EB1- OR: please update your info.

rpb8260 said:
Arjun DC, Mendieta

Congratulations on your approvals. I am next on the list!!!!

Wish me luck.

RPB8260

Thanks RPB!

Maybe they are approving your case as we speak ;-)

Best luck!
 
wow its my turn let me wait and see the game.
i am in a res inst. in nyc.

guys have any idea what are the basis for cis approval for eb-1 OR.. :confused:
 
Lucky guys!

Arjundc and Mendita
Lucky guys! Congrats!Have fun! I am happy that you guys decided to stick around till your I-485 gets approved!good for this thread!

mzgh said:
Hello,
Congratulations to those that have been approved.
I have been informed at my institution that one I-140/ OR with a RD on 04/12/2002 was approved recently (last week). I do not have more details except what I have indicated.
The liaison (contact) has just informed my lawyer that my case is "at Point of Contact for that case type". I hope that my long wait will pay off.

MZGH.

Mzgh
I am sorry, who is liaison ? is that person belongs to your institution or UCIS ?? do they contact the lawyer by themself or lawyer has to contact them? Could you please enlight me about this aspect!
Thanks
 
Liaison

Dear Rajan,
The liaison is the local contact for all immigration lawyers of a city (like Boston) that has been designated to interact with the INS (Vermont office for instance). If you ask your lawyer to start a "case status referral", such request will go through the liaison (link in French or intermediary contact).
Such person has informed my lawyer that my case is at "the Point of Contact (officer-adjudicator?) for that case type (I-140-OR)". He also added that we shall inquire again if we do not hear from the INS in a month's time.
I hope this was helpful to you.
Rajan123 said:
Mzgh
I am sorry, who is liaison ? is that person belongs to your institution or UCIS ?? do they contact the lawyer by themself or lawyer has to contact them? Could you please enlight me about this aspect!
Thanks
 
mzgh said:
Dear Rajan,
The liaison is the local contact for all immigration lawyers of a city (like Boston) that has been designated to interact with the INS (Vermont office for instance). If you ask your lawyer to start a "case status referral", such request will go through the liaison (link in French or intermediary contact).
Such person has informed my lawyer that my case is at "the Point of Contact (officer-adjudicator?) for that case type (I-140-OR)". He also added that we shall inquire again if we do not hear from the INS in a month's time.
I hope this was helpful to you.

Wow! I wasn't aware of, one needs Liaison ship between applicant and UCIS!
Thanks for clearing things up! I was under the impression that either lawyer or immigration officer (in my case) directly contact the UCIS and start the inquiry.
A month (in few days it will be 30 days)back my immigration officer had started case status referral for me. What do you think I should do if I don't hear anything from UCIS in 30 days?? Any suggestion from your experience!

Thanks
 
* Added my case

EB12-OR
140 ND 12/1/03
485 ND 3/25/04
EAD ND 3/25/04 AD 6/2/04
AP ND 3/25/04 AD 6/4/04
FP - NOT YET
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SEE ALSO: I-485 EB1-OR TRACKER
To edit the list, please reply QUOTED and remove the "quote" (and other additional) tags, to preserve formatting
Approvals in boldface, RFES not yet approved in italics
This is for I-140 EB-1 Outstanding Researchers @ Vermont

===============================================
NAME---------------RECEIPT------APPROVAL-----------------------------
===============================================
achat-----------------02/28/02---------06/13/03---------------------
KSekar---------------03/02/02----RFE(09/05/2003)---01/20/04-
confer485------------03/04/02---------09/03/03--------------------
hz123------------------03/06/02-------07/11/03---------------------
Mo_99----------------03/15/02---RFE(09/19/2003)----02/25/04-
cooler------------------03/27/02-------07/23/03---------------------
haras-------------------04/04/02---------07/31/02-------------------
patient66--------------04/10/02--------06/25/03-------------------
alexk------------------04/24/02-------RFE(7/31/03)------11/06/03---EB1A

