what is you PD?I called since it had been two weeks after my last call when the nice lady told me that she is gonna look at my file. A different person picked up and said "cleared"... I asked her "you mean approved"... She said "no, ur checks are clear". The preivous lady did look at my file and forwarded to an officer. So, now it could be 3 days/3 weeks/3 months... Just have to wait!
I really wonder where these agents were a month back. May be they get nice once your checks are clear
Eb1a-query:
Yes, it does appear that my checks were cleared end of october. Only since early nov. '07, I am hearing "all clear" responses.
Case details: Concurrent filing Sept. 2006/ Receipted in Oct '06/ India/ EB1B/ 140 approved Apr. '07
And I am not really convinced about the officer part... I think she was more interested in conveying that my checks are clear.
Looks like you are fascinated by retrogression for indians and chinese! You have posted this multiple times. If I recall correctly you had predicted that EB1 would be retrogressed in the Oct'07 VB to '06 without any facts. I know this time the VB has predicted retrogression 'at some point in the FY' but that does not mean it is going to be from Jan '08. And it says 'may require', nothing definite. how do you know how many years or months?It seems India and China EB1 will retrogress from January 2008 and later. This is a alert interpretation in the latest bulletin. I an assuming that retrogression may only push the dates 1 year back. The quota seems finished for EB1 due to heavy demand. Lot of EB1 was given to India and China EB2 recently and many people got approvals. If that happens everyone from India and China EB1 will be affected. Most people from last year are stuck due to name checks and so there is no way to predict if their name checks will be clear and they will get green card. So INS will play safe and push the dates 1 year back.
I am also thinking that June1 filers and later will also be stuck for a long time. This is because of lot of applications that came during that time. Processing dates will halt at June/July dates in service centers too. Some June July filers do get approved, but only those whose name checks are clear and their case is processed. Name checks for all July filers will surely be retrogressed for a long time. Of course all this can change if there is another July 2007 repeat or if organizations like immigrationvoice.org can pull a miracle and get more green card quota. It is time for at least EB1 Indians and Chinese to support http://www.Immigrationvoice.org
Likewise there is an expectation that dates for EB1 will go back in second quarter. Second quarter starts in January. If it does not go back in January, then it maybe later. However traditionally late third quarter and forth quarter are better for India and China. You will also see some big law firms also speculating about it.
Would you tell/give us appropriate links of those big law firms speculating about EB1 dates going back?
EB1-OR TSC Indian national
Concurrent Application (For I140- did premium processing - approval in 5 days)
RD 10/05/06
AP 11/21/07 (both me and Spouse)
Rama
Hope we see more EB1 approvals this month. Last month it was mostly EB2. This month they have pushed EB2 dates back and have exhausted the quota for the quarter.
EB1 India and China should get some approvals before (if) retrogression kicks in from Jan/Feb.. onwards.