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Here are my details, my I485 (EAC03088*****) was approved 06/01 and PPS at Phila 06/17. No change in web-message status as yet. Does anyone know when to expect plastic card? The Immigration Official mentioned it could take up to 12 months!!

I485 Aproval Date : 06/01/2005
PPS: 06/17/2005
I485 Filing (RD Jan 23 2003)
FP 04/2003
2nd FP: 09/2004
 
whowhome said:
Here are my details, my I485 (EAC03088*****) was approved 06/01 and PPS at Phila 06/17. No change in web-message status as yet. Does anyone know when to expect plastic card? The Immigration Official mentioned it could take up to 12 months!!

I485 Aproval Date : 06/01/2005
PPS: 06/17/2005
I485 Filing (RD Jan 23 2003)
FP 04/2003
2nd FP: 09/2004

Hi

Congratulations on your aproval . I am alos from Phila .. Can you tell me what do i need to get my Passport stamping ?. Can you brief your experience about passport stamping in Phila please ..

Guys : Is it true that we have to wait 12 months to get Plastic card ?
 
Approved!!!!

Finally approved.

Here is my timeline

Category EB2

Labor PD Apr 2002
Labor AD Nov 2003
I-140 ND Jan 2004
I-140 AD Aug 2004
I-485 ND Nov 2004
FP given Mar 2005
I-485 AD Jun 2005

regards
 
congrats!!!

Yeswe said:
Finally approved.

Here is my timeline

Category EB2

Labor PD Apr 2002
Labor AD Nov 2003
I-140 ND Jan 2004
I-140 AD Aug 2004
I-485 ND Nov 2004
FP given Mar 2005
I-485 AD Jun 2005

regards

Congrats!!! Yeswe, can you post your FP & I-485 details with dates, seems yours is also non-concurrent like me.
 
tsr1974

FP given date is March 7, 2005
FP recd and process started Mar 14, 2005
I-485 approved on Jun 24, 2005.

No RFEs
 
I-485 approved (RD Feb 2005)

I received the "card ordered" emails for both my wife and myself today.

Neither of us ever got the "Fingerprints received" message: we had a few LUD changes on the I-485, but the message remained "we received you application...", until it changed to "card ordered" today. (see signature for details)

Wishing a fast and smooth approval to everyone.
 
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Finally approved. Got 26 magic emails yesterday evening (07/01/2005) saying that my 485 has been approved on june 30th both for me as well as my spouse & my cards have been ordered

My Details : EB3 (NJ) priority date : 02/09/2002
Labor approved jan 5th 2005
I-140 receipt date :feb 15th 2005
I-140 approved date: feb 28th 2005
I-485 receipt date: march 10th 2005
FP: april 17th 2005
2 lud's after finger print
June 30th 2005 - case approved & card ordered.
 
Hi,

My details are as given below:

Labor filed in Sept 2001
485 FD - 8/6/2003
Case transferred to local office on 11/19/2004
Interview - 3/22/2005
RFE at the time of interview.
RFE replied on 4/4/2005
Approval date: 6/6/2005
Card ordered - 6/15/2005
PP Stamped - 6/21/2005
Card received - 7/1/2005.

But interestingly, the status online still shows - that my case was transferred to the local office on Nov 19, 2004 and I will be notified by the local office when a decision has been made....

No email received from the INS regarding the approval.

My EAD was due for approval which I filed on June 17th. Just before mailing the papers, i had called the local office to find out the current status. Although the case was approved on June 6th, they didnt give me any update. I visited the local office on 21st to speak to an immigration officer to get an update and was told that the case has already been approved, the lady at the counter stamped my passport.

After few days I received I-797 - for the EAD filed :)

Welcome to the world of INS - guys, if your status online is updated dont think that nothing is happening in your case - it is that uscis.gov website is not being updated regularly which they used to do earlier....

-Meenakshi
 
Waiting for I-485 approval

Hi, tsr1974

Your profile looks similar to me.
Here is mine:

EB2, VSC.
Labor AD: April 2004
I-140 Approval: Feb 2005
I-485 RD: Aug 2004
FP: April 8, 2005
I-485 waiting.....
 
Philadephia Office PPS

adi999 said:
Hi

Congratulations on your aproval . I am alos from Phila .. Can you tell me what do i need to get my Passport stamping ?. Can you brief your experience about passport stamping in Phila please ..

Guys : Is it true that we have to wait 12 months to get Plastic card ?

Hi adi999,

Philadelphia office PPS was a breeze. In and out in 10 minutes. Take all past EAD cards and AP documents. No problems. Arrive in time for your Infopass appointment and you will be fine. Good luck. I am still waiting for my card though!

Whowhome
 
zhuzhengfang said:
Hi, tsr1974

Your profile looks similar to me.
Here is mine:

EB2, VSC.
Labor AD: April 2004
I-140 Approval: Feb 2005
I-485 RD: Aug 2004
FP: April 8, 2005
I-485 waiting.....

yes, can you provide I-485 receipt date along with LUD pattern.
 
tsr1974 and zhuzhengfang,
I also have a similar pattern with yours. We all filed in Aug 2004, and according to the processing dates they just posted today, they should be working on our files now. (if those dates really mean anything)
Let's hope we all get our approvals soon.
 
Hi guys,
Just got the magic email, my I-485 got approved today.
tsr1974 and zhuzhengfang, I guess those processing dates do mean something after all, hope you get your approval soon.
good luck to everyone!
 
CT_dude said:
Hi guys,
Just got the magic email, my I-485 got approved today.
tsr1974 and zhuzhengfang, I guess those processing dates do mean something after all, hope you get your approval soon.
good luck to everyone!

Congrats !! CT_dude, Thanks for your wish, Looks like your words are golden :) , you just said that your case is similar& hope to get approval soon, You got in an hour.....


Hope your words come true for us also..
 
Hi

Here is my approval history.

EB3 Software Engineer

PD Feb. 07 2002
Labor approved
Trenton, NJ April 04 2004
Regional NY Sept. 2004 with one RFE on prevailing wage which we were already met on previous year.

I140 + I 485 concurrent filing with RD Nov. 09 2004
For I140 RFE for degree evaluation for MS (Canada) and Ph.D (Australia) on Feb 23, 2005. Replied in early April and forgot to submit transcripts.
Second RFE for transcripts on May 24, 2005 Replied on early June 01, 2005.
Approved I140 + I485 on June 28, 2005.

Note that I 485 was approved without a non availability of birth certificate. I had only an affidavit (at the time of concurrent filing) from my mother which she done for my brother in 1987 for his green card. Indian embassy, NY will not give me a birth certificate since I was holding a Canadian Passport. Later I managed to get a non availability birth certificate from the town municipality and additional affidavits from India but my attorney suggested to wait for the RFE, which never came.

In addition, I was in Nova Scotia, Canada for the 4th July weekend thinking that approval will happen only in the next fiscal year (since EB3 was closed on July 01, 2005). I reentered with my H1B instead of the advance parole on July 06, 2005. I saw the approval when I returned from Canada. I have an appointment for stamping, finger printing, photos, ..etc at Newark on July 21, 2005. No emails or system updates yet. On the internet it still shows processing I485 and will contact when approved. Attorney received both the approval notices. My employer received I 140 approval notice.

We are a small company with 5 employees. All US citizens except myself and we work on US Defense R & D. Majority of our work requires US citizenship. Finally what a relief!
 
When would be my turn for I-485 approval?

I am anxiously waiting for my I-485 approval. What I really worry about is the name check, since it could take years to complete.
 
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