prlove------------------04/24/02---------------------------------------
citrusfrost------------4/26/2002-------RFE(8/15/03)--------EB1A
barney-----------------05/14/02---------------------------------------
or1or2-----------------05/16/02--------06/19/03--------------------
skusa------------------05/17/02----------------------------------------
bugor-------------------05/17/02-------RFE(08/31/03)---AD11/16/03-EB1A-
hueymeei-------------05/18/02---------04/09/04----------------
OR-1-------------------05/26/02---------04/16/03----------------------
havefaith--------------05/29/02--------12/08/03-----------------
gc_despo--------------05/29/02--------09/10/03-----------------
windseeker-----------05/31/02---------09/29/03-----------------

mzgh-------------------05/31/02---------------------------------------
luckystar---------------06/06/02--------07/16/03-------------------
john11------------------06/12/02--------03/11/04-----------------
yz65-------------------06/14/02---------07/23/03--------------------
wangx----------------6/20/2002--------7/18/2003----------EB1A

July02EB12--------07/05/2002---------RFE(issued:4/20/04)--------
Chaudhary-Sahib---07/05/2002------4/7/2004---------EB1A
ea_ead---------------07/10/2002-------3/26/2004---------

dack25-------------07/13/02---------5/15/04-------------------
indianexpert----------07/15/02-----------------------------EB1C---
Rajan123--------------07/15/02---------------------------------------
eagerlywaiting-------07/19/02--------03/22/04--------------------
SmartSQ--------------07/25/02------RFE(issued:5/5/04)------------------
wtli-------------------08/12/02-------------------------------------
open_sesame---------08/13/02------04/16/04--------------------
futuregc9-------------09/?/02---------11/02/02--------------------
reverse_man--------09/04/02--------5/15/04 --------------------
mxl---------------------09/06/02--------------------------------------

***** 9/11/2002 ***** USCIS CURRENT PROCESSING TIME *****

Lamhe--------------09/20/02-------06/01/04----------------------
mendieta-------------09/23/02----06/02/04 --------------------
Arjundc--------------09/27/02------06/04/04-----------------
rpb8260---------------10/10/02--------------------------------------
ssm_30---------------10/18/02---------------------------------------
Hope72---------------10/18/02-------------------------------EB1-OR
Username123456--10/21/02-------------------------------------
abbelf----------------10/28/02----------------------------------------
the_pandas----------11/07/02-------------------------------EB1-OR
DiyaVarma-----------12/21/02--------------------------------EB1A-EA
sceptic---------------01/02/03----------------------------------------
colormix--------------01/08/03-----------------------------------------
lj56------------------01/13/03------------------------------------------
agroy----------------02/05/03-----------------------------------------
regluat---------------02/13/03-----------------------------------------
scotty---------------03/27/03----------------------------------EB1-OR
gegemon-------------04/02/03----------------------------------EB1B-
since407-------------04/07/03----------------------------------EB-OR
xluo1971-------------04/30/03-------------------------------------------
eaglejoeli-------------07/09/03----------------------------------EB1A
NY_OR --------------07/10/03 ---------------------------------------
IceTea --------------12/01/03 ---------------------------------------
===============================================
 
eb 1 or

ssm_30 said:
wow its my turn let me wait and see the game.
i am in a res inst. in nyc.

guys have any idea what are the basis for cis approval for eb-1 OR.. :confused:

If u check some of theprevious postings, u will find details of OR applications from ksekhar, lamhe and also a list of potential rfes.

for my case, i had about 12-14 letters from academia, govt., and industry. i am an asst. professor in pharmacy with grants, peer reviewed publications, and national as well as international presentations (posters/podium)

hope this helps.. but is it a case to case basis. however, both lamhe and sekhar had similar stuff.
 
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==============================================
  • SEE ALSO: I-485 EB1-OR TRACKER
  • To edit the list, please reply QUOTED and remove the "quote" (and other additional) tags, to preserve formatting
  • Approvals in boldface, RFES not yet approved in italics
  • This is for I-140 EB-1 Outstanding Researchers @ Vermont
===============================================
NAME---------------RECEIPT------APPROVAL-----------------------------
===============================================
achat-----------------02/28/02---------06/13/03---------------------
KSekar---------------03/02/02----RFE(09/05/2003)---01/20/04-
confer485------------03/04/02---------09/03/03--------------------
hz123------------------03/06/02-------07/11/03---------------------
Mo_99----------------03/15/02---RFE(09/19/2003)----02/25/04-
cooler------------------03/27/02-------07/23/03---------------------
haras-------------------04/04/02---------07/31/02-------------------
patient66--------------04/10/02--------06/25/03-------------------
alexk------------------04/24/02-------RFE(7/31/03)------11/06/03---EB1A

