Green Card Timeline - End to End (hopefully)

[mnm0710]

Just a breakdown of the time and processing time involved for me since arriving in the U.S and eventually hoping to get the card in my hand. Will keep updated

 

12/24/2004 - Came to US as H4 under my mom when I was 14
08/01/2010 - Switched to F1 because of "aging-out" (Mom unfortunately is EB3-India) and wanting to do research
01/01/2012:09/30/2013 - Worked on OPT & STEM OPT with 2 different companies
04/01/2013 - Employer filed H1B petition
10/01/2013 - Switched to H1B with my current employer
11/01/2013 - Company started PERM process
02/03/2014 - PERM was submitted (CASE # A-14034 - XXXXX)
07/14/2014 - PERM Certified

07/29/2014 - Employer's lawyer submitted I-140/I-485/I-131/I-765 simultaneously with premium processing for I-140

08/04/2014 - USCIS Receipt date for the 4 applications and all show as "Initial Review"

08/05/2014 - USCIS Sends out Receipt notices to me, employer and employer's lawyer

 

[rahul412]

EB1 or Eb2??

[mnm0710]

EB1 or Eb2??

Rahul,  lawyer submitted as EB-2 Advanced Degree.  Job requirement is a Master's Degree.

[mnm0710]

Just a breakdown of the time and processing time involved for me since arriving in the U.S and eventually hoping to get the card in my hand. Will keep updated

 

12/24/2004 - Came to US as H4 under my mom when I was 14

08/01/2010 - Switched to F1 because of "aging-out" (Mom unfortunately is EB3-India) and wanting to do research

01/01/2012:09/30/2013 - Worked on OPT & STEM OPT with 2 different companies

04/01/2013 - Employer filed H1B petition

10/01/2013 - Switched to H1B with my current employer

11/01/2013 - Company started PERM process

02/03/2014 - PERM was submitted (CASE # A-14034 - XXXXX)

07/14/2014 - PERM Certified

07/29/2014 - Employer's lawyer submitted I-140/I-485/I-131/I-765 simultaneously with premium processing for I-140

08/04/2014 - USCIS Receipt date for the 4 applications and all show as "Initial Review"

08/05/2014 - USCIS Sends out Receipt notices to me, employer and employer's lawyer

 

08/11/2014 - Got Case Status Notification that I-140 was approved

[rahul412]

Rahul,  lawyer submitted as EB-2 Advanced Degree.  Job requirement is a Master's Degree.

I am not sure how GC process works. But you should file 485 only when your PD is current, is your PD current??

[mnm0710]

I am not sure how GC process works. But you should file 485 only when your PD is current, is your PD current??

 

Rahul, yes my PD is current.  I fall under EB2-ROW

[rahul412]

Rahul, yes my PD is current.  I fall under EB2-ROW

Good, when you mentioned your mother was from India, I thought your case was under EB India.

[mnm0710]

Oh yea good inferencing ha

 

But yes I was born in Jamaica so I get to be quite a bit more lucky than my mom's green card processing

[mnm0710]

Resurrecting my old post but...

 

02/13/2015 - "Welcome Notice Mailed" and "Card Production Ordered"

 

 

Oh my god, I won't say it's over until I actually get it in my hand but I got the 

"Card Was Ordered To Be Produced" status update just a couple minutes ago! 

10 Years, 1 month, 21 days since I came to the U.S under H4 as a 14 year old. Graduating high school, aging out, having to switch to F1, having to pay out of state college and graduate school tuition in my home state, being within 2 weeks of having to leave the country when my current bosses offered me a job and told me they'd do my H1B and Green Card. Then the stupid H1B lottery to get my heart racing again. 

Wow can't explain the emotions. This is my home, this is where all of my best friends are, not to mention my parents. Finally it looks like I have the piece of paper that says I can officially call this country my home. 

Sorry for the rambling, pretty emotional right now.

[mnm0710]

10 years, 2 months 1 day since I came to the US I can finally call myself a permanent resident of the United States! :)

 

Good luck to everyone still waiting for the day to lift the weight off their shoulders