RFE Thread - Part II

I-485 Approved RFE Case

Hi Friends, Finally my wait is over and I-485 cases for me and my wife got Approved.
I got the Approval notices in mail today.
I had checked the AVM today at 5.00PM (Wednesday, March 20) and it was still saying, on March 11
we received the response to RFE, blah blah,.. And for my wife it is still saying "On Dec 29,..."
I am so happy to see this happen.
RD: 05/16/2001, WAC-01-237-*****
ND: 07/19/2001
AP: 08/2001
EAD: 11/07/2K1(AVM), 11/21/2K1(Card Recvd)
FP: Done 10/20/2K1 at San Jose (Scheduled 11/09/2K1 at Oakland)
AVM Change: 01/01/2002 ("On Dec 29, ...")
RFE Recvd by Lawyer:03/05
Got RFE docs from India in Fax:03/06
RFE Responded by Lawyer:03/07 (AVM never Updated for RFE Issue)
AVM Update for RFE Response: 03/11/2001
Approval Date: 03/15(Got in Mail on 03/20), but AVM still old.

My Case Is EB2-RIR India.
Priority Date: Sept 2000
 
AVM updated after RFE mailed on 18-MAR-02

AVM says they received the RFE and it says "975-999 days for us to process this kind of case because of preliminary processing is done it will take approximatly 999 days".
 
RFE Case

Here are my case details:
PD-05/97
RD-04/04/01
ND-04/24/01
RFE-11/20/01 (4yrs W2 & Tax Return, Emp Verification Letter, 3 paystubs,& Emplyers\'s Tax Return for the past 4yrs.
RFE Replied-01/07/02
AVM updated-01/11/02
No further update from INS.
 
gcatanytime..

can u please post what date ur rfe was issued, when did ur lawyer mail it back and when was the avm updated.

Thanks
bvm
 
AVM updated after RFE mailed on 18-MAR-02

RFE on 05-Mar-02, Lawyer mailed RFE response on 18th, AVM updated on 21-Mar-02
 
medical test

expires after 1 year if u have not submitted documents.

It has been noticed that people do medical before I-140 gets approved. They do this to save time anticipating that their I-140 gets approved. But if there is delay the medical test is still valid for one year and they have to submit I-485 application before the medical test expires.

Once I-485 is filed medical test does not expire.

Fingerprints however expire 15 months from the time they are taken. So if there is delay from fp to adjudication and the delay is more than 15 months you will have to redo the fp again.
 
No.. Medical tests have forever validity once you have applied 485

But the only caveat is you should have applied 485 within 1 year from doing the medical tests. Afterthat however longer it takes for the INS to adjudicate your case, your medical test is valid.

I had that worry initially, as I did medical in Feb 2001, but was able to apply 485 only in June 2001. Hope this helps.

Tamizhan
 
thanks for the reply , my RFE details

RFE on 27th feb
tax returns for 3 years
employment verification letter
last 3 paystubs
my company changed names so they wanted the information on that and tax returns of the company for last 3 years :
we had a amended 140 that was approved in jan, the lawyer sent it the information.

the RFE was replied on 19th.
 
BVM, update for your spreadsheet - zen0 : status approved 03/18!

firstly, today we got the approval notices!
the AVM says approved on March 18th

looks like INS is really trying to improve their efficiency.

I believe our RFE response was sent on 03/12
thanks to this forum, I already had all possible papers (W2/paystubs/etc) ready and when the lawyer told me about the RFE I handed those to him the documents immediately.

the AVM had changed to response recd. on 03/14 (checked 03/15)
and then four more days ... approved!!!

Good luck to all the folks who are waiting for approvals. Hope everybody gets approved soon.

may try to go get the stamp tomorrow. will post experience later on.

zen0/1
 
Congrats Zen !!

Great news !! Congrats !!! Our approval date is same. I am waiting for my approval notice, I\'ll check mail today.
Once again congrats !! & good luck in future...
 
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