I-485 related question

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vnsriv

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Any answers for this !


If you go here .
https://egov.immigration.gov/cris/jsps/Processtimes.jsp?SeviceCenter=Vermont

For I-485 it shows processing date as June 26.2005

On
http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/bulletin/bulletin_2978.html

Employ-ment
-Based for India in eb3rd category
The priority date is 22 april 01

If my case was filed on following dates

I-485 was filed on 06/11/05
Labor Cert. Was filed 07/15/02

Out of two which web site I should consider for my case( that will tell when my I-485 will begin). What's the first site for
 
vnsriv said:
Out of two which web site I should consider for my case( that will tell when my I-485 will begin).
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The Priority Dates first, then the Processing Times. Since your PD is not currrent, your I-485 will not be touched.
 
TheRealCanadian said:
The Priority Dates first, then the Processing Times. Since your PD is not currrent, your I-485 will not be touched.
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True. There is a whole generation of GC applicants between 2000/01 and 2005 who never knew what a Priority Date until they stated to take notice of their never ending 485 process.

Couple of guys in my work place with EB3 2003 PD ganged up on me saying I was being pessimistic and was giving them false information when I told them that with current laws in place, their approval might take 5 years or so. I don't blame them. The labor and 140 came thru pretty easily for them, and working for a big company that has its own immi lawyer, they did not have to deal with nuances of GC processing.
 
GreenCardVirus said:
True. There is a whole generation of GC applicants between 2000/01 and 2005 who never knew what a Priority Date until they stated to take notice of their never ending 485 process.

Couple of guys in my work place with EB3 2003 PD ganged up on me saying I was being pessimistic and was giving them false information when I told them that with current laws in place, their approval might take 5 years or so. I don't blame them. The labor and 140 came thru pretty easily for them, and working for a big company that has its own immi lawyer, they did not have to deal with nuances of GC processing.
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Well 5 years is a bit of exaggeration. I would think it will take another 2 to 3 years....
 
HaraKad said:
Well 5 years is a bit of exaggeration. I would think it will take another 2 to 3 years....
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I should have qualified it as "for India". At some 2800 GreenCards available per year, assuming each case will eat up on average 2 (spouse/children) numbers, GC will be available for 1400 applicants each year.

There are probably 6-7 cases that I know are filed in EB3 by the company I currently work and another 10 or so people I know around. Then I know about 3 guys from my last place who are stuck in backlog centers and are still actively waiting. As far as I know, most of these people have filed in 2003 or before and in EB3 India.

That constitutes over 1% of 2800 numbers. You do the math.

There is lot of discussions going on this forum. I am not an expert but I certaily think 5 years is a very optimistic number.
 
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That must be a typo. You meant 28000, right. In any case except for those lucky guys who got in during 2002-2004 (last time's visa recapturing, then working with big companies during good market etc) , I think getting GC has been very slow. You are right. 5 years would be too optimistic. I won't be surprised if many people go back because of the long delay and then trying to keep up with H1 visa extensions.
 
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June1506 said:
That must be a typo. You meant 28000, right. In any case except for those lucky guys who got in during 2002-2004 (last time's visa recapturing, then working with big companies during good market etc) , I think getting GC has been very slow. You are right. 5 years would be too optimistic. I won't be surprised if many people go back because of the long delay and then trying to keep up with H1 visa extensions.
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I meant 28 hundred, not thousands.
 
greencardvirus is right

GreenCardVirus is definitely right.

Each year, there are all together 140,000 visas available for employment based immigrants. Of those, each country cannot exceed 7 % (that is why China and India suffer from retrogression). And then out of those 7%, EB3 can only be 28.6% (EB1 and EB2 will each take 28.6% and the remaining will be shared among other or unskilled).

So the math is 140000*7%*28.6%=2802.8 for India EB3.

The Senate actually proposed a bill called 'Skil Bill' which would exempt people with advanced degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathmatics from the quota above. So please urge your congressman or senator to vote or push the bill!

You can send a fax via www.immigrationvoice.org.

This is the only solution I can see now. If you have better ideas, speak up!
 
document we made based on the approval or registration of this case

Online status shows:

On July 25, 2006, the document we made based on the approval or registration of this case was mailed directly to the person to whom issued.

Is this an approval?

I haven't got any document. I just got my code 1 FP done last week.

Thanks,
 
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