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[Simala2006]

Thanks for the valuable info!

Again thanks! So its not for the US embassy here in our country that needs passport copies then.. this will be good info for those who are kababayan silent readers regarding this matter! Other embassies, need it and its even all pages.

I would like to encourage Pinoys who are reading this thread to please register here and be part of our thread! Its easy to post my kababayans, just register and be one with us, so we can share and refer with our friends from this thread coming from other countries, too! You are very welcome to do so!

Merry Christmas!
Simala2006

you can track the documents thru DHL but you can't track its process inside the embassy, or you can try to call the call center no. for tracking, but call center agents needs Case Nos..

i did not sent my passports copy, they dont need it, i've sent my wifes passports copy...

i'm from bicol, i've been waiting for pinoys in this thread to share experiences...

judex

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[Simala2006]

Hi bisdakdreamer! We need your help!

Thank you so much for the info! Really, it gives us encouragement and we would like to ask your help to update us more with your case.. What is your PD? Is it eb3 or eb2? Has your spouse adjusted status in the States? Or is it consular processing? I believe this will affect our individual case processing..

If possible, please post also date of greencard issuance of your spouse! thank you in advance!

God bless,
Simala2006

Judex,
Email sent 19Nov06. Packet3 received 19Dec06 with letter instruction dated 04Dec06. Included were:
1) Cover letter with name and case number
2) Visa Instructions
3) Application Form DS-230 Part I
4) Notification of Applicant Readiness Form DS-2001
5) Form I-134 Affidavit of Support

Although I am not 100% sure it was the email my spouse sent that created the case, but since our I-824 case status online still says "pending", I am inclined to think, the email initiated the paperwork.

Hope this info helps.

 

[judex]

simala...

i think we need to prioritize 1st the Case No. for FTJ beneficiary, then wait for the PD or visa availability if you were affected by the retrogression... if you were not affected, that's good and will just wait for few months to get the interview...

Thank you so much for the info! Really, it gives us encouragement and we would like to ask your help to update us more with your case.. What is your PD? Is it eb3 or eb2? Has your spouse adjusted status in the States? Or is it consular processing? I believe this will affect our individual case processing..

If possible, please post also date of greencard issuance of your spouse! thank you in advance!

God bless,
Simala2006

 

[Simala2006]

My case maybe affected by retrogression!

I believe Judex, my case will be affected by the recent retrogression... my PD that is the time when USCIS received my 1-140 application is Sept. 12, 2006, so hereon, I would say, we have to wait then for the creation of visas for Sched A from hereon..

Hope and pray it wouldn`t be a long wait though, but I`m still waiting for Bisdakdreamer for their PD and what category then is their petition so I can refer mine from theirs! Personally, I`m not losing hope, still praying for some changes to happen next year!

Thanks for your concern! God bless,
Simala2006

i think we need to prioritize 1st the Case No. for FTJ beneficiary, then wait for the PD or visa availability if you were affected by the retrogression... if you were not affected, that's good and will just wait for few months to get the interview...

 

[BISDAKDREAMER]

My Processing Dates

Judex/Simala,
My spouse also got greencard thru Adjustment of Status (I-485), concurrent filing of I-140 with Priority Date Dec04. I-485 approved May06. Received physical greencard thru mail Jun06. Spouse is a registered nurse (Schedule A).

Aug06 - I824 filed by spouse in the states (status pending todate)
19Nov06 - sent email to US Embassy MNL (after reading Judex' post)
(No passport copies included. Only cover letter, scanned copies of spouse's greencard, I-140 approval, I-824 receipt notice, marriage certificate and birth certificates)
19Dec06 - received Packet 3 which was dated 04Dec06

I guess we all have the same questions in mind on how retrogression is impacting our cases. Hopefully, we can help each other shed light if anyone gets to read on any valuable info.

Merry Christmas everyone! No matter in what situation we are in, we are still lucky we are afforded the opportunity to be where we are.

Keep dreaming!!!

 

[judex]

There's still light at the end of the tunnel...

Don't loose hope simala, you know why? US health care will suffer if the US government will not move soon...

Sept. 12, 2006? Still, don't loose hope!

judex

I believe Judex, my case will be affected by the recent retrogression... my PD that is the time when USCIS received my 1-140 application is Sept. 12, 2006, so hereon, I would say, we have to wait then for the creation of visas for Sched A from hereon..

Hope and pray it wouldn`t be a long wait though, but I`m still waiting for Bisdakdreamer for their PD and what category then is their petition so I can refer mine from theirs! Personally, I`m not losing hope, still praying for some changes to happen next year!

Thanks for your concern! God bless,
Simala2006

 

[Simala2006]

Thanks mga kababayan!

