El Zorro

Well, if somehow, you are in the "under process" void, you have a 7 day
window. They appropriate a visa number for a file under process; if they
can't adjudicate in your favor within those 7 days, they have to return the
number... but I think you are a couple months behind.. you should originally
have been processed only in late September; so you arent losing anything...
note that by issuing 4 times the usual monthly number of GCs in june, they
have moved a lot of cases from July, Aug etc, into June. So, buck up.. it is
the status quo for you



"Dave_Was" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected] m...
>
>> Yeah, gotta wait till Oct... unless, fortunately, you hear something
>> within
>> this week. They send three emails out in this order, when they approve
>> "card
>> production ordered", "485 approved", "card mailed". Usually, all three
>> mails
>> come out within a day or two. But, due to the June "drive", these
>> mails are
>> coming with several days gap. So, there is a slim chance you got
>> through...
>> (unless you havent been checking your online status-- and so, don't
>> know
>> that you were aproved ) -- is that possible for you? )
>>
>>
>> "Dave_Was" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected] m...
>> >
>> >> I went and looked at your previous posts. Speaking for EB-1 alone,
>> >> the
>> >> very
>> >> last cases that I know, that got 485 approved in June, (on Jun 29),
>> >> had
>> >> gotten their EAD and AP in Feb, and 485 filed in Dec 2006 at the
>> >> latest.
>> >> (Assuming there were no hold-ups at I-140 or 485 processing). There
>> >> were the
>> >> people who were approved in the June "Drive". If my info is right
>> >> (hoping
>> >> for you that it isnt), you will need to wait till Oct 1, when EB-1
>> >> will be
>> >> current again...even if your 140 is/was approved in the meantime.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "mandpete" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> >> news:[email protected] m...
>> >> >
>> >> >> Don't think this is possible-- most people I know, who got their
>> >> >> EB-1
>> >> >> I-140s
>> >> >> approved sometime in June, ALSO got their 485s approved in June.
>> >> >> Wonder why
>> >> >> you sound like your I-140 came through, but not your 485?
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> "mandpete" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> >> >> news:[email protected] m...
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> OMG they're even making the EB1s wait now? I thought it was
>> >> >> >> just
>> >> >> >> the
>> >> >> >> EB2s and EB3s...
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> So your I-140 is approved and you're just waiting for a visa
>> >> >> >> number?
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> What a farce - how can people lead their lives with all this
>> >> >> >> uncertainty...
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > There seems to be lots of confusion about what is actually
>> >> >> > going
>> >> >> > on
>> >> >> > but yes we are waiting for the elusive visa numbers to become
>> >> >> > available again.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > There are lots of conflicting reports on different websites
>> >> >> > but
>> >> >> > the
>> >> >> > way
>> >> >> > I read the bulletin there will be no more I-485s approved
>> >> >> > until
>> >> >> > October, including EB1s. It is so frustrating when we were so
>> >> >> > very,
>> >> >> > very nearly there.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > --
>> >> >
>> >> > I have spent the last day looking through all our paperwork and
>> >> > it
>> >> > would
>> >> > appear that I-140 has not yet been approved. We don't have the
>> >> > receipt
>> >> > number as this was given to husband's employer, so we cannot
>> >> > check.
>> >> > Our
>> >> > lawyer implied that it had been approved just before she went on
>> >> > maternity leave a couple of weeks ago. We do have the I-485
>> >> > receipt
>> >> > number and the status is pending at TSC (transferred from ERC).
>> >> >
>> >> > I have read reports that people who filed before June have
>> >> > already
>> >> > been
>> >> > assigned visa numbers and I-485s will be approved before October.
>> >> > I
>> >> > have also searched the internet and according to one site the A#
>> >> > we
>> >> > have
>> >> > on our EADs are immigrant visa numbers as they have 9 digits and
>> >> > begin
>> >> > with a 0. I am not pinning my hopes on these reports though.
>> >> >
>> >> > --
>> >
>> > Guys,
>> >
>> > I'm in the situation where I got my I140 approved and then filed my
>> > i485
>> > in March. I have a receipt date notice of March 28th, searching on
>> > the
>> > case status there was an "last update date" in April when we had our
>> > finger printing done. Nothing heard since then.
>> >
>> > Does this mean that we have no chance for green cards till october
>> > at
>> > the earliest?
>> >
>> > I'm in the EB2 category and from the UK.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > Dave.
>> >
>> > --
>
> I checked this morning and it still showed the classic pending message.
> I'll check this week and then settle down for the fact that it's going
> to be at least October.
>
> This has to be one of the low points in my stay in the US.
>
> Thanks for hte message though.
>
> --

