what do these terms (ND, PD, etc) mean?

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Sandeep Prasad

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Hi,
Could anyone please tell me what do terms like ND, PD, RFE, etc that I find in this forum mean?
I have just started browsing this site, and don\'t know these acronyms yet.

Thanks,
Sandeep
 
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PD: Priority Date
RD: 485 Receipt Date(When your application was officially received by INS)
ND: 485 Notice Date(When INS sends out a Receipt Notice for your case)
Both Received Date and Notice Date can be found on the notice.
FP Notice: Finger Print Notice
RFE: Request For Evidence(A Request sent by INS for additional documents in order to further process your case)

Hope this helps.
 
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ND - Notice Date
RD - Receipt Date
IIO - Immigration Information Officer
EAD - Employment Authorization Document
RFE - Request For (Addtional) Evidence
PD - Priority Date.
Can\'t think of anything else right now.
You will get the hang of it once u start visiting this site more often.
good luck
Samyukta
 
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Thanks Samyukta.
I guess RFE comes after FP ( Finger Printing).
Is RFE always sent out, or only in some cases.
Do you know of cases when after FP, there was just Approval and no RFE was sent out?

Sandeep
 
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RFE can be issued at any stage (original I140, or at 485 too, not sure regarding Labor Processing) anyways, RFEs are not issued to all. They may issue RFE if they "need some more info about your case" (sometimes you still get an RFE even when your case is very well documented . Anything can happen.. we are dealing with INS here).

Therefore you can still get an RFE before FP too. We received it (they wanted a clarification as to how my husband, the primary appicant was in EB2 blah blah!)

I know a lot of people who were approved without an RFE throughout their process, unlike us. WE are waiting for our 485 approval still after 3.5 years. Hope this helps. and, hope you don\'t get stuck like us and many people here with an RFE.

Happy Processing

Regards
Samyukta
 
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Can you tell me samyukta that,
    I filed in EB2. I have 4 years of experience after degree certificate actulaay five years since I had 2 exmas left in engg.
But I started working..Will this create problem or I am ok.. When I filed my lawyer said, its fine..I have cleared 140 and filed my 485.
 
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when I checked AVM at VSC, IT SAYS, your 485 application has received on Sept28,2000. Is this my RD or ND?
 
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Hi,
I THINK that you are OK. My husband went to school here and he had not PHYSICALLY received the Degree (though he finished all his courses and thesis, in most of the universities, finishing all the course work means a "Graduate Candidate" .On this basis, we showed them all the documentation, and also a letter from his advisor and then we had the RFE cleared.

I still am not 100% sure about your case, but i think you should be fine.

Samyukta
 
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