I140 Approved-3 months after RFE reply

painful140,

Congratulations. You deserve it. Good Luck. Your case is a true example for all who have lost hopes in USCIS processing. All the best for your post GC life. Keep visiting.
 
Hello Painful
Great!!!! Wonderful!!!!!
Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can see darkness giving way to light.
You deserve it buddy. Enjoy your freedom.
And occasionally pray for the poor souls like us who
are waiting for the light to come. Why don't you
think of changing the nick name ( painful) to something else :D
I'm really happy for you.
babu
 
Congratulations

Painful140 ,
congratulations. You really deserve it. This is very good news for all who are waiting for 140 and are delicate position. What is PD ? I am assuming it is before the retrogression.
 
Congratulations

Hi Painful140

Hope u remember my case.. Which is somewhat exactly similiar to yours but mine was filed with VSC. so far i have not heard anything from them yet..

Your case gives me lot of confidence now

Enjoy ur freedom
 
Congratulations

Congratulations Painfull140

would you mind posting some more details Qualification, Experience

thanks
 
Hi Have Mercy,
Of course, i remember your case because we are in the same boat.
Here is my suggestion:
Try to call VSC to ask about your latest updated of your 140 or 485 status. ( i know it's hard to ask about 140 because it belongs to employer). Is there any emergency phone number in VSC that you can call? Try to find that phone number. From my case, i called to find out that my 140 got revoked again after they approved it. and they also sent out the 140 revoked notice. ( but i am not pretty sure if my ex-employer or ex-lawyer get it or not because they have never sent me the notice, they treat me bad). I called the next day when i know the revoked notice was sent out, and ask them my 485 status, the lady told me that my 485 case is still with the officer ( my wife called, too, about her 485, same answer). Same thing applied to your case, if they tell you that your case is still with officer, then the chance of your 485 get approved is pretty high. You are in the better situation than mine, your 140 got approved and you pass 180 days, if they really send you NOID or denied letter, you still can use AC 21 to protect yourself.

dont give up your hope. think about my case, you can make it.


HaveMercy said:
Hi Painful140

Hope u remember my case.. Which is somewhat exactly similiar to yours but mine was filed with VSC. so far i have not heard anything from them yet..

Your case gives me lot of confidence now

Enjoy ur freedom
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Hi wanna_my_GC,
i don't mind to post whatever i know because i have been through a lot things during GC process. People from this forume help me a lot, now it's my time to contribute something to this forume, to someone who needs help.
what kinda qualification, experience you want to know? please let me know more specific, so that i can answer your questions.


wanna_my_GC said:
Congratulations Painfull140

would you mind posting some more details Qualification, Experience

thanks
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To my all friends,
Thank you so much for sharing my happiness and thank you for helping me to go through GC process.
Like Babu suggest i should change my name to joyful140 :) :)
 
whyworry_2003 said:
Painful140 ,
congratulations. You really deserve it. This is very good news for all who are waiting for 140 and are delicate position. What is PD ? I am assuming it is before the retrogression.
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Hi whyworry_2003
i just got my approval notice from my 485 lawyer today, and found that my PD is June 15, 2001. So i guess it's before retrogression. The strange thing is when i looked at my 140/485 reciepts, there is blank in PD colume.
When i got approval notice, i was surprised that it showed june 15, 2001.
I used sub LC ( EB3) and I know the person who applied this LC was around that time to filed his LC.
 
Labor Certification JUST APRROVED, quesiton!

How you doing there? I have a quick question that I will ask my lawyer, but maybe you could help me first. We just got a letter from the Labor Department in Atlanta in which they say they are missing a signature from my employee acknowledging that my College Degree was submitted outside the US. My lawyer said this is the first time it happens and honestly after 20 months of waiting, I WAS REALLY UPSET.

Well, I am sending the letter now with the signatures, I beleive the approval will come withing days.

What is next??? if we want to work for anyone, travel and apply for Permanent Resident? I know we have to file some forms, but I don't know what INS needs ...

Do they ask for an interview, what type of interview is it? if there is one, do they request some documentations or records such Income tax ?

I will reallly appreciate your help.
H1BneedGC said:
painful140,

You deserve the 140 approval. Congrats and good luck with your 485. I had been following your case and I am happy for you.

How did you respond to the 140 RFE after you were laid off from your employer before RFE came??

Now that you have 140 approved, you are free to change jobs using AC21.

Good Luck.
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cantuan said:
How you doing there? I have a quick question that I will ask my lawyer, but maybe you could help me first. We just got a letter from the Labor Department in Atlanta in which they say they are missing a signature from my employee acknowledging that my College Degree was submitted outside the US. My lawyer said this is the first time it happens and honestly after 20 months of waiting, I WAS REALLY UPSET.

Well, I am sending the letter now with the signatures, I beleive the approval will come withing days.

What is next??? if we want to work for anyone, travel and apply for Permanent Resident? I know we have to file some forms, but I don't know what INS needs ...

Do they ask for an interview, what type of interview is it? if there is one, do they request some documentations or records such Income tax ?

