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[kamrans]

Seems like they did the same thing with I-824 like they did with I-140 and I-485. Now only two centers processing 140 and other two are processing 485. I havent read it but since they take the dates back by two months its seems to me that they are consolidating the 824 applications in one SC and thats why there is a flood of applications which forces them to go back.
Not sure about it and I am still looking. If I find out I will let you know. Dont get panic. There is nothing we can do other than to wait and pray.

Good Luck.

Service Center - Receipt Date
California: No i824 processing date
Nebraska: No i824 processing date
Texas: No i824 processing date
Vermont: Feb. 23, 2006 from April 30, 2006

What happend??? there's no i824 processing date in California, Nebraska and Texas, actually i824 is not in the list in those SC. another thing in VSC, from April 30 it rolled back to Feb. 23? this scares me...

can anyone explain this...

thanks,

judex

 

[gette]

question

do i need to go home for my husbands interview?? is it really needed??

 

[ybnyk]

Another question

Thanks kamrans. Your advice really helps.

Hi kamrans,
I have another question. Before my 485 approval I am planing to get my 3 year extension H1B stamped on my passport. Also I am planing to get married before the 485 approval. Once I am back to US if my 485 gets approved, can I get my wife to US on H4 visa till my 824 is processed? Because I have a valid H1B stamp on my passport. I guess once my 485 is approved, my H1B becomes invalid automatically. Please let me know your feed back.
Thanks
ybnyk

 

[rammyrammy]

ybnyk,

Once Your 485 Gets approved you loose your NON Immigrant status no matter how long you have a H1 Visa or any other visa is valid.
And once your 485 Gets approved, you cannot bring your wife on H4.

The best way is getting married and bringing her here on H4 before your 485 Gets approved.
or
atleast to be eligible for F2J, you should have been married before 485
approval. So first get married as soon as possible b4 485 approval.

Rammy..

Hi kamrans,
I have another question. Before my 485 approval I am planing to get my 3 year extension H1B stamped on my passport. Also I am planing to get married before the 485 approval. Once I am back to US if my 485 gets approved, can I get my wife to US on H4 visa till my 824 is processed? Because I have a valid H1B stamp on my passport. I guess once my 485 is approved, my H1B becomes invalid automatically. Please let me know your feed back.
Thanks
ybnyk

 

[ybnyk]

Thank you

ybnyk,

Once Your 485 Gets approved you loose your NON Immigrant status no matter how long you have a H1 Visa or any other visa is valid.
And once your 485 Gets approved, you cannot bring your wife on H4.

The best way is getting married and bringing her here on H4 before your 485 Gets approved.
or
atleast to be eligible for F2J, you should have been married before 485
approval. So first get married as soon as possible b4 485 approval.

Rammy..

Hi rammyrammy
Thank you very much for your response. That is exactly what I am planing. If everything goes fine, at most I can go for FTJ. Because there is no much time left for me, but just one month. My PD is 9/2000 EB2, India and most probably my 485 will be processed as soon as new quota is available from Oct 1st. (I got LC Sub). I hope for the best. Let us see.
Regards
ybnyk

 

[kamrans]

No need to be there for the interview. You cannot do anything.

Good Luck.

do i need to go home for my husbands interview?? is it really needed??

 

[kamrans]

I agree with rammyrammy response. So for what you are waiting. See on the other hand if it gets approved it will take 6 years for your wife to come here on I-130. Usually people do it when they become citizen. So you should rush now.

good Luck.

Hi rammyrammy
Thank you very much for your response. That is exactly what I am planing. If everything goes fine, at most I can go for FTJ. Because there is no much time left for me, but just one month. My PD is 9/2000 EB2, India and most probably my 485 will be processed as soon as new quota is available from Oct 1st. (I got LC Sub). I hope for the best. Let us see.
Regards
ybnyk

 

[kamrans]

When the Schedule A workers quota finishes their cases will be counted against regular EB3 category. Then you need to follow the dates in VB for the country of chargeability in EB3.
I hope this is not your case.

