It's freaking true. Yahoo!!! 
Our 485 (me and my wife) got approved on Jul 16 2004. The reason it took me so long to post is that I was unable to believe it till I saw my approval notice, as there was no RFE involved.
I'm really happy to end this long journey. It's been some roller-coaster ride sharing thoughts with so many members out in this forum. Thanks to Silly Man, PCee, I-140, Kashmir, dsatish, ruxrux, etc. for all their hardwork.
Now, a qs. can I go to CIS office with my courtesy notice for the stamping or is it mandatory to take the original notice which has been sent to my lawyer. My lawyer says I can go with the courtesy notice (although the notice says I should take the original with me). Has anybody any experience of getting stamped with the courtesy notice?
My GC history:
Applied for labor Apr 2000
Labor approved May 2000 (in 1 month!)
I-140 appled Jul 2000
I-140 approved Dec 2001 (I-140 really takes 4 ever)
I-485 RD Feb 5 2002
ND Feb 8 2002
Ist FP Done Mar 2002
FP recd by INS Apr 6 2002
3 EADs and 3 APs
Lawyer called up CIS to qs why my case is taking so longer although JIT date has passed Jun 9th 2004
(IIO promised things will be looked into 3 weeks time)
2nd FP notice Jun 24 2004
2nd FP Done Jun 29 2004
2nd FP result recvd by CIS Jul 3rd 2004
I-485 approved Jul 16 2004
I almost stopped checking my status and got entirely frustrated to see JIT dates progressing. The phone call by my lawyer seems to have helped.
I would thefore suggest guys (Feb-Mar-Apr 2002 case) who have not gotten even their 2nd FP to have their lawyers call the numbers 949-389-3007/949-389-3252 and ask about their status. FAX to CIS does not work. I sent whole bunch of faxes but no response.
Will keep you guys posted on stamping experience. Best of luck to everyone. I sincerely hope all fo you guys get out of this long wait pretty soon.
Our 485 (me and my wife) got approved on Jul 16 2004. The reason it took me so long to post is that I was unable to believe it till I saw my approval notice, as there was no RFE involved.
I'm really happy to end this long journey. It's been some roller-coaster ride sharing thoughts with so many members out in this forum. Thanks to Silly Man, PCee, I-140, Kashmir, dsatish, ruxrux, etc. for all their hardwork.
Now, a qs. can I go to CIS office with my courtesy notice for the stamping or is it mandatory to take the original notice which has been sent to my lawyer. My lawyer says I can go with the courtesy notice (although the notice says I should take the original with me). Has anybody any experience of getting stamped with the courtesy notice?
My GC history:
Applied for labor Apr 2000
Labor approved May 2000 (in 1 month!)
I-140 appled Jul 2000
I-140 approved Dec 2001 (I-140 really takes 4 ever)
I-485 RD Feb 5 2002
ND Feb 8 2002
Ist FP Done Mar 2002
FP recd by INS Apr 6 2002
3 EADs and 3 APs
Lawyer called up CIS to qs why my case is taking so longer although JIT date has passed Jun 9th 2004
(IIO promised things will be looked into 3 weeks time)
2nd FP notice Jun 24 2004
2nd FP Done Jun 29 2004
2nd FP result recvd by CIS Jul 3rd 2004
I-485 approved Jul 16 2004
I almost stopped checking my status and got entirely frustrated to see JIT dates progressing. The phone call by my lawyer seems to have helped.
I would thefore suggest guys (Feb-Mar-Apr 2002 case) who have not gotten even their 2nd FP to have their lawyers call the numbers 949-389-3007/949-389-3252 and ask about their status. FAX to CIS does not work. I sent whole bunch of faxes but no response.
Will keep you guys posted on stamping experience. Best of luck to everyone. I sincerely hope all fo you guys get out of this long wait pretty soon.