Category: EB2 (RIR)
Country: India
PD: 11/25/97
i-485 RD: 9/28/99
i-485 ND: 10/7/99
Receipt #: EAC-00-005-*****
FP: 3/15/01
RFE Issued: 4/9/01
RFE Received by VSC: 5/3/01
AD: 8/10/01
After exactly 8 years and 1 day of entering the United States, the immigration process has finally come to a logical conclusion.
When I came in to this country in 93, getting a green card was not considered an issue. After completing my MS and joining Ernst & Young, the question was whether to use the company attorneys or to use personal one. Obviously, like many other big 6 firms (they were called big 6 at that time), I wasn\'t allowed to use my own attorney. After getting approval from HR and sponsoring partner, the company attorneys took 8 months to even start the application process. The wait ended in Nov of 97 when the attorneys finally applied my labor petition. CSC was considered as worst at that time and I was happy that my application was initiated in VSC (because of New York headquaters of E&Y). In 97, labor used to take most of the time. 485 used to be a breeze.
But the fate was bad as my i-485 application was applied along with the unlucky lot of the Oct `99 cases. The agonising wait started again. VSC went from the best to OK to bad to worst. There remained no logic of the approval process. Saw scores of cases applied much after mine getting approved but I continued to wait.
So, when I finally heard the AVM this evening, "..this case has been approved..", there was really no feeling at all.
One thing I would say though that I was never exploited by my employer. The salary and position went on increasing continually. But there was always the feeling of lack of breething room. I don\'t know how I am going to celebrate. May be, not celebrate at all.
Best of luck to all others who are still waiting.
Country: India
PD: 11/25/97
i-485 RD: 9/28/99
i-485 ND: 10/7/99
Receipt #: EAC-00-005-*****
FP: 3/15/01
RFE Issued: 4/9/01
RFE Received by VSC: 5/3/01
AD: 8/10/01
After exactly 8 years and 1 day of entering the United States, the immigration process has finally come to a logical conclusion.
When I came in to this country in 93, getting a green card was not considered an issue. After completing my MS and joining Ernst & Young, the question was whether to use the company attorneys or to use personal one. Obviously, like many other big 6 firms (they were called big 6 at that time), I wasn\'t allowed to use my own attorney. After getting approval from HR and sponsoring partner, the company attorneys took 8 months to even start the application process. The wait ended in Nov of 97 when the attorneys finally applied my labor petition. CSC was considered as worst at that time and I was happy that my application was initiated in VSC (because of New York headquaters of E&Y). In 97, labor used to take most of the time. 485 used to be a breeze.
But the fate was bad as my i-485 application was applied along with the unlucky lot of the Oct `99 cases. The agonising wait started again. VSC went from the best to OK to bad to worst. There remained no logic of the approval process. Saw scores of cases applied much after mine getting approved but I continued to wait.
So, when I finally heard the AVM this evening, "..this case has been approved..", there was really no feeling at all.
One thing I would say though that I was never exploited by my employer. The salary and position went on increasing continually. But there was always the feeling of lack of breething room. I don\'t know how I am going to celebrate. May be, not celebrate at all.
Best of luck to all others who are still waiting.