EB1 Outstanding Research Tracker

Rajan123 said:
great news! congrats!man!
have a great great weekend!
Rajan

Thanks Rajan, and thanks for the support until the approval

I KNEW it was gonna be this week, hahahaha

Cheers,
 
mendieta said:
Dear Friends

BEAUTIFULL NEWS !. My case has been approved, today, and my wife's too !!!!!!!!! Thanks so, so much for all the support.

There are two kinds of people: the ones who under hardship try to help each other, and then there are the others. It's lovely to have been sorrounded by people like you guys, we help each other through difficult times, we encourage each other .... now it's my time on the sweet spot. Soon it's gonna be for you. Yes, you :)

Cheers, all the best !,

Congratulations. Great news and the end of one of many journeys! By the way if you are a Hindu, it is a great way to celebrate Diwali, if you are a Muslim have a great Id and if you are from any other community have a great week end. Enjoy the freedom :)
 
waiting! said:
Congratulations. Great news and the end of one of many journeys! By the way if you are a Hindu, it is a great way to celebrate Diwali, if you are a Muslim have a great Id and if you are from any other community have a great week end. Enjoy the freedom :)

Thanks a lot waiting!, I'm neither one, but I would join any of the celebrations if I were invited ;)

Best !!!!
 
Congratulations Mendieta!!!!

mendieta said:
Dear Friends

BEAUTIFULL NEWS !. My case has been approved, today, and my wife's too !!!!!!!!! Thanks so, so much for all the support.

There are two kinds of people: the ones who under hardship try to help each other, and then there are the others. It's lovely to have been sorrounded by people like you guys, we help each other through difficult times, we encourage each other .... now it's my time on the sweet spot. Soon it's gonna be for you. Yes, you :)

Cheers, all the best !,

YEEEEEESSSSSSS!!!

Great news, my friend. I can only imagine what it must feel like. All (or most) of your worries gone in an instant. Enjoy the weekend and let us know in due course how you get on with passport stamping and receiving the highly prized plastic card.

RPB8260

P.S. what does "Guapo de las Pampas" mean anyway?
 
rpb8260 said:
YEEEEEESSSSSSS!!!

Great news, my friend. I can only imagine what it must feel like. All (or most) of your worries gone in an instant. Enjoy the weekend and let us know in due course how you get on with passport stamping and receiving the highly prized plastic card.

RPB8260

P.S. what does "Guapo de las Pampas" mean anyway?

Hey, thanks for sharing my happiness RPB8260!

Allright, yeah, I'll keep you guys posted.

I guess the quick answer is: RELIEF. This is what everyone tells, and that's exactly what I felt. It's like if you couldn't go to the mens room (or ladies') for two days, and suddenly someone opens the door ... and you just go :D

"Guapo de las Pampas", this a motto I used for fun in one of my first posts, and Jharkandi picked it up and asked me to keep using it :)

It means something like "the brave of the Pampas". The Pampas is a region where the Gauchos used to live in Argentina. Please see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaucho

In fact, Mendieta is a comics character in a Gaucho environment , see
http://www.todohistorietas.com.ar/fontanarrosa.htm (mendieta is the doggy)
http://www.reviewfocus.com/cat578/prod206429/review1.html

Cheers,
 
Great news, mendieta!
Very happy for you!

Best of luck and all good wishes!
And thank you for keeping our OR posts alive!
 
My own approval :)

===================================================================
  • To edit the list, please reply QUOTED and remove the "quote" (and other additional) tags, to preserve formatting
  • Make sure you edit the latest version of the tracker
  • Approvals in boldface
  • CONC means Concurrent Petition [Yes/No/Semi]. Semi means: I-485 filed after I140 filing, but before I140 approval.
  • FP means Finger Print (just say waiting if not done)
  • FP2 means Second Finger Print
  • I140 means I-140 approval date. (just say waiting if not approved)
  • This is for I-485 EB-1 Outstanding Researchers @ Vermont
  • SEE ALSO: I-140 EB1-OR TRACKER, the Fingerprinting Issues Forum, and the FBI FingerPrint Status Check
==============================================================
RECEIPT----CONC-------FP------------I140-------FP2-----------APPROVAL-------NAME
========================================================================