Yeah, I am not losing hope, in fact, I just got my most specific answer from you Bisdakdreamer, thank you for the reply, now I know it is possible for me to get the packet 3 for my family, too! Your PD date is Dec. 4, 2005 and the PD which is given attention now is Sept. 15, 2004, so you are also behind the said date and yet you have been given the packet, well, as Kamrans has posted, you are lucky!

Thank you so much Judex for your encouragement, yes, God is our deliverer, I always claim it to all of us! May we find good news in the first half of January... hope and pray so! God be merciful!

I am actually preparing now my documents to send email tomorrow as what Bisdakdreamer`s spouse has done, then from the scanned documents, I will send it thru DHL just as I planned to do.

JUDEX, do you know if it is possible for me to send my documents thru a friend and let her submit my papers in window X? Its another alternative of mine if it is allowed though... I have a friend going there for interview.. Will the officer receive it in my behalf? Is there a rule for submission for this? Another thanks in advance...

God bless you all!
Simala2006

Don't loose hope simala, you know why? US health care will suffer if the US government will not move soon...

Sept. 12, 2006? Still, don't loose hope!

judex

 

[judex]

simala

you can send your documents thru a friend, just make a cover letter...

i think packet 4 will wait until PD is current...

judex

Yeah, I am not losing hope, in fact, I just got my most specific answer from you Bisdakdreamer, thank you for the reply, now I know it is possible for me to get the packet 3 for my family, too! Your PD date is Dec. 4, 2005 and the PD which is given attention now is Sept. 15, 2004, so you are also behind the said date and yet you have been given the packet, well, as Kamrans has posted, you are lucky!

Thank you so much Judex for your encouragement, yes, God is our deliverer, I always claim it to all of us! May we find good news in the first half of January... hope and pray so! God be merciful!

I am actually preparing now my documents to send email tomorrow as what Bisdakdreamer`s spouse has done, then from the scanned documents, I will send it thru DHL just as I planned to do.

JUDEX, do you know if it is possible for me to send my documents thru a friend and let her submit my papers in window X? Its another alternative of mine if it is allowed though... I have a friend going there for interview.. Will the officer receive it in my behalf? Is there a rule for submission for this? Another thanks in advance...

God bless you all!
Simala2006

 

[Simala2006]

I stand corrected!

I kept of reading back the postings we have here, and I saw the date of PD of Bisdakdreamer`s spouse, so its Dec 2004, right and not Dec 4 something.. I got it wrong somehow!

Then the PD which has been acted right now is June 15, 2004 for Sched A, is this how to look for it? Or we have to take note of F2A category? I mean, June 15, 2004 is for the visa allocation for Sched A... My,my, I`m confused!

Peace to all!
Simala2006

i think we need to prioritize 1st the Case No. for FTJ beneficiary, then wait for the PD or visa availability if you were affected by the retrogression... if you were not affected, that's good and will just wait for few months to get the interview...

 

[Simala2006]

Thanks so much Judex!

K, thanks again! I will do it and then wait and see! That is what I`m thinking, too! That maybe we will all get the packet 3 started but our packet 4 will just wait till we have new visas upcoming... at least, one can get started with this, and its all in their hands to decide on us!

Let us all focus on praying for some immigration good news for all of us!

God be with you all,
Simala2006

 

[judex]

simala

F2A is for i-130 case/filing. If you are on the Shedule A Visa/Category, your husband and children will get their visa on the Shed A category... That's why not all of the 50,000 visas given to sched A are nurses or PT.

judex

I kept of reading back the postings we have here, and I saw the date of PD of Bisdakdreamer`s spouse, so its Dec 2004, right and not Dec 4 something.. I got it wrong somehow!

Then the PD which has been acted right now is June 15, 2004 for Sched A, is this how to look for it? Or we have to take note of F2A category? I mean, June 15, 2004 is for the visa allocation for Sched A... My,my, I`m confused!

Peace to all!
Simala2006

 

[Simala2006]

Thanks mentor Judex!

Now I`m fully enlightened! God bless!
Simala2006

F2A is for i-130 case/filing. If you are on the Shedule A Visa/Category, your husband and children will get their visa on the Shed A category... That's why not all of the 50,000 visas given to sched A are nurses or PT.

judex

 

[kamrans]

