Multiple 485s: Marriage Based 485 application while Employement Based 485 is Pending

Hello,

I wrote an email to TSC.Ncscfollowup@dhs.gov, and i received an auto response asking for SR Number, date i contacted USCIS, etc.,,

Do i have to send an follow up email?

I have already sent all the informatoin abt my alien number, my eb based receipt nummbers, a formal request to transfer the case to local USCIS office..,

Thanks,

My timeline:
EB3 pending since Jun 2006.
12/10/2009 - FB application sent(131, 485) , Spouse was on GC when I applied 130 but she is USC

now.
03/30/2010 - Interview date - Newark,NJ
05/10/2010 - Biometrics done, IO requested at the interview
 
I wrote another email as per instructions found at laborimmigration..,pilot program website
I hope i will receive some positive response....,

Thanks,,

My timeline:
EB3 pending since Jun 2006.
12/10/2009 - FB application sent(131, 485) , Spouse was on GC when I applied 130 but she is USC
03/30/2010 - Interview date - Newark,NJ
05/10/2010 - Biometrics done, IO requested at the interview
 
TKD said:
Who knows what they are doing? laugh...
I meant you should get a future date for infopass... Newark is obviouly better than Baltimore, they probably wont be updating anything on the system so I have to go there to ask whats going on. I had reserved this date since two weeks ago just incase I had not heard from them.
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TKD,
It does makes sense to reserve a date for infopass. I am little bit nervous doing the infopass appt, so I am kind of hoping, they would get to it with in the next week or 2.
 
Beintouch4ever said:
I wrote another email as per instructions found at laborimmigration..,pilot program website
I hope i will receive some positive response....,

Thanks,,

My timeline:
EB3 pending since Jun 2006.
12/10/2009 - FB application sent(131, 485) , Spouse was on GC when I applied 130 but she is USC
03/30/2010 - Interview date - Newark,NJ
05/10/2010 - Biometrics done, IO requested at the interview
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Beintouch4ever, My FB interview was Newark too. Did you withdraw your EB case at the interview as well ?
Good luck and pls keep us posted!
 
Beintouch4ever said:
Hello,

I wrote an email to TSC.Ncscfollowup@dhs.gov, and i received an auto response asking for SR Number, date i contacted USCIS, etc.,,

Do i have to send an follow up email?

I have already sent all the informatoin abt my alien number, my eb based receipt nummbers, a formal request to transfer the case to local USCIS office..,

Thanks,

My timeline:
EB3 pending since Jun 2006.
12/10/2009 - FB application sent(131, 485) , Spouse was on GC when I applied 130 but she is USC

now.
03/30/2010 - Interview date - Newark,NJ
05/10/2010 - Biometrics done, IO requested at the interview
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Resident, if you read my earlier posts on this page, you will see that you cant sent an email to that follow up address unless you had specifically opened a service request which has not been answered for 30 or so days. What you should do is write to the TSC through their Ebupdate email address, pls check my earlier posts for the full address.
 
I got my GC in Dec '03 however Spouse is stuck in TSC queue. Now converted to USC. Applied FB based I485 details are

Boston
07/08/10 - Receipt Notices I485/I-130/I-765/I-131
 
newid123 said:
Beintouch4ever, My FB interview was Newark too. Did you withdraw your EB case at the interview as well ?
Good luck and pls keep us posted!
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No, The IO did not even offer me that option. My interview went quite well, she said there are no problems with your case, but we have to wait for a file from another office. She did not even mention that she is waiting for my EB docs. I am just assuming thats what it is after reading all the posts here.
 
TKD, Thanks for your response. I got a response from them asking for SR Number. I replied to that as ihave opened an SR previously about a month back.

I also send an email to ebupdate email. Hoping to hear something positive from them.

My timeline:
EB3 pending since Jun 2006.
12/10/2009 - FB application sent(131, 485) , Spouse was on GC when I applied 130 but she is USC now.
03/30/2010 - Interview date - Newark,NJ
05/10/2010 - Biometrics done, IO requested at the interview
 
Citizenship2009 said:
An update on my husband's case... CARD PRODUCTION ORDERED!!!!!!!!!!!! Whoo hoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo... for those who got the transfer letter... my guess is u r probaby one week away from this message (my opinion)... Good luck to all... will let u all know when i receive the card.,,
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How days did it take after the case was transferred did you get that message? Did you see any LUD on your file before that?
 
BSH said:
I got my GC in Dec '03 however Spouse is stuck in TSC queue. Now converted to USC. Applied FB based I485 details are

Boston
07/08/10 - Receipt Notices I485/I-130/I-765/I-131
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Got Biometrics letter today

Time line:

DO: Boston
EB I-485 : Dec' 2005 (Derivative)

Applied for FB (Spouse of USC)

07/08/10 - Receipt Notices I485/I-130/I-765/I-131
07/14/10 - Letter of Biometrics scheduled on 07/27
 
TKD said:
Resident, you just have to 'love' USCIS! After hearing that my file was transferred to NBC and not Baltimore, I kept calling and calling and ofcourse the first level folks just could not understand all the 'nonsense' I was talking about and always transferred me to the IOs, who were not always nice till I got one earlier today, who was from heaven! she told me that my file has been transferred to Baltimore last week (but ofcourse I never got a notice of that transfer)... in anycase, I have got an infopass appt this week (New Id, i suggest you do same to go to Newark)...when they see me, hopefully they will do what needs to be done asap!
All the best everyone, it looks like we are getting there slowly but surely!
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TKD,

Good luck at your infopass appt.
 
