Should Visa numbers be available for 485 approval

[akar22]

Thanks in advance for the facts..

I got my perm labor approval and I have just filed for 140/485, before the retrogression on oct 1st 2005. Does this mean my 485 will be approved in the usual reasonable timeframe of 8-18 months or should I still wait for 6-7 years until the dates become current.

 

[newbies]

Thanks in advance for the facts..

I got my perm labor approval and I have just filed for 140/485, before the retrogression on oct 1st 2005. Does this mean my 485 will be approved in the usual reasonable timeframe of 8-18 months or should I still wait for 6-7 years until the dates become current.

6-7 years

 

[grunggy]

From Murthy.com


Sept 23, 2005

Question 1. My I-485 is already pending or will be filed by the end of September 2005. If my case is filed before retrogression / cutoff dates are established in my category, do I need to worry about all of this? Is my case affected?

Yes and yes. In order to file the I-485, there must be a currently available visa number. However, to obtain the I-485 approval there must also be a currently available visa number. Thus, those who have I-485s filed, or who will get them filed while the priority dates are available for their cases, still need to be concerned about retrogression and cutoff dates. The pending I-485 cases cannot be approved until the visa number becomes available sometime in the future. People with these cases will be able to wait this out and obtain employment authorization document extensions and advance parole extensions year after year. Their green cards will await the availability of the visa number in the particular visa category, however.

 

[idog]

Thanks in advance for the facts..

I got my perm labor approval and I have just filed for 140/485, before the retrogression on oct 1st 2005. Does this mean my 485 will be approved in the usual reasonable timeframe of 8-18 months or should I still wait for 6-7 years until the dates become current.

 

[idog]

I have mine filed Nov 2002 in EB3 My lawyer advised my wait time will be about
8 years presently. But thing could change like changes in law, lobbying other.
Presently I stuck for 8 years