2002
2nd FP July 7 2004
LUD July 15 2004
Approval email July 22 2004

http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=135755
 
#142 wac-ed in CA: WAC-02-223::: approved (Jul 22, 2004)

Received emails (2 per case) on approvals for me and spouse. Quite anti-climactic.

My best wishes to those who are waiting and thank you for being on this forum. I have lurked here for a while and learned a lot of relevant information.


Here is the obligatory list 'o events:

H1 (7 yrs)
I-140 approved: Feb 2002 (EB1b OR)
I485 filed: June 2002
RD/ND: Jul 1 2002

Amended I140 filed June 2002 (Notifying Company merger)
RFE on amended I140 (Generic form lette RFE): Dec 2002
RFE Responded : Jan 2003
Amended I140 approved: Jan 2003

Spring 2003
Expedite petition filed with support letters from Congresswoman Anna Eshoo, Linda Sanchez, and various industry leaders based on fact that the company I founded has created 700+ jobs in California before merger with an even bigger company.
(no action)

Summer 2003
Inquiry letters sent in from various Congresswoman offices.
(No action)

Letters sent to Anna Eshoo, Sanchez, Feinstein, Boxer describing 485 delays
(usual letters received about processing times etc)

Fall 2003
Changed employers. AC21 filed with letters, EVL, job description.

Dec 2003
Letters and faxes to congresswoman/senators with content from immigration.com

Spring 2004
Very helpful exchange of emails/calls with Sanchez' staffers. Much more helpful than Eshoo's staff.

April 2004
Founded new company. Filed AC21. Created 6 new jobs for California.

May 2004
Received 2nd FP notice for 6/17.

Met with Anna Eshoo staffer on Immigration matters. Was told that immigration.com lawsuit may hurt retrieval of information from CSC, 2. others have waited more than me, 3. they cannot do much other than request information anyway, 4. i had contacted multiple senators/congresswoman so they will close my file at the palo alto office.
(at this point decided not to waste my time with them or w/ faxes/letters).

June 2004
Did scheduled 2nd FP on 6/17 after 20 minutes lost trying to find 122 charcot ave.
USCIS site reflected 2nd FP on 6/21.

July 2004
Checked USCIS/immigration.com at least once a day.
July 23 morning: read approval emails sent out on July 22 (8:01pm time stamp).

http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=135800
 
#144 victoryatlast: wac02202 finally got approved

Hurray. What a relief after 6 years of GC process. Mine and my wife's 485 got approved. just saw the emails from USCIS

Many thanks to Kashmir and other folks for launching good campaigns for acceleration of the process.



GC application on Jan 1999
I485 Notice date June 2002
1st FP July 2002
2nd FP June 2004

No RFE
EB3 Non RIR

http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=135829
 
#145 the_gc_wait: wac-02-267-5XXXX approved

Got the approval notice yesterday.

ND: 8/29/02
1FP: October 02
2FP: June 8
LUD (started looking at this very recently): 6/14 (FP2), 7/17

Online status has NOT been updated, it still says FP2 received ....

I added my wife to my application Mar 2004, her WAC is wac-04-145, and she
has not received her approval, any idea how long it might take for her. Will it be
a year and a half later? Anybody here add their spouse after their own I-485 filing, can give me some more info?

Good luck!

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#146 ydnas: Approved 02-232-5* but no change in online status

Approved WAC-02-232-5***** approved for me and my wife.

It was a long journey, 8 years in all, with multiple H1s, 3 H1 extensions, 3 EADs, 3 APs, 2 I-140s list goes on.

Thanks to all the volunteers and experts in this forum which has been a great source for me.

Details:

Labor applied in July 2000
Labor approved Jan 2002 (1.5 years)
I-140 applied Feb 2002
I-140 approved June 2002
I-485 RD July 12 2002
First FP received July 17 2002
Second FP received June 17 2004,completed June 26, 2004
LUD changed on July 9th, showing FP received
LUD changed July 17th, still showing FP received
Approval notices in mail received July 21st
No email approval notice
:D :D

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#147 greenback: Approved

LUD Changed 7/19, 7/20, 7/21 and then got the 2 emails.

Thanks to all on this board. Without the daily views and discussions it would have been worse than it already was. Good luck to everyone whose approval is still pending - especially the long suffering ones who have had to wait endlessly since 2001 or 2002.

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WAC 02 125 xxxxx
EB2
RD: 2/22/2002
ND: 3/04/2002
2nd FP: Feb 12 2004

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#148 ever: (02148XXX) one approved + one REF + one?

