Dallas Backlog Elimination Center Tracking

luckyz said:
I have been reading for most of the times, and notice that not much information about non-RIR/EB2 cases.
Could anyone share your experience if you are in the same bucket?
My case was filed as non-RIR/EB2 in 06/2002 in Colorado, but have not yet received 45 day letter. Is it just me or something is wrong?
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My non-RIR/EB2 case is from Oklahoma.. PD 03/2002 .. No 45 day letter !
 
Question to Icarus

Icarus,
First let me thank you for your useful feedbacks. Now the question:

Why we have lot of people with older Priority dates (July 2002 and earlier) waiting to get approved and you say that approval Queue is in early 2003 and it is by FIFO. Is it merely the mailing room issue? Did you hear any reason/rumor for this weird phenomenon? Any update would be appreciated.

Thanks
 
*** Certified ***

After long time I have some good news to share.
I sent an email to Phily BEC for screen shot (though my case is IN Dallas BEC), and got a reply in 30 minutes!
The screen shot shows STATUS = CERTIFIED

Details:
PD : NOV/28/2002
CA
RIR
EB2
Title : Software Engineer
Case NO : D-04310-XXXXX

CAN I CELEBRATE??
 
If you don't mind me asking, where do you send the email to get case status and screen shot? What exactly did you ask for?

My case PD is Feb 2002, RIR, EB2, KS. I still haven't got the 45 day letter. My attorney says the case was transferred to Dallas BEC in Jan of this year, but I still haven't got the 45 day letter.

Any help you might provide would be appreciated. You can send me a private message if you choose to.

Thanks in advance
raju125


gc_line said:
After long time I have some good news to share.
I sent an email to Phily BEC for screen shot (though my case is IN Dallas BEC), and got a reply in 30 minutes!
The screen shot shows STATUS = CERTIFIED

Details:
PD : NOV/28/2002
CA
RIR
EB2
Title : Software Engineer
Case NO : D-04310-XXXXX

CAN I CELEBRATE??
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I seriously Need Help, Can some one tell me what is the percantage % of workmen tax, & if one pays workman or insurance tax do they after reducing tax or before reducing tax.

my employer pay my workman or insurance before taking my tax out or after my tax out please replay ask soon as possible thank you.
 
Puzzled : Icarus Can you please comment ?

:confused: :confused: :confused: :confused:

Icarus can you please comment ?

First of all, I would like to thank Icarus, GP111, mnhdrc for their help and support in this forum.

I have been a silent spectator to this forum for the past one year trying to understand where the direction where my case is headed.... :( :( Here's what I need some help to understand.... Here's my case status

EB2/RIR from CA
PD : 05/09/2002
RD : 06/19/2003
45 Day CRNL : Received on Jan 24, 2005 and responded Jan 29, 2005
Case # : D-04320-020XX
Case Status : RIR
Certification Date : ????

Because of the Queue at DBEC being in February 2003, I was too curious to find out my case status. I got a response after several attempts that it is still in "RIR".

Icarus, Can you please shed some light on cases which are in May-July 2002 that haven't had a resolution yet ?

TIA
cadesi
:confused: :confused:
 
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raju125 said:
If you don't mind me asking, where do you send the email to get case status and screen shot? What exactly did you ask for?

My case PD is Feb 2002, RIR, EB2, KS. I still haven't got the 45 day letter. My attorney says the case was transferred to Dallas BEC in Jan of this year, but I still haven't got the 45 day letter.

Any help you might provide would be appreciated. You can send me a private message if you choose to.

Thanks in advance
raju125
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Hi Raju,

This is my understanding: So far most of the cases that are approved are RIR that went to regional from states, CA and Texas. There are few cases here and there from other states but not a lot. Most of the ppl from CA and texas have received their 45 day letter. Not many, very few from other states have received their 45 day letters. These happen to be in some random order, they pick a pile by "inki pinky ponky ...." and enter them into the system.
Currently the BEC's are working on entering all the cases into their systems to reach a deadline of sep 1st. They cannot do that at their pace so they are entering partial details which will still not generate the 45 day letter. After the partial details they will enter the complete details which will generate the letter. So lets assume that by sep they enter the partial details and in another two months they enter the complete details. Then 1 month for sending the 45 DL, you recieving it and sending it back and they entering that into their system. After that your case will be in the que for processing based on PD. By then I would assume that all the RIR cases with PD of 2002 will be done so TR of 2002 will start and since you are quite early in 2002 you can expect to be approved 1 month from then. (By the way they have another deadline that all the cases with PD of 2002 will be approved by the end of this year). They are talking around 2-3 months to mail the certification letter. So adding up we get Feb-March of next year. So if you fine with that then my advice is keep waiting just like me.

