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WaitngPatiently said:
I believe my case has been certified. My law firm should be sending me confirmation of that with the certified date shortly. I will post the date when I receive it from them.

For those following along on previous posts, I was not able to get my case number. I found out that my RIR has been approved because my law firm has a web site that they own and maintain where thier clients (like me) can login via a userid and look up status information. Today they posted that my RIR approval has been received. So, I expect to receive an email from the firm within a day or so.

So, my lawyer has turned out to be a crackpot.
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WaitingPatiently,
What's the job description and how many years experience ? (BS+?)
 
Years Of Experience

When you ask for 'years of experience', do you mean how many do I actually have or how many would be required as part of the job description?
 
Congrulations WaitingPatiently, finally the waiting ordeal is over for you. I am so happy for you.

Wish you all the best for all your step of process, hope to see you soon there
 
Thank You, Jayjo

Jayjo, I appreciate the kind words. I will continue to monitor this thread to see how things are moving along. But, what is the next thread applicable to me? By the way, my next step will be to file concurrently (i.e. concurrent filing of stage 2 and 3).
 
which DOL queue?

Hi WaitingPatiently,
Congratulations and good luck.
I guess your LS was in RIR queue after all.

All,
Does any one know what dates they are processing now in the Seattle queue?

Cheers
 
Years

Marlon, I don't have that info with me on hand, but from memory it was 6 years (plus or minus a year if I'm wrong). And it was for a Developer position.
 
10/15/04 update case

Here are some cases that Certifired on 10/15/04. From this we can understand the DOL is working on 03/19/04 casess even though the AVM says they are working on Late March and Early April

9579343 03/18/04
9579339 03/18/04 Y 10/14/04
9579336 03/18/04 Y 10/14/04
9579334 03/18/04 Y 10/14/04
9579331 03/18/04 Y 10/15/04
9579329 03/18/04 Y 10/15/04
9579328 03/18/04 Y 10/15/04
9579327 03/18/04 Y 10/15/04
9579314 03/18/04 Y 10/15/04
9579312 03/18/04 Y 10/15/04
9579307 03/18/04 Y 10/15/04
9579303 03/18/04 Y 10/15/04
9579011 03/19/04 Y 03/22/04
9579008 03/19/04 Y 03/22/04
9579007 03/19/04 Y 03/22/04
9579005 03/19/04 Y 03/22/04
9579352 03/19/04
9579351 03/19/04 Y 10/15/04
 
SFO, Seattle queues merged?

Hi,
I have been hearing a lot of talk about the SFO, Seattle (DOL) queues merged, or at the very least sharing the same human resources. Is there any merit to these rumors?
Perhaps that would explain the apparent slowdown in the Seattle queue.

Has any one heard of any memo or press release about this issue?


Thanks
 
Update

Some Cases that certified on 10/18/04(from AVM)

9579350 03/18/04 Y 10/18/04
9579349 03/18/04 Y 10/18/04
9579348 03/18/04 Y 10/18/04
9579346 03/18/04 Y 10/18/04
9579343 03/18/04 Y 10/18/04
9579352 03/19/04 Y 10/18/04
9579175 03/22/04 Y 10/18/04
9579172 03/22/04 Y 10/18/04
9579162 03/22/04 Y 10/18/04
9579160 03/22/04 Y 10/18/04
 