08/26/02----semi------10/09/02-----12/04/02----06/16/04-----07/21/04-----kxw
08/26/02----semi------10/29/02-----07/27/04----07/24/04-----08/26/04-----July02EB12
09/11/02-----yes------11/06/02-----10/26/02----07/09/04-----09/08/04-----slipj
09/17/02----semi------11/01/02-----11/11/02----09/14/04-----10/05/04-----Laptop
09/23/02-----yes------11/18/02-----06/02/04----09/25/04-----11/12/04------mendieta
09/27/02----semi------11/18/03-----01/20/04-----??/??/??-----03/14/04-----ksekar
10/10/02-----yes------06/??/03-----06/11/03-----??/??/??-----06/03/04-----d-ster
10/15/02-----yes------12/15/02-----03/15/03----06/16/04-----08/11/04----CosmicDream
10/21/02----Semi------03/30/04-----07/20/04--------NO-------08/02/04----username123456
10/23/02----semi------11/29/02-----04/09/04----08/25/04-----09/29/04-----Hueymeei
11/02/02----semi------12/10/02-----04/16/04----10/18/04-------waiting-------open_sesame
11/19/02----semi------02/12/03-----06/09/04----07/06/04-----10/27/04-----mzgh
11/22/02----semi------02/10/03-----03/26/04----07/02/04-----08/20/04-----ea_ead
11/25/02----semi------02/11/03-----04/28/03-----10/05/04------waiting-------waiting!
11/25/02----semi------02/13/03-----07/08/04-----08/10/04------waiting-------barney
11/25/02-----yes------03/20/03-----waiting-------09/13/04------waiting-------samamit
11/27/02----semi------02/18/03-----07/29/04-----waiting--------waiting-------the_pandas
12/10/02-----yes------01/13/03-----09/10/03-----07/17/04------waiting-------gc-despo
12/10/02----semi------03/19/03-----05/17/02-----09/03/04-----09/17/04-----skusa
12/11/02----semi------02/05/03-----06/28/04-----09/09/04-----10/26/04-----Rajan123
12/13/02----semi------03/23/03-----12/17/02------??/??/??-----06/17/04-----amine
12/27/02------no------03/07/03-----approved-----08/06/04-----09/08/04----katvar
01/08/03-----Yes------02/08/03-----08/17/04------waiting-------waiting-------colormix
01/22/03----semi------03/19/03-----08/21/04-----09/29/04-------waiting-------RPB8260
02/20/03----semi------05/20/03-----05/15/04-------NO---------07/14/04-----Reverse_Man
02/??/03----semi-------05/??/03-----07/28/04-------NO--------07/28/04-----or_waiting
03/04/03-----Yes------05/04/03-----08/27/04-----09/18/04-------waiting-------antonl
03/11/03----semi------04/24/03-----07/26/04-----09/21/04-------waiting-------agroy
03/11/03-----yes------04/??/03-----10/21/04-----08/19/04-----10/21/04-----yygov
03/22/03-----yes------??/??/??------08/03/04------??/??/??-----08/05/04-----616athem
04/02/03-----yes------05/13/03------waiting-------waiting---------waiting-------gegemon
04/10/03----semi------05/??/03------06/28/04-----09/22/04-----10/22/04-----immigrationcom
04/13/03----semi------??/??/??------06/09/04------??/??/??-----06/09/04-----fatlady
05/21/03-----yes------05/??/04------08/06/04--------no--------09/08/04-----bostonhere(RFE08/18/04)
05/27/03----semi------04/??/03------08/06/04--------No--------08/11/04-----xluo1971

***** 06/01/2003 ***** USCIS CURRENT PROCESSING TIME ***********

09/27/03----semi------10/05/04-----06/04/04--------waiting-------waiting-------arjundc
11/04/03----semi------11/09/04-----waiting----------waiting-------waiting-------Drniu
11/21/03-----no-------waiting-------08/12/03--------waiting-------waiting-------Rbv
01/15/04----semi------10/29/04-----waiting----------waiting-------waiting-------NY_OR
02/27/04----semi------waiting-------??/??/??---------waiting-------waiting-------eb1_or
03/25/04----semi------09/23/04-----waiting----------waiting-------waiting-------IceTea
===================================================================
 
Gegemon said:
Great news, mendieta!
Very happy for you!

Best of luck and all good wishes!
And thank you for keeping our OR posts alive!

Thanks a lot Gegemon, same to you, in all respects. With the current processing date ahead of you, an USCIS moving rather quickly, you may have news soon, I really hope so !
 
Awesome!

mendieta said:
Dear Friends

BEAUTIFULL NEWS !. My case has been approved, today, and my wife's too !!!!!!!!! Thanks so, so much for all the support.

There are two kinds of people: the ones who under hardship try to help each other, and then there are the others. It's lovely to have been sorrounded by people like you guys, we help each other through difficult times, we encourage each other .... now it's my time on the sweet spot. Soon it's gonna be for you. Yes, you :)

Cheers, all the best !,

Wow! Congratulations!!
Felicitaciones!
That is great news and it encourages the rest of us too! Hope you will drop a line in the thread once in a while. Enjoy your long awaited freedom.
 
Congrats!!!