Your other alternatives:
See if you company is planning on applying for PERM. If so then try to convert your current case to PERM that way you can keep your PD. Or else wait till october, if EB2 doesnt got into retrogression then you can file a new case in PERM. Then you dont have to care about PD.
I cant think of any other alternatives. If anyone else can pitch in some it would be nice.

Disclaimer: Hey I am not a lawer, these are my opinions and my options too. Just sharing with you and giving you hope that there are others. :) :)
 
Can some one answer or update?

Does anyone with case # starting with D-05000-XXXX or higher has been approved?
My case is from MO states and PD Oct-2002. 45DL replied on March-05 but never heard anything after that. Is there any phone# or email or any other ways to check status in Dallas BEC?
Thanks
 
Volleyball

THANK YOU very much for the insight. Based on what you say, if we have waited for more than 3 and half years, what's another 6 months, right? :)

I just hope they start putting in the full details and send out the 45 day letter so that the processing gets done quicker. If retrogression does happen, then we are stuck. From what I heard, if retrogression does happen, then the concurrent processing of EAD, 140 and 485 doesn't apply. Is that accurate? I really hope not.

Anyway, I guess we just have to wait and wait and wait...patiently...and hope for the best.

Raju

volleyball said:
Hi Raju,

This is my understanding: So far most of the cases that are approved are RIR that went to regional from states, CA and Texas. There are few cases here and there from other states but not a lot. Most of the ppl from CA and texas have received their 45 day letter. Not many, very few from other states have received their 45 day letters. These happen to be in some random order, they pick a pile by "inki pinky ponky ...." and enter them into the system.
Currently the BEC's are working on entering all the cases into their systems to reach a deadline of sep 1st. They cannot do that at their pace so they are entering partial details which will still not generate the 45 day letter. After the partial details they will enter the complete details which will generate the letter. So lets assume that by sep they enter the partial details and in another two months they enter the complete details. Then 1 month for sending the 45 DL, you recieving it and sending it back and they entering that into their system. After that your case will be in the que for processing based on PD. By then I would assume that all the RIR cases with PD of 2002 will be done so TR of 2002 will start and since you are quite early in 2002 you can expect to be approved 1 month from then. (By the way they have another deadline that all the cases with PD of 2002 will be approved by the end of this year). They are talking around 2-3 months to mail the certification letter. So adding up we get Feb-March of next year. So if you fine with that then my advice is keep waiting just like me.

Your other alternatives:
See if you company is planning on applying for PERM. If so then try to convert your current case to PERM that way you can keep your PD. Or else wait till october, if EB2 doesnt got into retrogression then you can file a new case in PERM. Then you dont have to care about PD.
I cant think of any other alternatives. If anyone else can pitch in some it would be nice.

Disclaimer: Hey I am not a lawer, these are my opinions and my options too. Just sharing with you and giving you hope that there are others. :) :)
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yuefengwang said:
I am THE's friend, PD:11/22/2002
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So we are on the same boat.

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ETA Case # D-050*
PD: 1/3/3
Processing Type: RIR
Case Source: Region
Case Received Date: 1/14/5
Case Status:
Date Submitted: 7/15/5
Existence Check: Overridden
Correction Letter Generated: 4/7/5
Correction Options Returned: 4/26/5

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45-day-letter sent out date 5/5/5
 
yuefengwang said:
I am THE's friend, PD:11/22/2002
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So we are on the same boat.
Please let me know if you hear anything new.

++++++++++
ETA Case # D-050*
PD: 1/3/3
Processing Type: RIR
Case Source: Region
Case Received Date: 1/14/5
Case Status:
Date Submitted: 7/15/5
Existence Check: Overridden
Correction Letter Generated: 4/7/5
Correction Options Returned: 4/26/5

+++++++++
45-day-letter sent out date 5/5/5
 
gp111 said:
Congrats PD2002.. Make sure you apply I-485 well before August 31.

Good Luck
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Hi Gp111,

You have suggested to apply I485 before Aug 31. My case status as of today morning says "Final Review". I am assuming that your suggestion is only for EB2 category.

Since mine is EB3, I assume I can only apply for I140 I guess and wait for the visa numbers to be greater or equal to my PD.

Please correct me if I am wrong.
 
nisra said:
Hi Gp111,

You have suggested to apply I485 before Aug 31. My case status as of today morning says "Final Review". I am assuming that your suggestion is only for EB2 category.

Since mine is EB3, I assume I can only apply for I140 I guess and wait for the visa numbers to be greater or equal to my PD.

Please correct me if I am wrong.
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Final Review= At the end of Process Q when it turns to Certified:)
Yes you can apply for I-140 only after LC approval before Oct 2005
Keep other papers ready and depending on OCT 2005 visa buletin you will know where the EB3 stands for I-485.