userName ------- Case#-------Regional RD--Regular/RIR --STATE----- Certified on System Updated On
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
tarantula -------- 09574xxx --- 10/20/2003 --- RIR-------- N/A ----- 04/30/2004
dongov ---------- 09575xxx --- 11/06/2003 --- RIR ------- N/A ----- 07/06/2004
trytosurvive------ ------------ 12/12/2003 --- RIR-------- N/A ----- 07/21/2004
fatichar ----------------------- 12/22/2003--- RIR ------- WA ----- 08/20/2004
ljzm ------------- 09576xxx --- 12/29/2003 --- RIR-------- N/A ----- 07/22/2004
Reliable Source--- 09576xxx --- 01/15/2004 --- RIR-------- WA ----- 07/28/2004
Brt96-------- ---- 09576xxx --- 01/15/2004 --- RIR-------- N/A ----- 07/28/2004
oburlacu ---------09577xxx -----01/22/2004 ---- RIR---------WA------I don't know-but it's certified
tandtad2628 ----- N/A---------01/15/2004-----RIR--------WA ------08/04/2004
lc_certifiy-------- 09578xxx --- 01/29/2004 --- RIR ------- WA ------08/04/2004
SeattleLC--------- N/A-------- 02/02/2004 --- RIR-------- WA ------ 08/20/2004
affandar--------- 09578xxx --- 02/02/2004 --- RIR-------- WA -------08/13/2004
gparappuram ----- 09578xxx -- 02/17/2004 --- RIR-------- WA -------08/23/2004
Beaver -----------09578xxx--- 02/20/2004 --- RIR ------- OR ------- 08/30/2004 ----- 09/09/2004
#GCSync --------09578xxx--- 03/08/2004 --- RIR -------- WA ------ from my lawer ----- 09/29/2004
pdxbuysell--------09579xxx--- 03/12/2004 --- RIR-------- OR ------- 10/04/04
oregonMG---------09579xxx--- 03/15/2004 --- RIR-------- OR ------ 09/30/04
WaitngPatiently----N/A-------- 03/15/2004 --- RIR-------- WA ----- 10/15/04
jayjo7 ----------- 09580xxx --- 04/12/2004 --- RIR-------- WA
Marlon2006-------xxxxxxx------05/10/2004-----RIR --------WA
GCin2005 -------- 09582xxx --- 05/19/2004 --- RIR-------- OR
Abdallah-----------xxxxxxxx --- 06/02/2004 --- RIR---------OR
TomDragon------- 09588xxx --- 07/14/2004 --- RIR-------- ID
Navdod ---------- xxxxxxxx --- 08/13/2004 --- RIR-------- OR
 
userName ------- Case#-------Regional RD--Regular/RIR --STATE----- Certified on System Updated On
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
tarantula -------- 09574xxx --- 10/20/2003 --- RIR-------- N/A ----- 04/30/2004
dongov ---------- 09575xxx --- 11/06/2003 --- RIR ------- N/A ----- 07/06/2004
trytosurvive------ ------------ 12/12/2003 --- RIR-------- N/A ----- 07/21/2004
fatichar ----------------------- 12/22/2003--- RIR ------- WA ----- 08/20/2004
ljzm ------------- 09576xxx --- 12/29/2003 --- RIR-------- N/A ----- 07/22/2004
Reliable Source--- 09576xxx --- 01/15/2004 --- RIR-------- WA ----- 07/28/2004
Brt96-------- ---- 09576xxx --- 01/15/2004 --- RIR-------- N/A ----- 07/28/2004
oburlacu ---------09577xxx -----01/22/2004 ---- RIR---------WA------I don't know-but it's certified
tandtad2628 ----- N/A---------01/15/2004-----RIR--------WA ------08/04/2004
lc_certifiy-------- 09578xxx --- 01/29/2004 --- RIR ------- WA ------08/04/2004
SeattleLC--------- N/A-------- 02/02/2004 --- RIR-------- WA ------ 08/20/2004
affandar--------- 09578xxx --- 02/02/2004 --- RIR-------- WA -------08/13/2004
gparappuram ----- 09578xxx -- 02/17/2004 --- RIR-------- WA -------08/23/2004
Beaver -----------09578xxx--- 02/20/2004 --- RIR ------- OR ------- 08/30/2004 ----- 09/09/2004
#GCSync --------09578xxx--- 03/08/2004 --- RIR -------- WA ------ from my lawer ----- 09/29/2004
pdxbuysell--------09579xxx--- 03/12/2004 --- RIR-------- OR ------- 10/04/04
oregonMG---------09579xxx--- 03/15/2004 --- RIR-------- OR ------ 09/30/04
WaitngPatiently----N/A-------- 03/15/2004 --- RIR-------- WA ----- 10/15/04
jayjo7 ----------- 09580xxx --- 04/12/2004 --- RIR-------- WA
milski ------------ 09581xxx --- 04/19/2004 --- RIR -------- WA
Marlon2006-------xxxxxxx------05/10/2004-----RIR --------WA
GCin2005 -------- 09582xxx --- 05/19/2004 --- RIR-------- OR
Abdallah-----------xxxxxxxx --- 06/02/2004 --- RIR---------OR
TomDragon------- 09588xxx --- 07/14/2004 --- RIR-------- ID
Navdod ---------- xxxxxxxx --- 08/13/2004 --- RIR-------- OR
 
The DOL website has been updated:
It states that DOL is currently process April 2004 RIR cases. Anybody here knows if that may be correct ? Aren't they still processing March cases ?
 
marlon2006 said:
The DOL website has been updated:
It states that DOL is currently process April 2004 RIR cases. Anybody here knows if that may be correct ? Aren't they still processing March cases ?
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The AVM says they are processing cases between Late March and Early April..
 
the memo says that a first shipement in october will be from states with the oldest backlog. as an example, i'm in washington state that is one of the slowest states , they r still processing sep 2002 as of now for RIR, but my PD is april 2004.
so do u expect that the whole queue of rir in washington state will be moved to BEC (including my case) in october ,or just the earliest cases (let's say from sep 2002 to sep 2003 ,as an example) ?
 
