EB1- OR: please update your info.

Eagerly,

Congratulations and good luck on 485. Can you tell us if you were OR or some other EB1 category.

Thanks,

Max
 
Thanks.
I am in OR category.
I will be going for consulate processing at Mumbai.
I am still there for you guys and waiting for your results too.
After we all get these may be we can do some get together some where some time.
Ami
 
self sponsored?

Originally posted by eagerlywaiting
Thanks.
I am in OR category.
I will be going for consulate processing at Mumbai.
I am still there for you guys and waiting for your results too.
After we all get these may be we can do some get together some where some time.
Ami

Congratulations eagerlyawaiting,
Was your OR application self sponsored or sponsored by your employer?

Thanks....and all the best
 
Originally posted by eagerlywaiting
It was sponsored by my University. I am into genetics research. I am sure you guys are next. Hold your breath.

Congrats again Ami, I hope you had your nice bottle of champagne yesterday :) And thanks for the cheering up :)

As for sponsorship, if I am not mistaken all OR applications are necessarily sponsored by an institution. Actually, NIW and EA are ways around using a sponsor, right ?

July 02 applicants, please check your online status, approvals are on the way ;)
 
Any I-140 category is employment based. I-485 is also employment based.

EB2 and EB3 do require Labor Certificate.
EB1 and NIW do not.

EB1B(OR) requires current employer sponsorship and petition must be co-signed by your sponsor. If you lose your job with current employer - big problem.

EB1A (EA) and EB2(NIW) still require job offer. But in theory it can be an offer of future employment. If you move from one employer to another - no problem. Just stay in your field of expertise.
 
Originally posted by alexk
Any I-140 category is employment based. I-485 is also employment based.

EB2 and EB3 do require Labor Certificate.
EB1 and NIW do not.

EB1B(OR) requires current employer sponsorship and petition must be co-signed by your sponsor. If you lose your job with current employer - big problem.

EB1A (EA) and EB2(NIW) still require job offer. But in theory it can be an offer of future employment. If you move from one employer to another - no problem. Just stay in your field of expertise.

Thanks for the clarification Alexk

One more thing to point out. With OR, you can change employer after 6 months of filing 485. This is a blessing in the concurren petition era. The only issue is: your new employer has to be in the same field from where you originally applied ...
 
Alex and Mendita
I know, for EB OR, to use AC21 your I-140 should have been approved. How about NIW? Could we change the job before I-140 approval????
 
Got a discrepancy. I-485 can be employment based or family based, or special case, etc.

For some reason they publish processing times only for employment based applications (see their processing time reports).

Actually, there is a pilot program to review I-485 petitions in 90 days. http://www.immigration.com/newslett...5launchprog.pdf But employment based applications are not eligible.

AC21 is very confusing. This issue was discussed extensively on this forum (make a word search). I personally think that for EB1A and NIW you can switch jobs without a problem. But, just in case, I would recommend consulting an attorney.
See:
http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?threadid=119238
 
I agree, it's matter of interpretation. My lawyer thinks it is ok for an OR to use the portability thing after 6 months of pending I485 (regardless I-140), but this is of course an interpretation.
 
EAD approved on line

Hi,
Just wanted to add this piece of news on my case. I applied for EAD renewal on Nov. 19, 2003. This morning I read on-line that my EAD has been renewed and that a new card is being sent to me (03/26/04). It took a little more that 4 months. I had gotten an iEAD good for 8 months back on Feb. 23rd, 2004.
No news about my I-140 yet (ND: 05/31/02, and concurrent I-485 11/19/02). The officer said that my petitioner can start a case status referal. My lawyer is taking care of it. Have people had similar experiences as in almost 23 months of waiting for I-140, and 1 EAD renewal?
MZGH
 
Mzgh
My I140 E1-OR ND is Jul15-2002
I renewed my 2nd EAD recently.
Following are the 2nd EAD details.
EAD-ND-Oct23-2003
EAD AD-Feb14-2004
I-485-ND-Nov-15-2002
Is this information any help to you?
Push your lawer or sponsor to do case status referral quickly as your time is up long time ago.
 
Re: EAD approved on line

Originally posted by mzgh
Hi,

No news about my I-140 yet (ND: 05/31/02, and concurrent I-485 11/19/02). The officer said that my petitioner can start a case status referal. My lawyer is taking care of it.

Absolutely, when the current time gets about a month ahead of your RD, you can call the 1800 number for USCIS and ask for a referral yourself. We did this for my wife's EAD, which was taking longer than it is supposed to, and it did work. I think everyone in your boat should ask for a referral. Good luck, your approval should be around the corner :)
 
today is my day. I see that my I-140 has been approved on Mar 26 and approval notice is being sent. This is great considering my RD was Jul 10th, 2002.

Guys, I hope you will also get your approvals as soon as possible.

here is the modified list

-NAME---------------RECEIPT------APPROVAL-----(EB-1 Outstanding Researchers)

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---------------------
High5-------------------03/28/02--------March-04-----------EB3LC-------------
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
heuymeei-------------05/18/02----------------------------------------
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

***** 7/5/2002 ***** USCIS CURRENT PROCESSING TIME *****

July02EB12--------07/05/2002-------------------------------------
Chaudhary-Sahib---07/05/2002------------------------------EB1A
ea_ead---------------07/10/2002-------3/26/2004---------EB1-OR
indianexpert----------07/15/02-----------------------------EB1C---
Rajan123--------------07/15/02---------------------------------------
eagerlywaiting-------07/19/02--------03/22/04--------------------
SmartSQ--------------07/25/02---------------------------------------
open_sesame---------08/13/02-------------------------------------
futuregc9-------------09/?/02---------11/02/02--------------------
reverse_man--------09/04/02---------------------------------------
mxl---------------------09/06/02--------------------------------------
mendieta-------------09/23/02---------------------------------------
rpb8260---------------10/10/02--------------------------------------
ssm_30---------------10/18/02---------------------------------------
abbelf----------------10/28/02----------------------------------------
the_pandas----------11/07/02-------------------------------EB1-OR
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-
since407-------------04/07/03----------------------------------EB-OR
eaglejoeli-------------07/09/03----------------------------------EB1A
 
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congratulations ea_ead !

Everyone else: there is little question now that VSC has reactivated the EB1 processing. Of course they could reduce the EB1 back log to a couple months in a month time if they wanted, but this is not gonna happen. At least they are moving forward though ...
 
Originally posted by mendieta
congratulations ea_ead !

Everyone else: there is little question now that VSC has reactivated the EB1 processing. Of course they could reduce the EB1 back log to a couple months in a month time if they wanted, but this is not gonna happen. At least they are moving forward though ...

Congrats ea_ead!

God bless NIW which is in the same boat as EB1.
 
It's also interesting that several recent approvals were not RFE'd. It sure looks like they are trying to clear their backlogs fast.
 
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