Good Luck.

yup!! i visit that website everyday.its scary hope my husband doesnt get affected by that...his interview is in 23 days.....hope he finally gets his greencard..just hope that we all be with our loved ones again

 

[rm101]

Last year USCIS assured president that they will reduce the processing times of all cases up to 6 months.
so they come up with the strategy to take the dates back 5 years so that they wont have enough cases and they can say that they are processing the cases within 6 months. It doesnt matter if there is retrogression. All that count is they did what they prmomised.
Now there are not enough cases in USCIS and they reduced the processing times in most of the cases.
I can feel the frustration and the pain. Nobody can do anything. Ask your friend to relax and calm down. It will take sometime but he will be ok. Patience and prayers works then anything else.
BTW what is this KUSA146

Good Luck.

Kamrans,
How different people are handling situation who are effected by this FTJ.We got stuck in a situation neither can go to home country nor can we stay here for long time with out family.What happens if we are out of county for a year and when wife gets interview letter .Do we need to be in US and working.Any ways Kamrans u have been a source of motivation confidence for us.When are u expecting ur wifes interview date? Good luck to yu too ....
BTW what is this KUSA146 this was typo

 

[NJBLUE]

Hi Kamrans,

You have been great support to all of us and thanks for all your posts. What's your priority Date? My PD is JAN 2002 (EB3 India) and don't have any hope that my wife's FTJ case get approved before Oct 2007.

Thanks.

 

[judex]

now it's realy confusing> i-824 Processing dates-Sept. 8

i-824 Processing dates - Sept. 8
Service Center - Receipt Date
California: March 8, 2006
Nebraska: March 8, 2006
Texas: March 8, 2006
Vermont: March 8, 2006

Are they playing with us??? Last aug. 25, the only SC that's processing i824 is Vermont SC with the processing date of feb. 23(all of the other SC gave the i824 to Vermont SC for processing). Now, all of the SC has the same processing dates which means all of the SC are processing their i824? does it mean VSC returned the i824 to their respective SC? what!?!?

can anyone explain this, AGAIN...

kamrans, are they playing with us? this is realy confusing...

thanks,

judex

 

[kamrans]

rm101,
This is bad time in our lives. But its not too bad though. I thank God that at least we have the green cards and can visit our wives whenever we want to. Don't be depressed and loose heart. We all are in same boat and sooner or later we will get it. Its only prayers that can work out in this situation.
Yes this is bad that they treat us like this even after getting the green card. We cannot go back permanently as we need to show employment stuff during the interview so that we can show that we can support our wives.
See my second post to NJBLUE about some hints in getting some sort of visa during this period.
Also there is no hope that any bill will be passed this year. CIR is completely dead. So now we are completely at the mercy of visa bulletins each month.
check out www.shusterman.com

Good Luck to all.

Kamrans,
How different people are handling situation who are effected by this FTJ.We got stuck in a situation neither can go to home country nor can we stay here for long time with out family.What happens if we are out of county for a year and when wife gets interview letter .Do we need to be in US and working.Any ways Kamrans u have been a source of motivation confidence for us.When are u expecting ur wifes interview date? Good luck to yu too ....
BTW what is this KUSA146 this was typo

 

[jattala]

i-130 to i-824

My brother(us citizen) has sponsered my family and I for a immigrant visa, with the i-130 which I applied for March 19, 2001, and recently it has been approved. And now its been changed to i-824 on June 12th 2006, when will my case reach the embassy so then my family and I have to go for there an interview. Also what is a i-824, and how long will it take for this to approved. How long will it take for my family and I to get our immigrant visa so my family and I can goto america.

Thank u

 

[kamrans]

NJBlue,
Thanks for the appreciation. I just try to help everyone sincerely as I have a belief that I will be helped by God some day in this messy situation.
I am July 2002. I am the most unfortunate ones as I got my wife's I-824 approved in Feb. 2005 and the visa went unavailable in July 2005. Since US embassy never contacted my wife in 14 days and later on my repeated queries with them resulted in email from them to send them the required docs but by then I lost the race because I got packet 3.5 from them in July 2005. We fulfilled all the requirements and they ask us to do the medical etc and then later on they sent the packet back to us stating that PD is not current. Just because of their incompetence and not responding in time I am suffering.
Anyway I am hopeful that it will be ok pretty soon. For the guys from India I have the following suggestions:
1) If I-824 is not approved then you can even apply on receipt notice in india. Lot of people got the visa based on the receipt notice. Though your 485 needs to be approved.
2) I know people from mumbai who were in FTJ queue and since its taking too long they applied for the visit visa and they got it. So you can try this as well. Reason is simple that its taking too long and you are applying for it. I got mine denied based on same reason but you may be the lucky one. Remeber you need to show strong ties to home counrty and visit visa is purely luck.
3) Try student visa or some other H1 visa.

