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Hi

Now I am confused

You are saying its on country of birth and the person before you says on passport, Which one is true?

And isn't it that if you are citizen of that country , you have to have that passport to come here. So which one of you is true?
Please let me know.



justdoit said:
Country of Birth counts when applying for 485. Hence, retrogression for India doesnt matter in your case. So, in short you are LUCKY! Good Luck!!
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Acronyms

praveen007 said:
I am new to this formum and i noticeed many of you using the term RD and PD. Can some one tell me what does RD and PD means?

Thanks
Praveen007
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PD= Priority Date (the date when your LC case was submitted to state )
RD= Regional Date (The data your case was submitted to FED(regional) after it got approved in state)

HTH
 
country of birth should be the correct one

I could not get the correct link, this link info should be similar
http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/types/types_1318.html

Whyallthis said:
Now I am confused

You are saying its on country of birth and the person before you says on passport, Which one is true?

And isn't it that if you are citizen of that country , you have to have that passport to come here. So which one of you is true?
Please let me know.
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Dallas,TX, RIR PD NOV 2002 ?

Hi Guys,

I have not recieved any approval about my LC, I have seen couple approvals in this forum beyond my PD date. I would really appreciate if you could let me know your suggestions and moral support.

Details,

RIR, EB2, TX, Dallas,
PD : 11/22/2002,
Date reached to Region Labor : 05/2003,
Date Recieved 45 day letter : 04/03/2005,
Date replied 45 day letter : 04/08/2005,
still waiting to get LC approval.
 
The PD is 06/12/2003
RD: 11/10/2003
Case #: D-04259-02XXX

Do you where i am in all this GC road...
When will he LC god bless me
GCCovet said:
PD= Priority Date (the date when your LC case was submitted to state )
RD= Regional Date (The data your case was submitted to FED(regional) after it got approved in state)

HTH
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congrats updateLC

Please let us know when you receive your hard copy..

my details are similar to you

Priority Date (PD): 2/18/2003
Regional Date (RD): 8/06/2003
45 days letter date : 1/24/2005
Case Number: D-04259-02xxx
Type: RIR/TX/EB2
Case Status : Final Review as of 08/10/2005

Thanks
Maverick


updateLC said:
We have started the 7th year extension process, I have convinced the lawyer to send for a screen shot, he had planned to send the 45 days notice letter as a proof for LC pending.

After two weeks today we received the screen shot, it shows the case status as certified, for the forum benifit I am including some of the case information
Priority Date (PD): 2/18/2003
Regional Date (RD): 8/12/2003
45 days letter date : 1/24/2004
Case Number: D-04293-xxxxx
Type: RIR/TX

It did not show the exact date of certification, the lawyer expect it was last week.

Good luck to all :)
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Dates

miindia said:
Hey Guys, Got an email from the lawyers office on Monday that my labor is approved. PD Jan 2003, RD Feb 2004, MI, RIR, EB3....... Hope this helps for others and thanks all for providing useful info. Can anybody tell about I140 and how to track its status and any forum here? Also can we file concurrent 140/485 or as the dates are not current we are no longer eligible for that? Thanks,
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Can you please let us know your exact PD, RD, Date Certified and the Date you have received the hardcopy?
 
WhyThisDelay said:
Guys.

Reading the Dallas and Philly BEC forums daily, it sometimes become depressing with all the grim news/projections being posted. I just thought of going and browsing the I140/I485 forums ( maybe I wanted to wander in dreamland thinking my labor is approved and I need to see what's going on in I140/I485).

To my surprise there are many cases in those forums who applied for 140/485 and got both of them approved in 2-3 months (yes months not years). There were few exceptions who were taking longer time, but for most part they were talking time delays in terms of months (some were even talking in terms of weeks).

Over here, we are talking 3-4 years wait for lobor as if 1 year is a small blip in the our dictionary (it is actually really a small blip for DOL/BECs). Man - this sucks really big time. I wonder if all these delays/laziness in processing is intentional. My friend told me 5 years back, the labor certification used to come in 3-4 months and Sept 11 changed it all.

