EB2 folks with PD prior to 1-1-2007, please gather here

[mhssatya]

My date has been current since June 2011 and no updates yet. I'm thinking of taking an Infopass at Atlanta (that's where my file is). I'll have to fly from DC to Atlanta.

Can somebody let me know if that's a good idea?

I'm not sure how the visa numbers work and if there are any more visa numbers left for people stranded like me.

[coolpal]

I haven't seen any updates on this post in a long time, did anyone with <2007 PDs still waiting ? I don't know how long this misery continues for me

[eastindia]

Originally Posted by coolpal

I haven't seen any updates on this post in a long time, did anyone with <2007 PDs still waiting ? I don't know how long this misery continues for me

If you are a donor member contact IV.They will help you get greencard. They help donor members who have been current get greencard. Or you can choose to wait few more months, call USCIS, Lawyer and congress every other day for next few months.

[hianupam]

Originally Posted by coolpal

I haven't seen any updates on this post in a long time, did anyone with <2007 PDs still waiting ? I don't know how long this misery continues for me

My PD is Sep 2006. Still waiting....

[coolpal]

Originally Posted by eastindia

If you are a donor member contact IV.They will help you get greencard. They help donor members who have been current get greencard. Or you can choose to wait few more months, call USCIS, Lawyer and congress every other day for next few months.

That just doesn't sound right, but I can understand your rationale behind that argument, and I am not complaining... I have donated to IV on cause basis, and will continue to do so... but if you are right, and IV indeed helps it's donor members with a situation like mine, I might consider becoming a paying member.

Can anyone from IV (pappu?) confirm that IV can immediately help folks like me if they were donor members?

[carepanda]

Originally Posted by eastindia

If you are a donor member contact IV.They will help you get greencard. They help donor members who have been current get greencard. Or you can choose to wait few more months, call USCIS, Lawyer and congress every other day for next few months.

Our PD was current in May 2011 and we still did not receive our card. Joined immigration voice forum in Oct 2011.

I raised SR on May 25 while talking to customer service and got standard response for SR 'performing additional review and contact us after 6 months'. I also took Infopass on June 27 and I was told ..'Your case is pre-adjudicated and it is under active processing'. We contacted USCIS in Dec 2011 and got the same response. I really do not know what to do next.

Can Immigration voice help on this for donor members ?

Appreciate suggestion from Pappu and others.

Porting - NO
Interfiling - No
Case in local office No
RFEs after filing I485 - No
Dependent added after filing I485- No
Multiple I485s for the same applicant- no
Multiple I140 for the same applicant - no
Any other complexity with the case: None
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[coolpal]

I was really hoping their wait 6 months was like the absolute worst case scenario, and looking at others wait for longer than that crashed all my hopes... gotta do something, this is ridiculous... they don't even tell give a meaningful reason for the delay

[coolpal]

Any updates from anyone?

Pappu/IV, can you help us in any way? Or at least have any suggestions on what we can do to get our cases moving?

[hianupam]

Originally Posted by coolpal

Any updates from anyone?

Pappu/IV, can you help us in any way? Or at least have any suggestions on what we can do to get our cases moving?

Got a response from USCIS when my lawyers raised a SR.
"The status of this service request is:

Thank you for your recent inquiry. We are aware of the current priority date for this case.

A check of our records establishes that your case is not yet ready for decision, as the required investigation into your background remains open.

Until the background investigation is completed, we cannot move forward on your case. These background checks are required to be completed on all applicants who apply for the immigration benefit you are seeking. We will make every effort to make a decision on this case as soon as the background checks are complete. If you do not receive a decision or other notice of action from us within 6 months of this letter, please contact customer service at the number provided below."

So I guess there is nothing to do but wait.

[coolpal]

I was finally able to get someone at my local senator's office review my request to help (took 6+ weeks of followups), and surprisingly she made a call to USCIS Nebraska service center while she put my call on hold, and she told me that they said that my case is in the final stages of processing and I should hear a decision with 90 business days.

I don't know if I should be mad or happy... this thing seems to never end..

[hianupam]

Originally Posted by coolpal

I was finally able to get someone at my local senator's office review my request to help (took 6+ weeks of followups), and surprisingly she made a call to USCIS Nebraska service center while she put my call on hold, and she told me that they said that my case is in the final stages of processing and I should hear a decision with 90 business days.

I don't know if I should be mad or happy... this thing seems to never end..

Good Luck. Did you personally visit the office or communicating over the phone with the local senator's office?

I am in congressman Ron Paul's district. So none of my queries are getting any traction as his staff is busy with his campaign...

[coolpal]

Originally Posted by hianupam

Good Luck. Did you personally visit the office or communicating over the phone with the local senator's office?

I am in congressman Ron Paul's district. So none of my queries are getting any traction as his staff is busy with his campaign...

Thanks.
I was following up via calls.. I tried going in to my congressman's office and their response was no diff to that of the phone calls, so decided to stick with calling.
Good luck to you as well.

[digital2k]

Eliminate Discrimination Based on Country of Birth in 21st Century - HR3012 !

"With hr 3012 we can try to minimize the wait times and make the system fair."

Originally Posted by coolpal

Any updates from anyone?

Pappu/IV, can you help us in any way? Or at least have any suggestions on what we can do to get our cases moving?

[coolpal]

Originally Posted by digital2k

Eliminate Discrimination Based on Country of Birth in 21st Century - HR3012 !

"With hr 3012 we can try to minimize the wait times and make the system fair."

I am in total support for HR 3012 and have made calls to many congressman/senators and done some more follow ups to help this bill.
That being said, I do not believe the issue we (in this thread) are facing is somethign that will directly be affected by HR 3012 as we have been current for over 6 months already, and if I understand correctly, HR3012 will make a lot of folks' PD current or close to it, which infact may increase the processing times by USCIS.

Also, as requested earlier in this thread, is there anything IV can do in our cases?

[coolpal]

hi Guys,

My 6 months from the SR response time has completed this week and unfortunately I am still waiting, but there have been some encouraging changes on my end and wanted to keep others waiting informed, as well as ask my questions here.

I called L2 support this week (Monday) and was told that it's still pending and without asking me he raised another SR and told me that I should hear back by Feb-7th about the status of my case. My lawyer has suggested I take an infopass and also file a case with Ombudsman, so I went in for an infopass yesterday and I was a little surprised to hear a little different response this time.. instead of the usual it's pending blah blah...

The IO @ infopass told me that there was a recent movement in my case, and that my case was assigned to the final adjudicating officer on Jan-23rd-2012. She said that this is the final step and she thinks that whatever they were holding my case for so long has now been cleared. She also said that she is seeing in the system that the officer has requested a visa number from state department on the 23rd but she can't tell if it was granted or not since that's a state dept thing which she doesn't have access to. She said I should see the response in at most 30 to 45 days.

It seemed very encouraging, but I am really not sure if I can trust anyone at USCIS. After all, I was told my case was pre-adjudicated long time ago and obviously I am still waiting. Did anyone here ever had such responses from USCIS and do you guys think my case is really moving along? If her note regarding visa number being requested is true, does it mean everything else is done and they are probably just waiting for the visa number to approve my case, or am I being a little too optimistic here?

Any feedback is greatly appreciated and I wish everyone else waiting the very best and hope we'll all end this miserable wait on a happy note.. soon.