Adnams

At least someone appears to be on our side!!

http://lofgren.house.gov/PRArticle.aspx?NewsID=1808

jumping doris

Three cheers for her!

Although I suspect it is the equivalent of fighting a nuclear warhead with a stick.

Adnams

Or as useful as a chocolate fireguard.

Slavisa

Is it possible that once quota is available (Oct. 2007) all visas will go in
2-3 days? I am reffering to I-485 applications and simmilar situation that
happened with H1-Bs.

Thanks

Paul S

who knows They may, they may not, they may retrogress the whole thing. My plane is to have everything ready to go mid September and see what the October visa bulletin brings. Although that could be pretty meaningless given what they did with the bulletin this month:curse:

and of course the cynic in me will not comment on the fact that application costs will go up to over a $1000 per application in this 'dead' period. The whole thing sucks and blows big time

jumping doris

That is my big fear.

jumping doris

Just had an email from our lawyers and they are expecting some retrogression in Oct, but only a few months:curse:

(Lets hope a few months doesn't drag into years..or lets hope she's wrong)

Vigie

Hi everyone, new member here. I stumbled across this thread whilst desperately searching for news and it was comforting to find other people going through the same crap, so I thought I'd join. I just cant believe this has happened, the whole thing is just so stupid. My company had my EB2 app ready to go (got PERM), but I feel like they were being kind of slow with it and now....its too late! Its so frustrating and seems pretty unprecedented, which also makes me (and I'm sure everyone else) feel very unlucky (why now?!!).

Anyway, I don't have much to add I suppose, but I do have a question....how will retrogression work exactly in our case? Will priority dates now become important and if so, how will that work, since everybody was current up until, well, now?

Thanks all.

Dave_Was

My fear, as already said, is that now that they are not accepting any new applications they will work on the applications that they already have in the system. Then come October 1st all those applications will get approved and we'll have begun the cycle just as in the case for the H1B's.

If your fortunate enough to get through that's all fine and dandy, but if your name check takes a little longer then you'll be out of luck.

Don't really know what else can be said, but I think that there's a lot of people waiting to see what's going to happen on October 1st.

tonyghiggins

I am directly affected by the USCIS's stupidity in opening up all dates. I am ready to file now for my 485, but because of tehir stupidity I now have to wait till October and who knows what goal posts we will be shooting at then.

My numbers have always been current as I am English and have a PD of Feb 03, this is absolutely rubbish, these people are utterly without any sense.

lisag8070

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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/04/us/04visas.html
this explains a lot
:curse:

Dave_Was

Well I know that now past precedence is nothing to go by, but hopefully when the new fiscal year starts they'll put the limits back on the number of people per country and if that's the case England hopefully should be current again.

What I wonder is if your i485 was accepted when the date was current and then in October they move the dates back, what happens to your application?

To be honest I'd be surprised if anyone knows.

ferryfax

My PD was sep 2003 so it became current on June 1st and i mailed my adjustment of status in on June 4th. How does the "now you see them, now you don't" July 2nd conjuring trick affect people who have already filed applications?

Bonus question for the panel. What about the EAD my wife applied for at the same time is that affected?

tonyghiggins

I thought English had been current for a while? Or are you in a different category?