I will reallly appreciate your help.
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I guess you should be going through some of the forums in this portal and also some overview of the "Immigrant Visa" process.

But anyway, here is a overview of what you will/might be doing after your labor is approved.

1. If you belong to EB2 category and want to adjust your status within the US, you can do a concurrent filing of I-140 (Petition for immigrant Visa) + I-485 (Application to adjust status) + I-765 (Application for Employment Authorization) + I-131 (Advance Parole). If you want to stick on to your employer till you get your GC in hand, you don't need the I-765. If you are not planning to travel outside the US and have enough duration of H1B visa stamping left on your passport, then you don't need AP. However, you would still need I-140 and I-485 applications.

2. If you belong to EB3 (i.e., if your Priority Date (PD) is later than 03/01/2002) and belong to any country which is affected by visa retrogression (Mainland China, Philliphines and India), then you can only apply I-140 at this time and on approval, you will have to wait for your 485 dates to be current to apply for it.

3. Assuming that you finish the I-140 approval and I-485 approval, you could get your 485 approval in mail and then you go for passport stamping at your local USCIS office (whereever you reside). Sometimes, your 485 application will be transferred to a local office who might schedule you for a interview before stamping your passport.

4. If you are EB2 and want to pursue the CP route (Consular Processing), then you file only your I-140 with the CP option and on approval of your I-140, you will then wait for your file to reach the home country consulate who will then schedule a interview for you and then grant you the immigrant visa. In this path, you will not get the interim benefits like EAD and AP.

Hope this answers your questions. Good Luck in your process.
 
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Hi painful I140,(although its now joyful I140)

First of all congratulation for your success.

Now I’m in a helpless situation. I’m very new in this site. I think I’m also in the same boat like you. I saw your posts and hope for some good days. Here is my case:

RIR EB3 IN CIS
Labor AD: 7/2004
I140/1485 ND: 9/2004(concurrent)
GOT AP/EAD: 11/2004
FP done : 10/2004

My company is in a very stable situation and I’m the only and first person whom they are sponsoring for GC. But on 1st Feb/2005 they declared that they will close our west coast office from March. From ND of I140/ I485 I crossed 5 months……in this situation how can I save my I140/ I485……….pleas give me suggestion.

Anyone please help me.
Thank you.
Sd70
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I don’t know anything about law.
 
sd70 said:
Hi painful I140,(although its now joyful I140)

First of all congratulation for your success.

Now I’m in a helpless situation. I’m very new in this site. I think I’m also in the same boat like you. I saw your posts and hope for some good days. Here is my case:

RIR EB3 IN CIS
Labor AD: 7/2004
I140/1485 ND: 9/2004(concurrent)
GOT AP/EAD: 11/2004
FP done : 10/2004

My company is in a very stable situation and I’m the only and first person whom they are sponsoring for GC. But on 1st Feb/2005 they declared that they will close our west coast office from March. From ND of I140/ I485 I crossed 5 months……in this situation how can I save my I140/ I485……….pleas give me suggestion.

Anyone please help me.
Thank you.
Sd70
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I don’t know anything about law.
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Hi Sd70,
I think you are almost passed the 180 days after you filed the 485. Can you find another job in the same company?? If you can find a job in the same company, it's the most safe way to keep your GC processing. Just in case if you get 140 RFE later, they can still reply your RFE for you under the same company's name. If you can't find a job in the same company, i will suggest the following:
First, you need to find a job which is simiar to your current job duty ( similar to the duty you filed LC). If you can, try to get all your copied for LC, 140, and 485 from your employer/ or lawyer. Just in case, if you wanna use AC21 in the future ( for my case, i used for 140 RFE), those information maybe can help you a little bit ( I did the same thing, when i got 140 RFE, i just all of them for reference). Please keep all your pay stubs during the time you are working for this company.
If your employer won't withdraw your case in the future, you can wait until your 140 approved ( We have never known if we will get RFE or not, i guess it's 50% RFE, 50%Approved). Then you can decide if you want to send the AC 21 letter or not, once you get your 140 approved.
hope my answer will help your situation.
 
Hi painfulI140,

Thanks a lot for really quick reply.

Actually they are not giving any relocation offer and i am sure they
want to use my approved LC for future. There are high chances that
they will withdraw or revoke (i don't know which word is appropriate)
my I140. I have job offer for same position from a consultency. I have
my all COPY for LC, I140 AND I485. So now in this situation how can i
use them and how do i know that i get REF or not. Because as i know
REF goes to company and law office.

My RD of I140/1485 is 21/9/2004.

I saw the link which you sent but i can't read . Can you please send
me your translation.

Hope to hear from you soon.
Thank you.
sd70.
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I don't know anything about law.
 
Hi painful140,

Could you please email me your attorney's contact details and the templates used to file AC-21 less than 180 days to gorimesu@yahoo.com? I would greatly appreciate it as I'm also planning to file AC-21 as my employer sent a notice of withdrawal to USCIS.

Thanks again
 
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