Yes! Yes!! Yes!!!

retrohatao

Registered Users (C)
Am I hysteric or what?
Any ways here is the flash.
My case has been approved and got the so called Magic e-mails stating that the cards have been order
for me and the spouse.

Here is the "series of unfortunate events" :
1.
EB3/TSC
PD: Sometime in 1998
Stuck at labor for three years. Finally cleared in 2000 a month after I was let go.

2. Joined different company in 2001. Encore!!!. Filed GC again in 2001. This time I chose EB2
thought I would save some time.
3. Thanks to the political gimmics, stuck at labor again for three years finally cleared in 2004
4. Elated with the good news, applied i-140 & I-485 in 2004.
5. I-140 cleared without any hitches got EAD too. Expected i-485 to clear with in reasonable
amount of time.
6. Wait!!!, there it goes... the dreaded namecheck stopped it for another two years.

Following is the chronological order:
EB2/TSC
PD : October 17, 2001
LCl : January 7, 2004
RD I140/485 : May 28, 2004
EAD : July 26, 2004
FP Notice Date : February 1, 2005
FP Done : March 22, 2005
I140l : February 11, 2005
Namecheck initiated: June 2004
Namecheck cleared: June 2006.
I-485 cleared and cards ordered: July 2006.

Here is what I did to get out of namecheck:

1. e-mail to FBI on monthly basis
2. Snail mail to FBI, OMBUDSMAN on monthly basis
3. FAX to FBI on monthly basis
3. Involved congressman. Congressman's office contacted USCIS, but did not want to get involved with
FBI directly
4. Involved Senators. Senator's office contacted USCIS, but did not want to get involved with
FBI directly. One senator never even responded
5 got FOPIA.
6. Made the attorney to contact USCIS officially
7. Started the group "namechektracker" on yahoo groups http://groups.yahoo.com/group/namechecktracker/
and almost filed WOM. Only thing left is to send the papers.
8. Tried some contacts with USCIS despite the "NO" from the attorney and the employer.
Just tried some personal mails to USCIS director FBI et all.

Not sure what really worked. Some one from DOJ took time to call me and informed that my
name check got cleared.

moral: Keep your eyes/ears open. DO NOT JUST BELIEVE the words of your attorney.
try the above steps and hope for the best.

Thanks to the forum members!!! I learnt lot from your experience.

I will still be around on this forum and will try to help as much as I can
 
As much as I am glad that your saga has ended...it is sad that you (the founder of the namechecktracker group) will now leave our gang of namecheck victims.

Congratulations...you have earned every bit of the GC.
 
Congratulations!!!

Congratulations and Welcome to the GC club!!!
All the best for your future endeavors.
 
Thanks to all of you!!!
biker!!
I will not be leaving the namechecker yahoo group. I still find this is one issue where "no one" has control and there should be a timeline like in all the rest of the stages of GC.
 
Congratulations!

Congratulations! :) You have had so many "unfortunate" events and still you sound like you have had a lot of fun during your long journey!

By the way, thanks for all the detailed guide on how to tackle name check issue. I really appreciate it. Congratulations! :)
 
Congrats, retrohatao!
Just sent you email to join your yahoo group.
My history, probably, even longer than yours.
I'm here with H-1B from August 1996. Work in the 3rd company now.
EBGC-3.
PD is August 2001.
Waited LC in the freaking NY for 4 years :mad:
Next waited for Visa Buletin :(
Only now I finally could apply for AOS to Vermont.
So, who knows, how long will I wait for the GC... :confused:
 
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mike0214 said:
Congrats, retrohatao!
Just sent you email to join your yahoo group.
My history, probably, even longer than yours.
I'm here with H-1B from August 1996. Work in the 3rd company now.
EBGC-3.
PD is August 2001.
Waited LC in the freaking NY for 4 years :mad:
Next waited for Visa Buletin :(
Only now I finally could apply for AOS to Vermont.
So, who knows, how long will I wait for the GC... :confused:
Thanks.
I wish you all the best
 
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