I just got email for card production. It was one hell of journey. It was my 3rd attempt for GC. I have changed 4 companies in last 7 years. I was working on high billing ( more then 100$ per hour) for last 7 years but employer was giving me only peanuts.
I had several friends whose pd is way after me but got approved. I called IO yesterday and per him, my name is waiting for name check since OCT 2004. I gave up after hearing the news and was exploring the possibility of contacting my senator ( John Cornyn ). I opened S/R also last Friday. I filed my AP also Friday in which I accidentally mentioned wrong A#.
Frustrating part was , USCIS site never showed my status until today ( it was showing some message until sep 2006) . I used to get the message that receipt number is not valid.
I was always on H1B, Never used EAD/AP. I applied for EAD only once as I wanted to see how it looks
. Because of this GC thing, I missed several good opportunities.
I filed i-485 for my wife on 2nd July as I got married after filing my i-485. I am waiting for her receipt. Here is my timeline:-
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PD 23/OCT/2003. ( rfe for salary)
140/1485 RD– 1st/OCT/2004 ( No rfe)
FP = OCT 2004 , NOV 2005 , 2006 and April 2007 ( Total 4 FP).
LUD 8/19/2006
AD = 07/24/07
I had several friends whose pd is way after me but got approved. I called IO yesterday and per him, my name is waiting for name check since OCT 2004. I gave up after hearing the news and was exploring the possibility of contacting my senator ( John Cornyn ). I opened S/R also last Friday. I filed my AP also Friday in which I accidentally mentioned wrong A#.
Frustrating part was , USCIS site never showed my status until today ( it was showing some message until sep 2006) . I used to get the message that receipt number is not valid.
I was always on H1B, Never used EAD/AP. I applied for EAD only once as I wanted to see how it looks
. Because of this GC thing, I missed several good opportunities.I filed i-485 for my wife on 2nd July as I got married after filing my i-485. I am waiting for her receipt. Here is my timeline:-
==
PD 23/OCT/2003. ( rfe for salary)
140/1485 RD– 1st/OCT/2004 ( No rfe)
FP = OCT 2004 , NOV 2005 , 2006 and April 2007 ( Total 4 FP).
LUD 8/19/2006
AD = 07/24/07