Reading all this would make you think that you somehow get out of labor mess, the next stages are really nothing as compared to what we've already endured.
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I do not think that the reason for delay is September 11,

I think that the real reason is opportunity for illegal people (which they got due to the life act) to apply for GC.

The second reason is money.

BTW: In 2000 I got my first labor certified just for 2 weeks,
2 weeks NOT MONTHS, in Califirnia RIR/EB3 (not special handled)
 
Yes, the information about birth country is correct. Even though your wife is an Indian citizen, the fact that she was born in a different country counts for 485.

You are eligible to use your birth country's quota if your country of citizenship quota is backlogged. I am in the same situation as your wife. Born outside India, so might be able to concurrently file 140-485 even though I am in EB3, but my PD is Dec 29, 2004, so I don't think i am gaining much at this point. Bout the Middle east, even I am not holding the passport of the country where I was born snce my parents are indian passport holders, but it doesn't matter.Your wife was born there. that's all that matters since the birth certificate is proof.

The other scenario is that one of the spouses is holding a passport other than indian, but was born in india and is married to an indian passport holder. Then also you can use the spouses non-indian passport by the Cross-changeability feature to apply for 485 in that country's quota...

this info has been verified by couple of lawyers, so relax.. enjoy.. you will be able to use your wife's country of birth

GC152003 said:
country of birth should be the correct one

I could not get the correct link, this link info should be similar
http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/types/types_1318.html
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Hi

I would like to thak you all for giving me all the information you have. I really appreciate it.
I would love to accept as majority of you are saying that it is " Country of Birth" and not only on "Citizenship or Passport".
I talked to my lawyer , he did mention to me its country of birth but I wanted to confirm it.
If anybody has anything more to add, you are always wellcome.
 
congrats miindia!! do u visit miindia.com ever? just curious!
anyways,can you tell me your exact date of your PD in Jan 03? mine is Jan 22
you can't file concurrently right now - your best bet is get your papers ready though and see what the visa bulletin for Oct says! you might have to file I-140 seperately and wait for your dates to become current..


miindia said:
Hey Guys, Got an email from the lawyers office on Monday that my labor is approved. PD Jan 2003, RD Feb 2004, MI, RIR, EB3....... Hope this helps for others and thanks all for providing useful info. Can anybody tell about I140 and how to track its status and any forum here? Also can we file concurrent 140/485 or as the dates are not current we are no longer eligible for that? Thanks,
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miindia,also do post your details in the Dallas BEC approval tracker as well as the Dallas BEC for Chicago cases - there are too many of these out there but oh well,this info should help someone
 
7th Year - screen shots work

Delicateone said:
Will you please tell me which service center you filed your extension? Texas, California.........?

what was the month your last H1B Expierd?

Do you got exact one year extension? I wonder Do they Ovelap the months and you end up getting only 10-11 months extension?

If this is a wrong forum to discuss this I am very sorry.

Thank you.
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Sorry if this is slightly off topic.

I filed at the California Service Center in Laguna Niguel.

My H1B experience almost matches my LC frustrations.

My first 3 years of H1B expired 31st Dec 2001, My second 3 years expired 31st Dec 2004. My lawyer filed an extension in October 04, we got a notice of receipt about 21 days later, then silence. In Feb 05 CIS contacted my lawyer wanting justification for the 7th year, luckily my 45day had arrived that week and was submitted as evidence. 6 weeks later on 25th March CIS approved my application but with an expiry date of 1st Oct 2005. Just for 9 months.

This is where this forum has been so valuable to me as has the sharing of information…kudos to all.

Through the forum I learned of the “Yates memo”, got a copy and forwarded it to my lawyer. My lawyer challenged CIS, CIS agreed that 9 months was incorrect, however they wouldn’t extend that notice and I had to reapply in July. With the additional fees.

