EB1- OR: please update your info.

achat-----------------02/28/02---------06/13/03---------------------
KSekar---------------03/02/02--------RFE (09/05/2003)-----
confer485------------03/04/02---------09/03/03----------------
hz123------------------03/06/02-------07/11/03-------------------
Mo_99-----------------03/15/02--------RFE (09/19/2003)
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)------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---------------------------------------
heuymeei-------------05/18/02---------------------------------------
OR-1-------------------05/26/02-------04/16/03----------------------
havefaith--------------05/29/02-----------------------------------------
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-----------------------
yz65-------------------06/14/02--------07/23/03----------------------
wangx----------------6/20/ 2002--------7/18/2003----------EB1A--
Chaudhary-Sahib---07/05/2002------------------------------EB1A
SmartSQ--------------07/25/02---------------------------------------
indianexpert----------07/15/02-----------------------------EB1C---
open_sesame---------08/13/02-------------------------------------
futuregc9-------------09/?/02---------11/02/02---------------------
ssm_30---------------10/18/02----------------------------------------
abbelf----------------10/28/02----------------------------------------
sceptic---------------01/02/03----------------------------------------
colormix-------------01/08/03----------------------------------------
lj56-------------------01/13/03----------------------------------------
agroy--------------02/05/03----------------------------------------
regluat-------------02/13/03----------------------------------------
 
already over 500days of waiting and no news and on top the online check says 30-60days, what a crude joke
 
RFE

Hi Reverse_man

For my RFE, my attorney asked me to get another 4 reco letters that would answer those two RFEs. One is from my former collaborator with whom I worked for 10 years. Another from one Professor from Japan who knows me by my publications. Two other letters from Japan and USA. My attorney says that with these letters if I have some other new research works published after we filed I-140 would be fine enough. I do have three such report/abstract/article. The reco letters will be arriving by Oct 20th and after that we will reply to RFE. I have till Dec 01 2003 to respond.

One other friend of mine got some RFEs (around 10 RFEs) for his I-140 and he got more reco letters to answer each of them(in total it seems 18) and finally got it approved a couple of weeks back (from CSC). Sheela Murthy is the attorney.

I hope this will satisfy BCIS to approve my case.

I will again surface here after replying to RFEs.

Sekar
 
To bring this thread to life, I copied the following message in which Sekar answered my question a long time ago. Thanks, Sekar.
--------------------------------
no. of EB1 - OR applicants
Hi

The number of EB1 - Outstanding Researchers could well be
below 3 % of the total applicants. This is an educative guess from a data I encountered a few months back. The data says roughly about 7 % of foreign H1 visa holders hold a Ph.D degree. If this is so I assume roughly about 40 - 50 % apply through EB1 - OR category. Out of every 100 applicants probably around 3 apply
through EB1 OR category. If anybody has any solid proof it will be good to share.

Sekar
Boston
 
Hi all,

One of my friends would like to apply for I-140 by himself in EB12 category. Can somebody please let me know, what are the documents needed like experience certificates, qualification certificates etc..

Thanks a lot..!!
 
achat-----------------02/28/02---------06/13/03---------------------
KSekar---------------03/02/02--------RFE (09/05/2003)-----
confer485------------03/04/02---------09/03/03----------------
hz123------------------03/06/02-------07/11/03-------------------
Mo_99-----------------03/15/02--------RFE (09/19/2003)
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)------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---------------------------------------
heuymeei-------------05/18/02---------------------------------------
OR-1-------------------05/26/02-------04/16/03----------------------
havefaith--------------05/29/02-----------------------------------------
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-----------------------
yz65-------------------06/14/02--------07/23/03----------------------
wangx----------------6/20/ 2002--------7/18/2003----------EB1A--
Chaudhary-Sahib---07/05/2002------------------------------EB1A
SmartSQ--------------07/25/02---------------------------------------
indianexpert----------07/15/02-----------------------------EB1C---
open_sesame---------08/13/02-------------------------------------
futuregc9-------------09/?/02---------11/02/02---------------------
ssm_30---------------10/18/02----------------------------------------
abbelf----------------10/28/02----------------------------------------
sceptic---------------01/02/03----------------------------------------
colormix-------------01/08/03----------------------------------------
lj56-------------------01/13/03----------------------------------------
agroy--------------02/05/03----------------------------------------
regluat-------------02/13/03----------------------------------------
 
One of our friends applied in EB-1 EA category in 2003 February got approval today. It seems EB1 category also getting momentum. Hope we all get approval soon.
 
Last edited by a moderator:
Originally posted by sceptic
One of our friends applied in EB-1 OR category in 2003 February got approval today. It seems EB1 category also getting momentum. Hope we all get approval soon.

Hi, Sceptic

is your friend in Vermont center? thanks

LKT
 
Hi LKT,
Yes. But I made a mistake in writing his category which I corrected now. His is EB-1 EA.