Retrogression

Retrogression is the term introduced by DOS in 90's. This is not something new. Since before Oct 2005 the demand was more than the visa numbers we never get into trouble. The problem arise when the 245(i) flood gets in. There is an estimated 350,000 people who are now having the PD of April 31, 2001 or earlier. The recent statistics from DOL shows that 150,000 (this is the
number of the principal applicant. The dependents are 2.5 for each applicant taken average) are still waitingin the DOL to be processed. These applicants use the categories of family based and emploment based categories. There is a prediction from top notch law firms and DOS that once this flood gets cleared there will be another retrogression. This is why all the categories for the ROW are moving very slowly and all the other countries stuck. Also the spill over from the other categories of the ROW are going to EB3 ROW thats why EB3 for India, China, mexico and phil are not moving or moving at very slow rate.
This should be kept in mind that until this 245(i) flood is not over, we can have another retrogression anytime depending on when the DOL starts processing the cases. This can happen anytime after 4-6 months as per DOL.
If anyone wants to know more about cut off date and retrogression check out the bulletin of Nov 2005.
Last month VB revealed that there are only few visa numbers available for schedule A workers and that will be consumed in January.
From February DOS will not show time line of schedule A workers. After that there will be two possibilities:
1) Schedule A workers have to wait for the bill to get some new quota.
2) Schedule A workers will use the same category as EB3 which is at August 2002 for most of the countries.

I would say that option 2 will be the one thats gonna be implemented. I pray for everybody but I dont see the picture good in coming months. US senate/Congress has to fix this situation soon.

Good Luck.

 

[Simala2006]

Just want to share with you this hunches from another source!

This is a posting from another website! I don`t know how true will this be, but this only show that its just a guessing issue then... nobody is certain what will happen in the next months! But there is always room for all of us to hope for the better! Just keep on praying... nothing is impossible in our God!

Thanks Kamrans for the info! Paux Nobis!

Simala2006

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Wednesday, December 20, 2006
2007 PLAN

While news out of Washington DC is slow right now (as is always the case at year's end), HLG is hearing that there is already a movement afoot to push Congress to get a small recapture bill passed within the first 10 weeks or so of 2007. Over the course of the spring Congress will debate a wide-ranging CIR-type bill, which healthcare immigration advocates hope will include a complete Schedule A exemption from the Green Card quota.

A time line might look like this:

Feb-March 2007: small allotment for Schedule A workers, perhaps 10-25,000 visas. Whether dependents are included is undecided at this point, but our hunch is they will be treated as they are now -- i.e. part of the quota.

Summer 2007: wide-ranging CIR is passed which includes an exemption for all Schedule A applicants.


**********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************

SKIL BILL INTRODUCED

The "SKIL bill" -- H.R. 5744, The Securing Knowledge, Innovation, and Leadership (SKIL) Act -- was introduced in the House by Representative John Shadegg (R-AZ), and nine Republican cosponsors just prior to the July 4th holiday. The Senate’s version of the SKIL Bill included:

• Exemptions for U.S. educated foreign workers with master’s or higher degrees from the H-1B and EB green card quotas.
• Creation of a flexible, market-based H-1B cap.
• Extension of foreign students’ post curricular optional practical training from 12 months to 24 months.
• Exemptions for EB green card immigrant spouses and children from the annual cap.
• No quota for Schedule A occupations – RNs and PTs.

It remains to be seen if all of these provisions are in Congressman Shadegg’s bill.

 

[kamrans]

Skil bill is not the only bill thats in house/senate. There are several bills but they are still waiting for the attention. I kept an eye on all of them starting last year until now.
Immigration reforms are part of CIR. Since all the politicians are thinking about the reforms for the border control and illegal immigration nobody thinks about the legal immigration. It need to have a separate bill that need to be passed soon.
CIR needs a lot of review by lawmakers. IT will take a lot of time to come to a final version of the bill as it contains too many conflicting clauses. If it happes I would assume that it will be right before the next presidential elections to get the political advantage.
But prayers can change fate. I believe in it.

Good Luck.

This is a posting from another website! I don`t know how true will this be, but this only show that its just a guessing issue then... nobody is certain what will happen in the next months! But there is always room for all of us to hope for the better! Just keep on praying... nothing is impossible in our God!

Thanks Kamrans for the info! Paux Nobis!

Simala2006

*********************************************************
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
2007 PLAN

While news out of Washington DC is slow right now (as is always the case at year's end), HLG is hearing that there is already a movement afoot to push Congress to get a small recapture bill passed within the first 10 weeks or so of 2007. Over the course of the spring Congress will debate a wide-ranging CIR-type bill, which healthcare immigration advocates hope will include a complete Schedule A exemption from the Green Card quota.

A time line might look like this:

Feb-March 2007: small allotment for Schedule A workers, perhaps 10-25,000 visas. Whether dependents are included is undecided at this point, but our hunch is they will be treated as they are now -- i.e. part of the quota.

Summer 2007: wide-ranging CIR is passed which includes an exemption for all Schedule A applicants.