prlove------------------04/24/02---------------------------------------
citrusfrost------------4/26/2002-------RFE(8/15/03)--------EB1A
barney-----------------05/14/02---------------------------------------
or1or2-----------------05/16/02--------06/19/03--------------------
skusa------------------05/17/02----------------------------------------
bugor-------------------05/17/02-------RFE(08/31/03)---AD11/16/03-EB1A-
hueymeei-------------05/18/02---------04/09/04----------------
OR-1-------------------05/26/02---------04/16/03----------------------
havefaith--------------05/29/02--------12/08/03-----------------
gc_despo--------------05/29/02--------09/10/03-----------------
windseeker-----------05/31/02---------09/29/03-----------------

mzgh-------------------05/31/02---------------------------------------
luckystar---------------06/06/02--------07/16/03-------------------
john11------------------06/12/02--------03/11/04-----------------
yz65-------------------06/14/02---------07/23/03--------------------
wangx----------------6/20/2002--------7/18/2003----------EB1A

July02EB12--------07/05/2002---------RFE(issued:4/20/04)--------
Chaudhary-Sahib---07/05/2002------4/7/2004---------EB1A
ea_ead---------------07/10/2002-------3/26/2004---------

dack25-------------07/13/02---------5/15/04-------------------
indianexpert----------07/15/02-----------------------------EB1C---
Rajan123--------------07/15/02---------------------------------------
eagerlywaiting-------07/19/02--------03/22/04--------------------
SmartSQ--------------07/25/02------RFE(issued:5/5/04)------------------
wtli-------------------08/12/02-------------------------------------
open_sesame---------08/13/02------04/16/04--------------------
futuregc9-------------09/?/02---------11/02/02--------------------
reverse_man--------09/04/02--------5/15/04 --------------------
mxl---------------------09/06/02--------------------------------------

***** 9/16/2002 ***** USCIS CURRENT PROCESSING TIME *****

Lamhe--------------09/20/02-------06/01/04----------------------
mendieta-------------09/23/02----06/02/04 --------------------
Arjundc--------------09/27/02------06/04/04-----------------
rpb8260---------------10/10/02--------------------------------------
ssm_30---------------10/18/02---------------------------------------
Hope72---------------10/18/02-------------------------------EB1-OR
Username123456--10/21/02-------------------------------------
abbelf----------------10/28/02----------------------------------------
the_pandas----------11/07/02-------------------------------EB1-OR
DiyaVarma-----------12/21/02--------------------------------EB1A-EA
sceptic---------------01/02/03----------------------------------------
colormix--------------01/08/03-----------------------------------------
lj56------------------01/13/03------------------------------------------
agroy----------------02/05/03-----------------------------------------
regluat---------------02/13/03-----------------------------------------
scotty---------------03/27/03----------------------------------EB1-OR
gegemon-------------04/02/03----------------------------------EB1B-
since407-------------04/07/03----------------------------------EB-OR
xluo1971-------------04/30/03-------------------------------------------
eaglejoeli-------------07/09/03----------------------------------EB1A
NY_OR --------------07/10/03 ---------------------------------------
IceTea --------------12/01/03 ---------------------------------------
===============================================
 
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arjundc said:
for my case, i had about 12-14 letters from academia, govt., and industry. i am an asst. professor in pharmacy with grants, peer reviewed publications, and national as well as international presentations (posters/podium)

Interesting topic. As usual, best thing is to find a good lawyer for advice. But here is my info:

  • Applied as a post doc from a University
  • I had 14+ journal papers when I applied
  • Showed evidence of being referee for a couple international journals
  • Some other crap (meetings, stuff)
  • Only 7 or 8 letters, some of them very strong, some not. BUT: (my lawyer says) it is important to show a variety of sources. You need to show that you are relevant to your research field. I made a list of potential letters before asking for them, and tried to cover several countries and institutions.