Please forgive me if this has been answered somewhere in this thread, but I think our situation fits well here. This is all new to me so please bare with me.

My girlfriend has an open petition (through her brother) to become a permanent resident. She just received her 1st response back and her brother said she now waits for an appointment/interview and this will most likely be in Venezuela, and that she could be there for 1-2 years without coming back. Is this true? Obviously she and I are very upset that she might have to leave for an extended period. She is a valid f1 student currently.

Secondly, I am a US citizen so if she and I get married and I petition her as my wife, would this negate the original 485 from her brother and allow her to stay here? Can the original 485 be cancelled in place of the marriage 485? (She and I have already discussed marriage, so this is not marriage solely to get her to stay.)

Thank you for any advice you can give!
 
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newid123 said:
TKD,

Good luck at your infopass appt.
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Thanks Newid. My infopass went very well. The officer at the window was very friendly and God sent. He told me that my EB3 files had arrived in Baltimore and both files were already assigned to an officer who had just passed by. He then told me to wait while he went to talk to the officer about it. He came back to tell me that the officer had plans to work on the cases that had just been assigned to her (including mine) over the weekend and saw no problems approving my family case after declining my EB3. She asked him to tell me to expect 2 decisions (one approval and one rejection) within 30 days. I prayed a lot before going to the local office today because I did not want to be given some blanket response, so I am happy it went well and hope to get letters soon. I am however not expecting emails or updates because they have not done that consistently with my cases.
 
Icebolt56 said:
Please forgive me if this has been answered somewhere in this thread, but I think our situation fits well here. This is all new to me so please bare with me.

My girlfriend has an open petition (through her brother) to become a permanent resident. She just received her 1st response back and her brother said she now waits for an appointment/interview and this will most likely be in Venezuela, and that she could be there for 1-2 years without coming back. Is this true? Obviously she and I are very upset that she might have to leave for an extended period. She is a valid f1 student currently.

Secondly, I am a US citizen so if she and I get married and I petition her as my wife, would this negate the original 485 from her brother and allow her to stay here? Can the original 485 be cancelled in place of the marriage 485? (She and I have already discussed marriage, so this is not marriage solely to get her to stay.)

Thank you for any advice you can give!
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I am obviously not an expert, but I dont see any reason why you cant file for her and have her cancel the one through her brother, especially since she is on F1 and here legally.
 
TKD said:
Thanks Newid. My infopass went very well. The officer at the window was very friendly and God sent. He told me that my EB3 files had arrived in Baltimore and both files were already assigned to an officer who had just passed by. He then told me to wait while he went to talk to the officer about it. He came back to tell me that the officer had plans to work on the cases that had just been assigned to her (including mine) over the weekend and saw no problems approving my family case after declining my EB3. She asked him to tell me to expect 2 decisions (one approval and one rejection) within 30 days. I prayed a lot before going to the local office today because I did not want to be given some blanket response, so I am happy it went well and hope to get letters soon. I am however not expecting emails or updates because they have not done that consistently with my cases.
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TKD, Congratulations! This is great news!!!

An update on my case:
The immigration officer who interviewed us called me on my cell phone today and left a voicemail, that he is approving my application. :) He also said that, I might get a notice about my EB case withdrawal.
(He actually said that at the interview, that he will call me when he receives the EB case file. He wrote my cell # on a post-it note and put it in my case file). I am still waiting to see uscis updates online.

I will keep all of you posted with further updates on my case.

Thanks and Good luck everybody!
 
newid123 said:
TKD, Congratulations! This is great news!!!

An update on my case:
The immigration officer who interviewed us called me on my cell phone today and left a voicemail, that he is approving my application. :) He also said that, I might get a notice about my EB case withdrawal.
(He actually said that at the interview, that he will call me when he receives the EB case file. He wrote my cell # on a post-it note and put it in my case file). I am still waiting to see uscis updates online.

I will keep all of you posted with further updates on my case.

Thanks and Good luck everybody!
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Thats awesome news!!!! Dont worry even if the status updates dont move, I already got my I130 approval but the status still says initial review, same thing with my old I140...
 
Got the card production ordered email!!! :) :) :)
Couldn't have done it with out help from this forum.

thanks and good luck every body!
 
newid123 said:
Got the card production ordered email!!! :) :) :)
Couldn't have done it with out help from this forum.

thanks and good luck every body!
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Congratulations Newid123! The email which i wrote to nscfollowup, they responded back today saying that the office will only process requests made by local office. at this time your file still remains with this office as it pending becaues the visa is currently not available.

I was under impression that local newark office made a request for transfer of my case to local office. But looking at their email, I am not sure what to do..,

My timeline:
EB3 pending since Jun 2006.
12/10/2009 - FB application sent(131, 485) , Spouse was on GC when I applied 130 but she is USC now.
03/30/2010 - Interview date - Newark,NJ
05/10/2010 - Biometrics done, IO requested at the interview


any advice would be really appreciated
 
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