**********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************

SKIL BILL INTRODUCED

The "SKIL bill" -- H.R. 5744, The Securing Knowledge, Innovation, and Leadership (SKIL) Act -- was introduced in the House by Representative John Shadegg (R-AZ), and nine Republican cosponsors just prior to the July 4th holiday. The Senate’s version of the SKIL Bill included:

• Exemptions for U.S. educated foreign workers with master’s or higher degrees from the H-1B and EB green card quotas.
• Creation of a flexible, market-based H-1B cap.
• Extension of foreign students’ post curricular optional practical training from 12 months to 24 months.
• Exemptions for EB green card immigrant spouses and children from the annual cap.
• No quota for Schedule A occupations – RNs and PTs.

It remains to be seen if all of these provisions are in Congressman Shadegg’s bill.

 

[Simala2006]

Prayers can truly move anything! I thank God for you Kamrans for your unending help!

Skil bill is not the only bill thats in house/senate. There are several bills but they are still waiting for the attention. I kept an eye on all of them starting last year until now.
Immigration reforms are part of CIR. Since all the politicians are thinking about the reforms for the border control and illegal immigration nobody thinks about the legal immigration. It need to have a separate bill that need to be passed soon.
CIR needs a lot of review by lawmakers. IT will take a lot of time to come to a final version of the bill as it contains too many conflicting clauses. If it happes I would assume that it will be right before the next presidential elections to get the political advantage.
But prayers can change fate. I believe in it.

Good Luck.

 

[kamrans]

Some Good Stuff

Finally I found something that can help a lot of people. Now the embassy should create a case for everyone even if I-824 is not approved. check out this link:

http://foia.state.gov/masterdocs/09fam/0942053PN.pdf

Even after this if they dont create the case then you should ask the help from an attoroney based on this manual. Attoroney should be able to deal with the embassy.
Summary of this link shows that if the principal shows the GC at the embassy then they are supposed to open up a FTJ case for the beneficiary.

Good Luck.

 

[zpyao_2000]

I-824 follow to join issues

Hi, all friends here. I have filed mandamus lawsuit against USCIS, and it works!! USCIS notice me that my I-485 was approved today!!
thanks for the the friends in the following thread
http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=194681
especially Publicus
thanks a lot!!!!

Now I consider to do I-824 and follow to join to get my wife to come here. we married 2 years ago in china, and she cannot get here because my I-485 stay in USCIS for over 4 years and my H1B 6 already expired long time ago!!
(I paid tax to uncle SAM for over 9 years already).
I want to do it myself, information is power and I want to control my life.
my I-485 lawyer always recommend me to wait,wait, I finally decide not to listen to him, and decide to file the law suit, thanks to all your friends here. it works.

Is there any friends here who have similar situation with me?? is there any detail instruction about how to do greencard follow to join I-824??
I am busy reading all the articles in this thread, hope friends can help me to understand more.

information is POWER.

thanks

 

[Simala2006]

Good stuff, really!

That`s correct Kamrans, its a good research from you! At least as soon as a case has been created for us then the processing has started and its better for all of us, too! Knowledge is power, and your effort will help us in the process.. thanks from all of us!

God bless us all!
Simala2006

Finally I found something that can help a lot of people. Now the embassy should create a case for everyone even if I-824 is not approved. check out this link:

http://foia.state.gov/masterdocs/09fam/0942053PN.pdf

Even after this if they dont create the case then you should ask the help from an attoroney based on this manual. Attoroney should be able to deal with the embassy.
Summary of this link shows that if the principal shows the GC at the embassy then they are supposed to open up a FTJ case for the beneficiary.

Good Luck.

 

[judex]

ToAll

I support kamrans post, I don't know why FTJ is included in the i-824. extra income for the US gov.? that's $200...

I have gathered lots of information regarding FTJ. Go to this link http://foia.state.gov/REGS/Search.asp then go to search botton, search on this topics.

9 FAM 40.1 N7 BASIS FOR FOLLOWING TO JOIN PAGE 11
9 FAM 42.53 PN1 DETERMINING DERIVATIVE STATUS
9 FAM 42.12 N3 DERIVATIVE STATUS FOR SPOUSE PAGE 2
9 FAM 42.42 PN3 DETERMINING DERIVATIVE STATUS WHEN PRICIPAL ADJUSTS PAGE 2
9 FAM 42.53 N6 DERIVATIVELY ACQUIRED PRIORITY DATE FOR SPOUSE PAGE 8
9 FAM 40.1 N1 VALIDITY OF MARRIAGE FOR IMMIGRATION PURPOSES

Read and Learn...

judex

Finally I found something that can help a lot of people. Now the embassy should create a case for everyone even if I-824 is not approved. check out this link:

http://foia.state.gov/masterdocs/09fam/0942053PN.pdf

Even after this if they dont create the case then you should ask the help from an attoroney based on this manual. Attoroney should be able to deal with the embassy.
Summary of this link shows that if the principal shows the GC at the embassy then they are supposed to open up a FTJ case for the beneficiary.

Good Luck.