The idea is simple: to convince the officer that you are doing ok and you are relevant in your research field.

Good luck!
 
congrats

Mendieta and Arjundc, Congrats on your approval!!!!

Dont lose hope mzgh, rajan123, and others - your approvals will come through soon too. just hang in there.
all the best.
-lamhe
 
I-140 EB12 (OR) case approved June 9th,2004!

I wonna share with you this happy news: My case has been approved on June 9, 2004!
No RFEs. My boss inquired On april 4th and May 7th. At the same time, LIAISON office through my lawyer tried to track my case but was told that it was already an inquiry on it by another person (my boss) and thus cannot answer the liaison's inquiry. I was advised by my lawyer to drop all inquiries and let liaison do its work. I did. That was 2 or 3 days ago. And today I got the great news. I found out through an email from INS after I opened an account with them. I opened the account last april.
I hope that this will lessen some of your worries especially for those that have been waiting like I did or longer.
RD: May 31st,2002
AD: June 09, 2004

There is nothing yet about my I-485 yet. My ND for I-485 is Nov. 19th, 2002. My FP was done on Feb. 12th,2003. My I-485 dossier was last updated on Feb. 17th, 2003 after reception of my FP results (?).

I am happy and relieved. I wonna thank the people that have put together this website and this thread. It has been my therapy since Nov. 2002.

I Will stick around of course and would welcome any questions.

MZGH
 
EB1 OR Approval mzgh

Congratulations, mzgh!!! It must be a huge relief.

Please can you let me know how you "open an account" with INS?

RPB8260
 
https://egov.immigration.gov/cris/jsps/index.jsp

Thank you!
Go to this website and create a customer account. It is straighforward. I entered both my I-140 case and my I-485 case.
https://egov.immigration.gov/cris/jsps/index.jsp
MZGH

rpb8260 said:
Congratulations, mzgh!!! It must be a huge relief.

Please can you let me know how you "open an account" with INS?

RPB8260
 
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* mzgh finally approved!. Congrats !!!!!!
==============================================
  • SEE ALSO: I-485 EB1-OR TRACKER
  • To edit the list, please reply QUOTED and remove the "quote" (and other additional) tags, to preserve formatting
  • Approvals in boldface, RFES not yet approved in italics
  • This is for I-140 EB-1 Outstanding Researchers @ Vermont
===============================================
NAME---------------RECEIPT------APPROVAL-----------------------------
===============================================
achat-----------------02/28/02---------06/13/03---------------------
KSekar---------------03/02/02----RFE(09/05/2003)---01/20/04-
confer485------------03/04/02---------09/03/03--------------------
hz123------------------03/06/02-------07/11/03---------------------
Mo_99----------------03/15/02---RFE(09/19/2003)----02/25/04-
cooler------------------03/27/02-------07/23/03---------------------
haras-------------------04/04/02---------07/31/02-------------------
patient66--------------04/10/02--------06/25/03-------------------
alexk------------------04/24/02-------RFE(7/31/03)------11/06/03---EB1A

prlove------------------04/24/02---------------------------------------
citrusfrost------------4/26/2002-------RFE(8/15/03)--------EB1A
barney-----------------05/14/02---------------------------------------
or1or2-----------------05/16/02--------06/19/03--------------------
skusa------------------05/17/02----------------------------------------
bugor-------------------05/17/02-------RFE(08/31/03)---AD11/16/03-EB1A-
hueymeei-------------05/18/02---------04/09/04----------------
OR-1-------------------05/26/02---------04/16/03----------------------
havefaith--------------05/29/02--------12/08/03-----------------
gc_despo--------------05/29/02--------09/10/03-----------------
windseeker-----------05/31/02---------09/29/03-----------------
mzgh-------------------05/31/02----------06/09/04-----------------
luckystar---------------06/06/02--------07/16/03-------------------
john11------------------06/12/02--------03/11/04-----------------
yz65-------------------06/14/02---------07/23/03--------------------
wangx----------------6/20/2002--------7/18/2003----------EB1A

