Riya_Pal Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 Hello Alice, I really appreciate your help. Have you applied I140 under EB1 category? I would become 6yrs in USA on H1-B in Feb 2012 so I'm also in the final year. I tried asking my attorney if he would apply for my 485 along with 140 but he said no. The worst thing is that my attroney is not very helpful Mine is under EB 2 category and he says that since i have a 3years Master's Degree from India (Master's in Computer Applications) my I 140 would be rejected :( .. Can you please give me some points with which I can go back with to attorney and get my I 485 and EAD applied too? Link to comment
alice_csl Posted March 15, 2011 Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 Riya Pal, i think degree frm india is quite risky, i tend to agree with your attorney. No i am not EB1, i am under EB2. Applied for 140 concurrent 485 and the EAD.. as far as possibility of the concurrency, i think it is country dependent, if you want you can consult my attorney, i highly recommend him.let me know if you need his information? he has been very helpful and all my process was very fast! i got my PERM approved in 1 week! it was crazy. Link to comment
EB1-OR-applicant Posted March 15, 2011 Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 You cannot apply for I-485 unless your priority date is current. I assume that you have already applied in EB2. Then, if you are from India with priority date after 8 May 2006 OR if you are from China with priority date after 22 Jul 2006, you CANNOT apply for I-485 until your priority date is current. If you are from any other country, then you should be able to apply for I-485 now, because all dates are current. On a side note, if you fear for getting your EB2 rejected, you may want to file another application in EB3. If any of the two applications is approved before your 6 years on H1-B are over, you can get your H1-B extended every 3 years for 3 more years until you have a job with your current employer or in certain complicated cases, even if you change your jobs. Again, you cannot apply for I-485, EAD and AP until your priority date is before the date posted in the USCIS visa bulletin, if you are from India or China. Link to comment
Riya_Pal Posted March 16, 2011 Report Share Posted March 16, 2011 Hello Alice and EB1, Thanks a lot for the reply. Alice if you could provide me your attorney's details that would be great... May be I think EB1 is correct you cannot apply for I 485 until and unless the priority date is current... I'm from India like EB1 said current ly it is May 2006 that is being processed... As far as my attorney said if my I 140 in EB2 normal processing is rejected he would apply for EB3 under premuim processing i probably shud convince him to start the EB3 application too .. If I change my job after my I 140 to a new company would i need to restart my perm etc or can i convince them to continue with the gc processing ? Do companies usually continue or they just drop the case? Link to comment
EB1-OR-applicant Posted March 17, 2011 Report Share Posted March 17, 2011 If you get a new job after I-140 approval, you do need to start the PERM and I-140 application process all over again. You may want to read this thread: http://murthyforum.atinfopop.com/4/OpenTopic?a=tpc&s=1024039761&f=2704080912&m=3541084661 Link to comment
kgdesi Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 Did anyone get I-140 approval who got applied in Feb 2011? My 140 details are I-140 Applied Date Filed: Feb 22nd, 2011 Service Center: Texas Processing Service: Regular Decision: Initial Review I think Texas Service Center is running a bit slow. Link to comment
ven7782 Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 kgdesi relax for the next several months. For regular processing I am waiting since Sept 2010. Applied at TSC under regular for EB2. Link to comment
ramusa Posted May 17, 2011 Report Share Posted May 17, 2011 Did anyone get I-140 approval who applied in Feb 2011? My 140 details are I-140 Applied Date Filed: Feb 3rd, 2011 Service Center: Nebraska Processing Service: Regular Decision: Initial Review Link to comment
ramusa Posted May 18, 2011 Report Share Posted May 18, 2011 Did anyone get approval? Did anyone get I-140 approval who got applied in Feb 2011? My 140 details are I-140 Applied Date Filed: Feb 3rd, 2011 Service Center: Nebraska Processing Service: Regular Decision: Initial Review Link to comment
zerphy Posted June 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 Approved!!! I got my approval notice from my attorney today. Receipt Date:2/14/2011 Center: Nebraska Type of Processing:Regular Approval Date: 6/6/2011. Best luck to all waiting the approvals. Link to comment
subburam Posted June 13, 2011 Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 Applied Feb-11 - Regular processing Received- Feb 28 Category-EB2 Center-Texas Status : Initial review as of 6/13 Link to comment
kgdesi Posted June 14, 2011 Report Share Posted June 14, 2011 EB2/TX/Regular/Feb-22 Type of Processing: Regular processing Receipt date - Feb 22 Category-EB2 Center-Texas Status : Initial review as of 6/14 Link to comment
sam77 Posted June 14, 2011 Report Share Posted June 14, 2011 Type of Processing: Regular Receipt date - March 1 Category-EB2 Center-Texas Status : Approved Link to comment
sam77 Posted June 14, 2011 Report Share Posted June 14, 2011 Originally posted by sam77: Type of Processing: Regular Received date : Feb 23 Receipt date - March 1 Category-EB2 Center-Texas Status : Approved Link to comment
peacefulfire Posted August 3, 2011 Report Share Posted August 3, 2011 Are there people who applied I-140 in Feb still waiting for approval? Receipt Date: Feb 4, 2011 Center: Nebraska Status: Initial Review Link to comment
baggiotex Posted August 29, 2011 Report Share Posted August 29, 2011 I have a receipt date for Feb 11th 2011 No updates...online it just shows Initial Review.. I filed for premium upgrade been a week and no updates still. Link to comment
m_user Posted September 20, 2011 Report Share Posted September 20, 2011 i140 EB3 Sent all 140 forms on 16 Feb 2011 Forms received : 18th Feb 2011 Center: texas Status: Approved !! as of 12 Sept 2011 [This message was edited by m_user on September 20, 2011 at 07:17 AM.] Link to comment
peacefulfire Posted September 26, 2011 Report Share Posted September 26, 2011 I am in same boat as you @baggiotex EB2/Nebraska/Regular/Feb 5, 2011 It just shows initial review. Link to comment
nihal0507 Posted September 27, 2011 Report Share Posted September 27, 2011 My I 140 with receipt date 01/16/2011 still pending for uscic decisions at TSC .when my attorney spoke with Customer care they told they started working on jan 2011 cases right now . Link to comment
VAtiger Posted October 19, 2011 Report Share Posted October 19, 2011 Hello Friends my employer filed I140 in Feb but still waiting for approval...checked USICS website and noticed that they are currently processing April 2011 Cases not sure what is happening with my case....Really worried at this point...Is there anyone else having the same issue??? I-140 Applied Date Filed: Feb 18 2011 Service Center: Texas Processing Service: Regular Decision: Initial Review Link to comment
VAtiger Posted October 24, 2011 Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 HI Nihal...did you get any reply from USCIS?? Link to comment
bbvkishore Posted November 3, 2011 Report Share Posted November 3, 2011 My Employer filed the I-140 with TSC on Jan 26 2011 through Regular Service. Thought it is close to Feb. So posted that up. Decision is still in Initial Review. I know that I can do Premium but on the other hand, I filed my H1B extension for 7th year based on my Labor. So I really don't want to take any chances in this situation. If anyone is good with their H1B and already contacted USCIS, please post what the follow up is. Link to comment
peacefulfire Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 Finally received email from USCIS online tracking site, that my case was approved. Applied in Feb 5, 2011, EB2, NSC Converted to Premium in December. Hope to receive documents soon. Good Luck Link to comment
VAtiger Posted January 13, 2012 Report Share Posted January 13, 2012 Received an RFE on my case on November 1st 2011 and my employer is still working on the documents...Really worried Link to comment
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