Originally posted by LKT
Hi, Sceptic

is your friend in Vermont center? thanks

LKT
 
Added myself into the list.

achat-----------------02/28/02---------06/13/03---------------------
KSekar---------------03/02/02--------RFE (09/05/2003)-----------
confer485------------03/04/02---------09/03/03--------------------
hz123------------------03/06/02-------07/11/03---------------------
Mo_99-----------------03/15/02--------RFE (09/19/2003)----------
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)---------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----------------------------------------
heuymeei-------------05/18/02----------------------------------------
OR-1-------------------05/26/02-------04/16/03----------------------
havefaith--------------05/29/02----------------------------------------
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-------------------
yz65-------------------06/14/02--------07/23/03--------------------
wangx----------------6/20/ 2002--------7/18/2003----------EB1A
Chaudhary-Sahib---07/05/2002------------------------------EB1A
SmartSQ--------------07/25/02---------------------------------------
indianexpert----------07/15/02-----------------------------EB1C---
open_sesame---------08/13/02-------------------------------------
futuregc9-------------09/?/02---------11/02/02--------------------
ssm_30---------------10/18/02---------------------------------------
abbelf----------------10/28/02----------------------------------------
sceptic---------------01/02/03----------------------------------------
colormix--------------01/08/03-----------------------------------------
lj56------------------01/13/03------------------------------------------
agroy----------------02/05/03-----------------------------------------
regluat---------------02/13/03-----------------------------------------
gegemon-------------04/02/03----------------------------------EB1B-
 
achat-----------------02/28/02---------06/13/03---------------------
KSekar---------------03/02/02--------RFE (09/05/2003)-----------
confer485------------03/04/02---------09/03/03--------------------
hz123------------------03/06/02-------07/11/03---------------------
Mo_99-----------------03/15/02--------RFE (09/19/2003)----------
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----------------------------------------
heuymeei-------------05/18/02----------------------------------------
OR-1-------------------05/26/02-------04/16/03----------------------
havefaith--------------05/29/02----------------------------------------
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-------------------
yz65-------------------06/14/02--------07/23/03--------------------
wangx----------------6/20/ 2002--------7/18/2003----------EB1A
Chaudhary-Sahib---07/05/2002------------------------------EB1A
SmartSQ--------------07/25/02---------------------------------------
indianexpert----------07/15/02-----------------------------EB1C---
open_sesame---------08/13/02-------------------------------------
futuregc9-------------09/?/02---------11/02/02--------------------
ssm_30---------------10/18/02---------------------------------------
abbelf----------------10/28/02----------------------------------------
sceptic---------------01/02/03----------------------------------------
colormix--------------01/08/03-----------------------------------------
lj56------------------01/13/03------------------------------------------
agroy----------------02/05/03-----------------------------------------
regluat---------------02/13/03-----------------------------------------
gegemon-------------04/02/03----------------------------------EB1B-
 
It finally happened!

After 1,5 year agony I am relieved. I-140 was approved 2 weeks after they received RFE.

I am checking other's status and at least 2 more are still pending from April 24, 2002 without any review. In this aspect I feel lucky that I got a RFE. But it was so much effort . Thanks to my company, they added sponsorship to my self-petitioned I-140 and provided a lawyer. Lawyer told me that my original petition was very strong, but it is a current trend to issue a RFE if an officer has even a minimal concern. Details about my RFE please see in my previous posts.

Good luck to all,



I-140 EB1
ND 4/24/02
RFE 7/31/03
AD 11/6/03
 
I-140 RFE

Hi Alexk

Congrats..
My company is also supporting my case for the green card even
though they laid me off last month. I got an RFE on Sep 5th and
I am going to reply this week with all the documents they
requested for (evidence to show three years of research experience and a couple of more reco letters).

Meanwhile I got my finger print notice last week scheduled on Nov 18 2003. I have applied for EAD and AP on Sep 27 and waiting for the approval. It is good to know that I-140 is approved within a couple of weeks after they receive the RFE reply.

Sekar
 
I140 approved

Online status shows that my case is approved. Approval notice was sent out on Nov. 3rd. After 16 months, I finally get this message. Thanks everyone sharing information. See you 485 forum. Gook luck

EB1
RD Jun 26th, 2002
ND July 1srt, 2002
 
achat-----------------02/28/02---------06/13/03---------------------
KSekar---------------03/02/02--------RFE (09/05/2003)-----------
confer485------------03/04/02---------09/03/03--------------------
hz123------------------03/06/02-------07/11/03---------------------
Mo_99-----------------03/15/02--------RFE (09/19/2003)----------
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----------------------------------------
heuymeei-------------05/18/02----------------------------------------
OR-1-------------------05/26/02-------04/16/03----------------------
havefaith--------------05/29/02----------------------------------------
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-------------------
yz65-------------------06/14/02--------07/23/03--------------------
wangx----------------6/20/ 2002--------7/18/2003----------EB1A
Chaudhary-Sahib---07/05/2002------------------------------EB1A
SmartSQ--------------07/25/02---------------------------------------
indianexpert----------07/15/02-----------------------------EB1C---
open_sesame---------08/13/02-------------------------------------
futuregc9-------------09/?/02---------11/02/02--------------------
ssm_30---------------10/18/02---------------------------------------
abbelf----------------10/28/02----------------------------------------
sceptic---------------01/02/03----------------------------------------
colormix--------------01/08/03-----------------------------------------
lj56------------------01/13/03------------------------------------------
agroy----------------02/05/03-----------------------------------------
regluat---------------02/13/03-----------------------------------------
gegemon-------------04/02/03----------------------------------EB1B-
eaglejoeli-------------07/09/03----------------------------------EB1A
 
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