Derivative approved after approx 2 months

KeptMan

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Hello everyone,

I have been a silent follower on this discussion board. Mine was a derivative application (my wife's was the primary- she got approved the last weekend of June 2007).

After that I have had 6 conversations with IOs

Early July 2007: TSC IO- Says case is all clear and pending with IO

Mid July 2007: TSC IO- Says Name Check is pending but case is with IO

A few days later: TSC IO- Ditto

Late July 2007: Local InfoPass: Utterly unhelpful IO- Says case is pending at TSC (Duh!)

Two days ago: TSC IO (after a 50 minute wait)- Says "Is your address 1234 XYZ Road"? I say, "Yes". She says. "I just talked to you 5 minutes ago". I say, "No, I haven't called in about three weeks." She says, "No. I am sure it was you. Your case is pending". And hangs up! Left me seething.

Yesterday AM: TSC IO- Very nice lady. Checks up on all the details taking a little time, and then says that case is all clear, name check has been clear since January 2007, but case not pre-adjudicated, and not with an IO currently- so just have to wait.

Yesterday around 7:30 pm: Ge the "Card ordered" e-mail from CRIS. And this morning "Notice welcoming new PR sent" e-mail.

Make of this yin-yang sequence what you will. Is LUD significant? Is pending with IO the end game? Who knows?

A big thanks to everyone who has shared their experiences here. I registered on this web-site today just to try and give something back. And I am sure I will continue to visit it for some time to come (withdrawing "cold turkey" is very difficult as a lot of "approved" folks will attest to).

Our details are as follows:

EB2 (India): PD March 2004
I-140 approval: Sep 2005
I-485 RD: January 2005 (staggered with I-140 pending)
Relinquished H-1Bs to go on EAD in May 2005
Been on EAD and AP since
VSC to TSC transfer: March 2007
FP2: May 2007
Spouse (primary) AD: July 2007
Derivative AD: Aug 2007
No LUDs on either case after March 2007 (transfer to TSC) until the Card ordered e-mail
 
Congrats!! What was last status message before approval?

MV

Hello everyone,

I have been a silent follower on this discussion board. Mine was a derivative application (my wife's was the primary- she got approved the last weekend of June 2007).

After that I have had 6 conversations with IOs

Early July 2007: TSC IO- Says case is all clear and pending with IO

Mid July 2007: TSC IO- Says Name Check is pending but case is with IO

A few days later: TSC IO- Ditto

Late July 2007: Local InfoPass: Utterly unhelpful IO- Says case is pending at TSC (Duh!)

Two days ago: TSC IO (after a 50 minute wait)- Says "Is your address 1234 XYZ Road"? I say, "Yes". She says. "I just talked to you 5 minutes ago". I say, "No, I haven't called in about three weeks." She says, "No. I am sure it was you. Your case is pending". And hangs up! Left me seething.

Yesterday AM: TSC IO- Very nice lady. Checks up on all the details taking a little time, and then says that case is all clear, name check has been clear since January 2007, but case not pre-adjudicated, and not with an IO currently- so just have to wait.

Yesterday around 7:30 pm: Ge the "Card ordered" e-mail from CRIS. And this morning "Notice welcoming new PR sent" e-mail.

Make of this yin-yang sequence what you will. Is LUD significant? Is pending with IO the end game? Who knows?

A big thanks to everyone who has shared their experiences here. I registered on this web-site today just to try and give something back. And I am sure I will continue to visit it for some time to come (withdrawing "cold turkey" is very difficult as a lot of "approved" folks will attest to).

Our details are as follows:

EB2 (India): PD March 2004
I-140 approval: Sep 2005
I-485 RD: January 2005 (staggered with I-140 pending)
Relinquished H-1Bs to go on EAD in May 2005
Been on EAD and AP since
VSC to TSC transfer: March 2007
FP2: May 2007
Spouse (primary) AD: July 2007
Derivative AD: Aug 2007
No LUDs on either case after March 2007 (transfer to TSC) until the Card ordered e-mail
 
The last status message was the newer "case pending standard processing at USCIS office", as compared to "transferred and pending at TSC" message. I guess this happened about 2 weeks ago.
 
OK. And you got email and LUD when this message changed?

I am thinking that I have to wait till the message change to pending rather than transferred. It seems that pending message is like a acceptance at TSC for processing.

MV

The last status message was the newer "case pending standard processing at USCIS office", as compared to "transferred and pending at TSC" message. I guess this happened about 2 weeks ago.
 
mv1211,

The status message change was not accompanied by a LUD. The only LUD change since the transfer to TSC was at the Card Ordered e-mail stage
 
Hello everyone,

I have been a silent follower on this discussion board. Mine was a derivative application (my wife's was the primary- she got approved the last weekend of June 2007).

No LUDs on either case after March 2007 (transfer to TSC) until the Card ordered e-mail

Congratulations!

can you tell me if you and your spouse applied for I-485 on the same day or on different days (meaning receipt dates)?
 
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