For people in EB3 India I dont see any hope for next 2-3 years unless there is some legislation because of recent trends and statistics. So you guys need to do something rather then waiting and I am quite hopeful that you all will get it.

Good Luck.

Hi Kamrans,

You have been great support to all of us and thanks for all your posts. What's your priority Date? My PD is JAN 2002 (EB3 India) and don't have any hope that my wife's FTJ case get approved before Oct 2007.

Thanks.

 

[kamrans]

I have never seen same date in all SC. Now I am sure that they consolidated I-824 in one SC and all SC are posting that time.
So it means no matter what SC u send the application it will go to one and all the processing times will be the same.
BTW I havent found any information yet on this issue. I am still digging and if I come across I will let you know.
Why dont you try on I-824 receipt notice. In November your case will be counted in regular EB3 cateogry and the PD they are serving right now is March 2002. Give it a try rather than waiting.

Good Luck.

i-824 Processing dates - Sept. 8
Service Center - Receipt Date
California: March 8, 2006
Nebraska: March 8, 2006
Texas: March 8, 2006
Vermont: March 8, 2006

Are they playing with us??? Last aug. 25, the only SC that's processing i824 is Vermont SC with the processing date of feb. 23(all of the other SC gave the i824 to Vermont SC for processing). Now, all of the SC has the same processing dates which means all of the SC are processing their i824? does it mean VSC returned the i824 to their respective SC? what!?!?

can anyone explain this, AGAIN...

kamrans, are they playing with us? this is realy confusing...

thanks,

judex

 

[kamrans]

Why I-824 if you already have I-130 approved. Something is missing or may be I am not understanding. Please elaborate.

My brother(us citizen) has sponsered my family and I for a immigrant visa, with the i-130 which I applied for March 19, 2001, and recently it has been approved. And now its been changed to i-824 on June 12th 2006, when will my case reach the embassy so then my family and I have to go for there an interview. Also what is a i-824, and how long will it take for this to approved. How long will it take for my family and I to get our immigrant visa so my family and I can goto america.

Thank u

 

[rm101]

rm101,
This is bad time in our lives. But its not too bad though. I thank God that at least we have the green cards and can visit our wives whenever we want to. Don't be depressed and loose heart. We all are in same boat and sooner or later we will get it. Its only prayers that can work out in this situation.
Yes this is bad that they treat us like this even after getting the green card. We cannot go back permanently as we need to show employment stuff during the interview so that we can show that we can support our wives.
See my second post to NJBLUE about some hints in getting some sort of visa during this period.
Also there is no hope that any bill will be passed this year. CIR is completely dead. So now we are completely at the mercy of visa bulletins each month.
check out www.shusterman.com

Good Luck to all.

Thanks kamrnas for the response.when ever we see this mails giving some moral support it makes feel relived.

 

[judex]

kamrans

you have a point kamrans...

thanks,

judex

I have never seen same date in all SC. Now I am sure that they consolidated I-824 in one SC and all SC are posting that time.
So it means no matter what SC u send the application it will go to one and all the processing times will be the same.
BTW I havent found any information yet on this issue. I am still digging and if I come across I will let you know.
Why dont you try on I-824 receipt notice. In November your case will be counted in regular EB3 cateogry and the PD they are serving right now is March 2002. Give it a try rather than waiting.

Good Luck.

 

[jattala]

ok what is an i-824? how does one get to the status i-824? How long does it take to get an i-824 approved if the i-130 was approved 12th july 2006.

 

[judex]

jattala,

you will learn more about it from page 40 to 120, lots of information to know about FTJ if you are on the same boat... and google is a great help to everyone in this thread...

ok what is an i-824? how does one get to the status i-824? How long does it take to get an i-824 approved if the i-130 was approved 12th july 2006.