It goes to show that CIS get it wrong sometimes too.

I got the approval notice by the email subscription Tuesday morning, I haven’t seen a hard copy yet but anticipate CIS will issue a full 12 months to begin when my current expires.

Good luck to all….anticipation is half the fun.
 
from a post in the murthy forum

i got this from the murthy forum - a few people come on there
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dallas guy
Member posted August 17, 2005 08:54 AM


Hi all,
I have been a silent observer of this forum & have gathered valuable information from all of you.Thankyou!
My labour has been certified as per the screenshot received today.
The details are as follows:

PD: 01/16/2003
Processing type: RIR/EB2
State: Texas
Case recvd date: 09/23/2004
Center: Dallas BEC
Case status: Certified
Existance check: Overridden
Date submitted: 07/25/2005
Hard copy: Not yet..

Hope this helps..
 
Case Status = Final Review

Gurus/All,

As I see few applicants have received there case status as 'Final Review'.
Does anyone know, how long does it stay in this queue? I searched this forum in/out; I didn't see anyone predicted the time spent on each queue. If some of us get involved and do some homework perhaps we can come up with some approximate numbers?

Thanks

AwardMyGC
 
If your PD is Nov'2003 and has already cleared regional then you should receive it by early 2006. I think your immigration lawyer is misleading you by telling that LC is granted within 5-6 months from the date of letter... Currently the RIR queue is somewhere in March'2003 and looking at the trend it will take another 3-4 months to reach your case.

Maybe you can tell your lawyer to join the forum and find out for himself. ;)

praveen007 said:
Thanks GC from NJ:
Here is what my HR department sent me email a while ago:
The Department of Labor has received your Labor Cert and sent a 45 day letter to our immigration attorney. The 45 day letter is confirmation from the DOL that they have received your Labor Cert and will begin working on it. Our immigration attorney said that once she receives the 45 day letter, she usually receives the Labor Cert approval within 5-6 months from the date of the letter. The date on your 45 day letter was January 5, 2005. Your Labor Cert approval should be received by our attorneys any day now. Once I receive the approval, I will notify you

and another one saying:

I wanted to send you a quick email regarding the status of your green card. Your file is currently in the RIR phase waiting on DOL approval. As of today, the DOL office is processing files with a January 2003 received date. Your file has a received date of November 10, 2003. It is estimated that we should have an approval for you by August 2005.


Do you know where this take me to: Am I close to getting my labor cleared.
I dont beleive my HR guys (you know how they are)
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we are stuck in labor for so long and I know someone who applied for labor in May 05 in PERM and got the hardcopy in 25 days flat!!! he had eb2 application and applied for 140/485 and last i talked to him he had his EAD too. by now maybe he got his GC. talk about frustrating situation!! imagine getting your GC in JUST 6 months. how lucky is that!

WhyThisDelay said:
Guys.
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Over here, we are talking 3-4 years wait for lobor as if 1 year is a small blip in the our dictionary (it is actually really a small blip for DOL/BECs). Man - this sucks really big time. I wonder if all these delays/laziness in processing is intentional. My friend told me 5 years back, the labor certification used to come in 3-4 months and Sept 11 changed it all.
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Smoky,

I am also in the same situation. Atleast you got the screen shot, for me there is no info. My lawyer does not want to send the enquiry. Please let me know, when you get the approval by mail.

Details:
CA RIR EB2
Dallas BEC
PD: June 02
45 Days letter replied: Jan 05
Case#: D-04320-XXXX


smoky said:
I have been reading about numerous approvals on this forum. Most of the reported ones are with the screenshot received from one of the processing centers. My lawyer received a screenshot around a month back for my H1B extension which showed the status as certified. So far my lawyer has not received the hardcopy. The screenshot does not show case submitted date as I have read about in the posts here.

Are there other with older cases waiting for the hardcopy approval notice? Following are the details of my case:

Case#: D-04320-XX
EB2/RIR/CA
PD: June 02

Thanks,
Smoky
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