Dear Mendieta,
Congratulations!!! You Have Been Very Good To All Of Us. May God Help You Always In All Ways!!! Thanks A Lot For All You Did For Me.
Congrats Again.. And Enjoy Your Freedom!!! :)
Rbv
 
Updated GC-despo approval info

===================================================================
  • To edit the list, please reply QUOTED and remove the "quote" (and other additional) tags, to preserve formatting
  • Make sure you edit the latest version of the tracker
  • Approvals in boldface
  • CONC means Concurrent Petition [Yes/No/Semi]. Semi means: I-485 filed after I140 filing, but before I140 approval.
  • FP means Finger Print (just say waiting if not done)
  • FP2 means Second Finger Print
  • I140 means I-140 approval date. (just say waiting if not approved)
  • This is for I-485 EB-1 Outstanding Researchers @ Vermont
  • SEE ALSO: I-140 EB1-OR TRACKER, the Fingerprinting Issues Forum, and the FBI FingerPrint Status Check
==============================================================
RECEIPT----CONC-------FP------------I140-------FP2-----------APPROVAL-------NAME
========================================================================

08/26/02----semi------10/09/02-----12/04/02----06/16/04-----07/21/04-----kxw
08/26/02----semi------10/29/02-----07/27/04----07/24/04-----08/26/04-----July02EB12
09/11/02-----yes------11/06/02-----10/26/02----07/09/04-----09/08/04-----slipj
09/17/02----semi------11/01/02-----11/11/02----09/14/04-----10/05/04-----Laptop
09/23/02-----yes------11/18/02-----06/02/04----09/25/04-----11/12/04------mendieta
09/27/02----semi------11/18/03-----01/20/04-----??/??/??-----03/14/04-----ksekar
10/10/02-----yes------06/??/03-----06/11/03-----??/??/??-----06/03/04-----d-ster
10/15/02-----yes------12/15/02-----03/15/03----06/16/04-----08/11/04----CosmicDream
10/21/02----Semi------03/30/04-----07/20/04--------NO-------08/02/04----username123456
10/23/02----semi------11/29/02-----04/09/04----08/25/04-----09/29/04-----Hueymeei
11/02/02----semi------12/10/02-----04/16/04----10/18/04-------waiting-------open_sesame
11/19/02----semi------02/12/03-----06/09/04----07/06/04-----10/27/04-----mzgh
11/22/02----semi------02/10/03-----03/26/04----07/02/04-----08/20/04-----ea_ead
11/25/02----semi------02/11/03-----04/28/03----10/05/04------waiting-------waiting!
11/25/02----semi------02/13/03-----07/08/04----08/10/04------waiting-------barney
11/25/02-----yes------03/20/03-----waiting------09/13/04------waiting-------samamit
11/27/02----semi------02/18/03-----07/29/04----waiting--------waiting-------the_pandas
12/10/02-----yes------01/13/03-----09/10/03----07/17/04-----11/02/04-----gc-despo
12/10/02----semi------03/19/03-----05/17/02----09/03/04-----09/17/04-----skusa
12/11/02----semi------02/05/03-----06/28/04----09/09/04-----10/26/04-----Rajan123
12/13/02----semi------03/23/03-----12/17/02-----??/??/??-----06/17/04-----amine
12/27/02------no------03/07/03-----approved----08/06/04-----09/08/04----katvar
01/08/03-----Yes------02/08/03-----08/17/04-----waiting-------waiting-------colormix
01/22/03----semi------03/19/03-----08/21/04----09/29/04-------waiting-------RPB8260
02/20/03----semi------05/20/03-----05/15/04------NO---------07/14/04-----Reverse_Man
02/??/03----semi-------05/??/03-----07/28/04------NO--------07/28/04-----or_waiting
03/04/03-----Yes------05/04/03-----08/27/04----09/18/04-------waiting-------antonl
03/11/03----semi------04/24/03-----07/26/04----09/21/04-------waiting-------agroy
03/11/03-----yes------04/??/03-----10/21/04----08/19/04-----10/21/04-----yygov
03/22/03-----yes------??/??/??------08/03/04-----??/??/??-----08/05/04-----616athem
04/02/03-----yes------05/13/03------waiting------waiting---------waiting-------gegemon
04/10/03----semi------05/??/03------06/28/04----09/22/04-----10/22/04-----immigrationcom
04/13/03----semi------??/??/??------06/09/04-----??/??/??-----06/09/04-----fatlady
05/21/03-----yes------05/??/04------08/06/04-------no--------09/08/04-----bostonhere(RFE08/18/04)
05/27/03----semi------04/??/03------08/06/04-------No--------08/11/04-----xluo1971