I guess BEC will review LCs under FIFO (first in, first out) even if your case will be transfered to BEC. Here is more info.

10/20/2004: DOL National Processing Centers and Backlog Elimination Centers Operation Guidance

AILA has released the DOL Memo of September 29, 2004 to give guidance to the State labor certification offices (SWA) on the changes of operation of permanent labor certification application in connection with the launch and operation of the Backlog Elimination Centers (BEC) in Philadelphia and Dallas and the National Processing Centers (NPC) for the PERM in Chicago and Atlanta. The Memo indicates that the BEC has gone into operation since the beginning of the FY 2005, October 1, 2004, and the NPC will go into operation by the end of the year, December 31, 2004. The Memo indicates that these new national processing system of the permanent labor certification applications will be in place regardless of the PERM Program which is currently stalled at the White House for the OMB Review.
Timeline-Cutoff Date: (1) If the PERM regulation is released by the White House and published by the DOL, the current labor certification system including RIR will be ceased "60 day" from the date of the release of the regulation. Should this happen, the labor departments will not accept old labor certification applications and the state offices will be phased out when it comes to processing of the permanent labor certification applications from the date. This timeline implies that assuming that the PERM regulation will be released right after the national election, unless the employers are ready to file RIR applications within the next two months or so after completing the recruitment, it will be too late for them to file the applications under the labor certification system. (2) If the PERM regulation collapses due to the disagreement by the White House, the DOL will continue to operate the permanent labor certification system under the existing rule but under the completely different processing system as follows. The cut-off date is January 1, 2005.
New Permanent Labor Certification Processing System: Permanent labor certification will be totally converted into a "national processing" system effective January 1, 2005 and the state offices will be phased out as of January 1, 2005 in a manner which is described below. Conversion into the national processing system will bring about a steeper change than the simple change of processing agency in that the permanent labor certification applications will be processed under the "uniform" national queue regardless of the locations and under the rule of the "FIFO" ( First In First Out) regardless of the locations. Accordingly, the NPCs and BECs will process the cases in the order of the priority date of each application no matter where the case was filed. This change will result in some big consequencesto the labor certification waiters: The oldest backlog cases will be processed first regardless of the locations. This inevitably forces the DOL (NPC and BEC) to focus on the cases which are pending in certain locations such as San Francisco and big 10 states where there are a huge number of backlog cases going back to years and years. The big losers will be people in those states who enjoyed prompt processing until now (mostly small states) such as New Hemphshire, Vermont, Maine, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, etc. Since the labor certification will be processed under a uniform "national" processing schedule on a FIFO basis, the people in these states will witness negative changes in the processing times.
Processing Changes and Timelines: The current Regions and State Offices will be gradually phased out as follows:
The State offices will cease to take a new permanent labor certification applications effective January 1, 2005 regardless of the PERM program.
Until January 1, 2005, the State Offices will take new cases under the existing labor certification regulation.
If the State Offices complete processing of certain cases and are ready for forwarding to the current Regional Offices for certification before the end of the year, they are required to forward the completed cases to the current Regional Certifying Officers as they did it in the past.
If the State Offices opened the cases but were unable to complete processing of the opened cases by December 31, 2004, they are required to continue and complete processing of such cases and forward such cases for certification not to the Regional Certifying Officer but to one of the NPC in Chicago or Atlanta.
If the State Offices have cases which were received but unopened or processed, such cases are required to be transferred to the BECs in Philadelphia and Dallas under the following schedules:
10/1/04: Large number of oldest cases will be transferred to the BEC from San Francisco.
Early October - End of October 2004: The oldest cases from other Regions and States will be transferred to the BEC.
January - March 2005: Rest of the backlog cases will be transferred to the BEC (Philadelphia, Dallas) or the Regional Offices in New York, Boston, San Francisco.
Under the schedules, only "unopened" cases are allowed to be transferred to the BEC. Consequently, "opened" cases will be kept being processed by the State Offices even after March 2005.
The new system is equitable and admirable in the sense that it totally eliminates inequity and unfairness that have existed until now depending on where an immigrant goes through the labor certification process. It will, however, be taken by some people in certain states as a shock. Life changes.
 
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