Received emails saying that my husband's case get approved today (email was sent at 3:00AM Est of 07/24). :) The case info. WAC02148XXX, LUD 05/04, 07/23

Received other emails saying that my son's case need more information etc. :confused: The case info.: LUD: 05/04, 06/24, 07/16, 07/23,

My case is still pending: LUD: 01/29

But I am the primary applicant :confused: :confused:

Anybody has any idea?

__________________
ever
WAC-02-148XXX

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#149 srimat: WAC02128xxxxx Approved

LC Started on Jan'2001
RD 02/28/2002
ND 03/06/2002
1stFP 03/24/2002
2ndFP 01/03/2004
RFE - 05/27/2004- EVL,3 latest Paystubs, Company Ability to pay, Tax returns for 01,02 & 03.
RFE - Received 06/01/2004
RFE - Replied and Received by INS 06/16/2004.
AD - 07/19/2004
Passport stamped at SFO on 07/23/2004
Thanks
Srimat

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#150 I485Everlasting: Wac-02-001-***** Approved !!!

Just checked the online msg..its approved... :)
Wife's still pending.
Started GC process Oct'00. Filed I-485 on Sep'2001 and Receipt Date Oct'01.
Did not change company or changed address.

Right now I am kinda astonished and surprised to see the approval, still can't believe it, have to see the paper approval or call the customer service center.

My case has been passed due and beyond their published processing date for a long time. On Oct 11,2002 according to their published processing date they were processing cases that were filed on my receipt date. I have so many stories related to I485, some of my favorites are on Nov 2002 when I called customer service which was at that time (949)831 ..number and very very hard to get thru the phone system, they told me my case will be adjudicated within two months. Needless to say that never happened. I have forgotten how many times I did case status inquiry and heard "you will hear with in 30 days" , nothing happened either. Recently, when I was talking to them they told me they will transfer me to an "Immigration officer", so after some delay when I get to talk to her, I asked her if she is an immigration officer. She told me she is an immigration information officer and not an immigration officer. Then she told me deportation officers are the immigration officers( do I want to talk to one of them??) ..several times I have been the victim of their rough attitude..case status inquiry became a never ending black hole..I have sent letters to the personal attention of the director..contacted senator, congressman..sent bunch of faxes to INS/BCIS/USCIS..

I truely belive I have lost a quality amount of productivity due to this
I-485 process. The amount of anxiety created by the idea of keeping the job under same or similar job classification in addition to employer's attempts to take 100% advantage of my situation, and their paid lawyers who repeatedly organized corporate seminars pointing not to switch job under AC21(..saying its a memo not a law..) ..all these things became a solid nightmare...felt like the old man as in the novel "The old man and the Sea"..always hoping for tomorrow.

I have been a silent visitor to this forum and other forums..I like to thank all the moderators, volunteers, Mr. Rajiv for his effort and all other high and low profile members who had been the source of hope and inspiration in this journey that seemed to be everlasting. For those who are still waiting I sincerely hope yours will be approved soon!

http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=135913
 
#151 sdrtu: Approved and stamped WAC03-128- *****

Hi All
I and my spouse got approved on July 12 and we got our passports stamped on July 19. I'm EB2 semi concurrent case.
I registered online few days back before the approval. My online status was not updated with my fingerprint results for a year. But after registering my online status got changed and my LUD which was also a year old started changing. LUD changed many times before approval.
Thanks to all the people of this forum who take time to help others. Best of luck to everybody waiting.

http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=135939
 
I-485 got approved on 7/23/04 --WAC0352248XXX

:) My 485 has been approved
Details

485 ---Concurrent filing 9/8/03
FP --4/14/04
AP - message 7/23/04

Just checked my email .. I thought this message could be helpful.
my spouse's still pending ....

Good luck my dear friends...

Jay
 
27th July 2004, 01:22 PM
pkd76
Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 2

WAC-02-134-5XXXX Approved

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Hi friends,

My wife and I were finally approved today.

I called the USCIS yesterday. I don't know if my phone call and the approval are correlated. But my colleagues case was also approved the day after his lawyer faxed an inquiry. So that makes two of us.

For all you guys whose RD is much earlier than the current processing date, I think it is worth giving the National Customer Service Center a call. The number is 1 (800) 375-5283.

This forum has been our source of encouragement for the last two and a half years.

Thanks.
 
#154 sfsunset: WAC-02-122-5XXXX approved

Hi,

I got email notice from USCIS that our I-485 cases (me and my wife) were approved today.

ND - 2/28/2002
1st FP - 11/5/2002
2nd FP - 7/1/2004 (scheduled for 7/10)
LUD: 7/3->7/21->7/23->7/26->7/27
No job change; No RFE; No EAD (both of us are still H1-B holders)

After 29 months, I am glad the wait is over.

http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=136316
 
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