final thoughts
to all you folks without faith or hope still stuck....take some heart
i survived the following:
my HR rep didn't cross check and had my 140 sent to the wrong service center. it came back from VSC and was sent to CSC finally.
then my lawyer sent a duplicate 140 and my 485 to the wrong service center AGAIN - mother of God how stupid can one be.
my incorrectly filed 140 and 485 was withdrawn from NSC. and the 485 filed properly at CSC.
my HR rep lost my original 485 receipts - my only evidence of when my 6-month portability clock started ticking. convenient, you little manipulative platypus parasite.
my lawyer wrote the wrong job location on my 140 at CSC - IL when my labor was approved for CA. grandmother of God how %#$%#$ can one be. i only find out about this 3 weeks before my CP interview, once I finally got a copy of the 140 form.
my 140 took 8 mos from 07/02 to 03/03. others got it in 4-5 mos.
the mumbai consulate took 5 months to schedule my interview. i sent AC140 in mid-May, and should have had date in July. got it for end-October. security clearance delays.
in spite of all this:
substitute labor 140 filed 06/15/2002 (in error at VSC)
GC in hand 11/21/2003
17 elapsed months
boy - i feel lucky. thank you mother and grandmother of God.
THANK YOU
had i gone error free, hitch-less:
sublabor 140 filed 06/15/02
140 approved in 6 mos 01/2003
AC140 filed 02/2003
CP interview 04/2003
GC in hand 05/2003
11 months elapsed time
but thank you, i'll gladly accept the 6 mos delay - others will kill for 17 mos, so i am still fortunate.
FOLKS - lesson:
YOU learn as much as YOU can about this process, and MANAGE your HR and lawyer, while not screwing up relationships. YOU check for errors, find shortcuts for YOURSELF. this is YOUR life, YOUR responsibility. DO NOT blindly follow instructions and do not get demoralized by HR reps and lawyers who make you feel like you are wasting their time, who ignore your requests, who mislead you.
Hang in there, and learn about what affects your life, so you can do something about it.
Keep this forum alive. Keep sharing.
OK, time to move on....good luck to you all!