***** 06/01/2003 ***** USCIS CURRENT PROCESSING TIME ***********

09/27/03----semi------10/05/04-----06/04/04-------waiting-------waiting-------arjundc
11/04/03----semi------11/09/04-----waiting---------waiting-------waiting-------Drniu
11/21/03-----no-------waiting-------08/12/03-------waiting-------waiting-------Rbv
01/15/04----semi------10/29/04-----waiting---------waiting-------waiting-------NY_OR
02/27/04----semi------waiting-------??/??/??--------waiting-------waiting-------eb1_or
03/25/04----semi------09/23/04-----waiting---------waiting-------waiting-------IceTea
===================================================================[/QUOTE]
 
It would be good to keep this thread alive

mendieta said:
BTW, folks, what are we going to do with the tracker, should we join the consolidated tracker ? Please post your opinions ...

IMHO, we should maintain this tracker alive and updated. Small as it is, it gives us a decent window on how things progress in our EB1-OR category, covering the three year span from 2002-2004. It is also a great source of support.

I still think it would be a good idea to add our info to the consolidated tracker and we should support that effort, but not at the expense of losing the updates here (after all we are not that many, so it is not difficult to do both). I have seen numerous approval posts in the forum that have not been added to the consolidated tracker, so in spite of the tremendous work done to create it, it is still very inaccurate. I also has no info for 2002.

BTW, a very good picture of what is really happening in VSC has been done by nemessis with his sample scanning http://boards.immigration.com/showthread.php?t=125115&page=1&pp=15
He has this outstanding graphic in excel spreadsheet, that includes historical information, for fiscal year 2003 (oct 2002-sept 2003). He has sampled all I485 cases for specific dates aprox 1 week apart for the 12 month period (about 20,000 cases). It is possible to extrapolate other dates with very decent accuracy, and he does frequent updates.

My 2 cents
 
antonl said:
Wow! Congratulations!!
Felicitaciones!
That is great news and it encourages the rest of us too! Hope you will drop a line in the thread once in a while. Enjoy your long awaited freedom.

Gracias AnonI :) Yeah, it really is good news, and the tendency has been encouraging in the last six months or so. USCIS woke up from a long siesta, and put their act together. Essentially, 9/11 froze the whole processing schedule because of the much more carefull name check they started to do. Now things are getting better, I think they are getting better at it. Best luck with all your cases, I have only seen USCIS speeding up for a long time, and I think their goal is 6 months total processing time. Good for everyone !

Cheers,
 
rbv said:
Dear Mendieta,
Congratulations!!! You Have Been Very Good To All Of Us. May God Help You Always In All Ways!!! Thanks A Lot For All You Did For Me.
Congrats Again.. And Enjoy Your Freedom!!! :)
Rbv

Dear Rbv, I can't tell how touched (and happy) I felt when I read your words yesterday late night. I simply couldn't anwer. Let me please just say Thank You my friend

Cheers,
 
antonl said:
IMHO, we should maintain this tracker alive and updated. Small as it is, it gives us a decent window on how things progress in our EB1-OR category, covering the three year span from 2002-2004. It is also a great source of support.

Allright, do we all agree ? Now is your time to speak out if you disagree, yes, you !!!!!!!! :)

I still think it would be a good idea to add our info to the consolidated tracker and we should support that effort, but not at the expense of losing the updates here

And you are suggesting that we each of us tries to update her/his case in both, right ? That could work, specially if we prioritize one of the two trackers. For instance this one, as you suggest. Optionally, any of us can dump a few cases over there when we have a few minutes.

I am leaving for a job interview in a few hours and I still have to prepare a lot of material for it. I'll be back in touch in a few days when I come back. See you all my friends, take care and hang in there !
 
mendieta said:
Dear Friends

BEAUTIFULL NEWS !. My case has been approved, today, and my wife's too !!!!!!!!! Thanks so, so much for all the support.

There are two kinds of people: the ones who under hardship try to help each other, and then there are the others. It's lovely to have been sorrounded by people like you guys, we help each other through difficult times, we encourage each other .... now it's my time on the sweet spot. Soon it's gonna be for you. Yes, you :)

Cheers, all the best !,
Congrats Mendieta. This Deepawali is really good for you. You must light a candle every Deepawali, so that you will not feel left out when everyone here lights their candle after a decade. Just kidding - have fun and enjoy with sweets. :)
 
the wait is over...

I guess I might have to change my user id now! The wait is over. Got the approval notices for me and my wife today. That ends a 12.5 year long journey that started in Grad school!

I am relatively new to this forum and my visits were always mixed emotionally mainly due to irregularities in USCIS processing. Thanks to Rajiv for this outlet for all the people waiting for responses from USCIS in one format or the other, and thanks to all the people for the wealth of useful information on this site.

Best Regards and good luck to all the people waiting for their turn.

Waiting!
 
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