Finally Approved... The roller-coaster ride is over

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WaitinginQ

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:) I am glad to share the news that we recieved our approval notices in mail on 11/13/04 (Approval Date is Nov 01). Ironically our Notice dates were 11/13/02, so it took exactly 2 years.

We were interviewed on Oct 28th, but could not get a decision on the same day since my son's medical form was missing and I had to get a new one from the doctor.

I am glad that this roller-coaster ride is over. My case was not really straightforward. I had left the sponsoring employer even before I applied I-140. That was a real small consulting company with only 3 employees, so I was lucky that I didn't get a RFE for company financials. Then I was out of status for some time as my new employer forgot to mail the paperwork for the H1 transfer, so I had to finally go out of the country to get a new stamp.
After we returned we filed concurrently. Then I switched the job once again and started using EAD. My current salary is 40% less than specified in LC and I was still able to use AC21. Another interesting thing is that we never submitted our birth certificates and they never asked for those. All we had in the file was our high school certificates that indicate date of births.

I am not much of a story teller, But I guess this will give some hope to guys whose cases are a little complex.

I have a couple of question... Do we really need a Stamp in the passport since we have no plans of travelling in the immediate future? How long does the plastic card take these days? The letter mentions that it takes between 8-12 months. They also mailed me a temporary evidence for Permanent resident status, which looks like an I-94 with some stamping and my picture on it.
 
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Congragulations, you never no when you have to travel ? So if I where in your place I will get stamped on passport , it will take just couple of hours of your time....
 
WaitinginQ said:
:) I am glad to share the news that we recieved our approval notices in mail on 11/13/04 (Approval Date is Nov 01). Ironically our Notice dates were 11/13/02, so it took exactly 2 years.

We were interviewed on Oct 28th, but could not get a decision on the same day since my son's medical form was missing and I had to get a new one from the doctor.

I am glad that this roller-coaster ride is over. My case was not really straightforward. I had left the sponsoring employer even before I applied I-140. That was a real small consulting company with only 3 employees, so I was lucky that I didn't get a RFE for company financials. Then I was out of status for some time as my new employer forgot to mail the paperwork for the H1 transfer, so I had to finally go out of the country to get a new stamp.
After we returned we filed concurrently. Then I switched the job once again and started using EAD. My current salary is 40% less than specified in LC and I was still able to use AC21. Another interesting thing is that we never submitted our birth certificates and they never asked for those. All we had in the file was our high school certificates that indicate date of births.

I am not much of a story teller, But I guess this will give some hope to guys whose cases are a little complex.

I have a couple of question... Do we really need a Stamp in the passport since we have no plans of travelling in the immediate future? How long does the plastic card take these days? The letter mentions that it takes between 8-12 months. They also mailed me a temporary evidence for Permanent resident status, which looks like an I-94 with some stamping and my picture on it.
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Hi waitinQ,

Congrats!!.

My case is trasfered to local office just on 12'Nov. I am in the same company from the day one. so what did they ask in the interview. what document you were asked to produce. can you explain?.
 
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