All the best
 
abbrivated data entry and 45 day letters

I think the abbrivated data entry and 45 day letters works better because there may be thousands of applications which doesn't require further processing(will be withdrawn/no response). So this means it is a waste of time entering the full data before 45 day letter is generated.

If the 45 day letter is received with confirmation to proceed, then the full details will be updated in to the system.

May be that is the reason people are seeing their 45 day letters with out complete details.
 
GCOnly said:
In my case, I also had the status of "Assessment Notice Received from SWA" in August 2004. I remember asking my attorney back then and if I remember correctly, my attorney's response was that it's a query on the case requesting for more information on the recruiment process followed before filing for the case, like internal postings, online and paper adverstisements etc.
I also learnt that recently there has been an update on that rule, and now if they get any doubt about a case, instead of sending an assessment notice, they will simply reject the Labor certification application. Hope this helps!
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This is not entirely true. Nowadays, the BEC's are picking up the phone and calling this attorney to request details on recruitment efforts. I've seen this happen to atleast 3 people on this forum, including me (PD2002, SBDOL and me). Both SBDOL and PD2002 received approvals after this request for recruitment within a month of submitting the reply. I am still waiting and it'll be a month tommorow since my reply was filed.
 
volleyball said:
Hi Raju,

This is my understanding: So far most of the cases that are approved are RIR that went to regional from states, CA and Texas. There are few cases here and there from other states but not a lot. Most of the ppl from CA and texas have received their 45 day letter. Not many, very few from other states have received their 45 day letters. These happen to be in some random order, they pick a pile by "inki pinky ponky ...." and enter them into the system.
Currently the BEC's are working on entering all the cases into their systems to reach a deadline of sep 1st. They cannot do that at their pace so they are entering partial details which will still not generate the 45 day letter. After the partial details they will enter the complete details which will generate the letter. So lets assume that by sep they enter the partial details and in another two months they enter the complete details. Then 1 month for sending the 45 DL, you recieving it and sending it back and they entering that into their system. After that your case will be in the que for processing based on PD. By then I would assume that all the RIR cases with PD of 2002 will be done so TR of 2002 will start and since you are quite early in 2002 you can expect to be approved 1 month from then. (By the way they have another deadline that all the cases with PD of 2002 will be approved by the end of this year). They are talking around 2-3 months to mail the certification letter. So adding up we get Feb-March of next year. So if you fine with that then my advice is keep waiting just like me.

Your other alternatives:
See if you company is planning on applying for PERM. If so then try to convert your current case to PERM that way you can keep your PD. Or else wait till october, if EB2 doesnt got into retrogression then you can file a new case in PERM. Then you dont have to care about PD.
I cant think of any other alternatives. If anyone else can pitch in some it would be nice.

Disclaimer: Hey I am not a lawer, these are my opinions and my options too. Just sharing with you and giving you hope that there are others. :) :)
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Hi, Volleyball
thanks for the insights. How valid the information, especially the deadline information is? This is surely a good news to us.
Also, when you said "By the way they have another deadline that all the cases with PD of 2002 will be approved by the end of this year", does that only apply to RIR? or both RIR and regular?
Thanks again
 
Icarus, Philly case processed by Dallas?

Icarus,

Ray. S, a CA folk, whose case was originally transfered to Philly, got his/her case approved by Dallas. This news was obtained by send inquiry to 7th year extension.

Please see the link

http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?p=1217917#post1217917

Basically, he received and replied 45-day letter to Philly. However it looks like he has been assigned a new case number afterwards with "D" and certified by Dallas.

Is that true that Dallas is adjudicating Philly cases with PD around 2002. Do Dallas and Philly share same data base?

Thanks!
 
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mnhrdc said:
Final Review= At the end of Process Q when it turns to Certified:)
Yes you can apply for I-140 only after LC approval before Oct 2005
Keep other papers ready and depending on OCT 2005 visa buletin you will know where the EB3 stands for I-485.

All the best
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Thanks mnhrdc, that clears a lot.

Any guess how long it takes for
  • Status to change to "Certified",
  • How long it takes for LC paperwork to reach attorney's office? and a final naive question
  • Can we guess what could be the PD when the Oct 05 bulletin will be released?
 
Icarus - need clarification please

Hi Icarus,
I got my case status as DATA REVIEW on the screen shot.

In one of your earlier posting you were mentioning that
Data Review is the status assigned when data entry is complete and a
response to the 45-day letter has not been recieved.

But we haven't received any 45 day letter.. Do we have to reopen the case ?

Thanks in advance for the reply.
 
One of my friend got a snapshot response that says "Existence Check=Overridden". As per this forum it means there was some error that was fixed. So when can he expect the decision . ALso can someone throw more light on this code
 
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