Hi folks - this is my first post in these forums and I found it very useful. Please read below and please give me some information based on your experience.
I had a labor from a NJ company and had concurrent filing for I140 & I-485 in Dec'04. I Received my EAD in Jan'05 and my I140 was approved after a few days of the receipt of my EAD. After 180 days I had moved to another company based on this EAD and had moved to a different place.
I did a mistake in not updating my address immediately after my move to INS but gave a friend's address to the post office. I did another blunder also. I hadn't registered for online updates until Dec'05.
An RFE was sent to my old address in Oct'05. Since the RFE was sent to my old address, I could not receive and could not respond to that.
So, when I looked at the updates in Dec'05, the INS had updated the site that they sent some communication and it was sent back to them in Oct'05 having received no response. My previous lawyer also did not inform me anything.
So, when I looked at the update, I called INS to resend me that RFE. But they never sent it to me. But they had denied and closed my I485 and based on this the renewal of my EAD was also denied.
My current lawyer was quick enough to apply for a H1. My lawyer is now applying for a perm. So, am I back to square 1 ?
Since the time to apply for an MTR has passed for the old I-485, what are the possibilities to pursue the I-485 application. Since I moved to a different company, I cannot re-apply for I-485 based on the approved I140.
Can any one please give me information on how to proceed ? Should I just wait for my perm to be processed or can I do anything with the old I-485 application ?
Please respond with whatever information you have.
Thanks,
Mohnish.