July02EB12--------07/05/2002---------RFE(issued:4/20/04)--------
Chaudhary-Sahib---07/05/2002------4/7/2004---------EB1A
ea_ead---------------07/10/2002-------3/26/2004---------

dack25-------------07/13/02---------5/15/04-------------------
indianexpert----------07/15/02-----------------------------EB1C---
Rajan123--------------07/15/02---------------------------------------
eagerlywaiting-------07/19/02--------03/22/04--------------------
SmartSQ--------------07/25/02------RFE(issued:5/5/04)------------------
wtli-------------------08/12/02-------------------------------------
open_sesame---------08/13/02------04/16/04--------------------
futuregc9-------------09/?/02---------11/02/02--------------------
reverse_man--------09/04/02--------5/15/04 --------------------
mxl---------------------09/06/02--------------------------------------

***** 9/16/2002 ***** USCIS CURRENT PROCESSING TIME *****

Lamhe--------------09/20/02-------06/01/04----------------------
mendieta-------------09/23/02----06/02/04 --------------------
Arjundc--------------09/27/02------06/04/04-----------------
rpb8260---------------10/10/02--------------------------------------
ssm_30---------------10/18/02---------------------------------------
Hope72---------------10/18/02-------------------------------EB1-OR
Username123456--10/21/02-------------------------------------
abbelf----------------10/28/02----------------------------------------
the_pandas----------11/07/02-------------------------------EB1-OR
DiyaVarma-----------12/21/02--------------------------------EB1A-EA
sceptic---------------01/02/03----------------------------------------
colormix--------------01/08/03-----------------------------------------
lj56------------------01/13/03------------------------------------------
agroy----------------02/05/03-----------------------------------------
regluat---------------02/13/03-----------------------------------------
scotty---------------03/27/03----------------------------------EB1-OR
gegemon-------------04/02/03----------------------------------EB1B-
since407-------------04/07/03----------------------------------EB-OR
xluo1971-------------04/30/03-------------------------------------------
eaglejoeli-------------07/09/03----------------------------------EB1A
NY_OR --------------07/10/03 ---------------------------------------
IceTea --------------12/01/03 ---------------------------------------
===============================================[/QUOTE]
 
Thank you Mendieta for doing the update on the list. In my case both the email and the automated system say the same thing. I checked the automated system yesterday around noon and there was no change. After i received the email about the approval, I checked the automated system just to make sure. The update was entered yesterday.
Now if you are refering to my I-485 case, then I sure hope that they would decide on it right away since both files circulate in tandem. I think Ksekar waited 2 months before he got approval of his I-485.
Anyhow, I sure hope that the relief i feel today will soon be experienced by those that have been waiting.
MZGH
mendieta said:
And keep in mind, sometimes a case gets approved and there is no change on the automated system. It happened to me, and I read other posts on similar situations. It seems that they don't keep things in perfect sync.
 
mzgh said:
.
Now if you are refering to my I-485 case, then I sure hope that they would decide on it right away since both files circulate in tandem. I think Ksekar waited 2 months before he got approval of his I-485.
Anyhow, I sure hope that the relief i feel today will soon be experienced by those that have been waiting.
MZGH

Humm, I wasn't referring to it, but talking about 485, could you please (of course, after the celebrations ;) ) include your info on the 485 tracker ? (linked from the tracker in this thread)

Also, it would be great to include ksekar's case in the 485 tracker if ksekar, you, or anyone has this info available ...

But now you deserve to relax and celebrate the 140 :) It's great to see you have such a nice attitude even after having suffered quite a few frustrations !

Cheers,
 
Congratulations. mzgh and rajan123.
you two must be greatly relieved as you two have RD far earlier than the published date. I have a RD 08/12 still no information. mzgh, do you think your case inquirey triggered your case processing? How did you ask your boss to make the inquiry, just send a letter(fax) to INS? Thank you very much.
 
wtli said:
Congratulations. mzgh and rajan123.
you two must be greatly relieved as you two have RD far earlier than the published date. I have a RD 08/12 still no information. mzgh, do you think your case inquirey triggered your case processing? How did you ask your boss to make the inquiry, just send a letter(fax) to INS? Thank you very much.

wtli
My day is yet to come!I am still waiting! Yeah! surely mzgh case has shown us that there is lot of hope !

RAJAN123
EB12-OR
140 ND 07/15/02
AD -?
 
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