EB3 ROW predictions

[Gilmout]

Guys - I asked my lawyer about the approval time on my case which is EB3 ROW with a priority date of October 2005. I asked specifically if it would be a matter of months or years. They told me that it would most likely take years.

Does anyone have any input as to why this may be - especially when my priority date is only 4-5 months away.

[indianabacklog]

Originally Posted by Gilmout

Guys - I asked my lawyer about the approval time on my case which is EB3 ROW with a priority date of October 2005. I asked specifically if it would be a matter of months or years. They told me that it would most likely take years.

Does anyone have any input as to why this may be - especially when my priority date is only 4-5 months away.

A lot of cases with priority dates prior to March of 2005 (pre PERM labor certification) waited years for labor certs which got held up in backlog centers. This will have created a huge bottle neck of applications that finally emerged into the light, mostly prior to the July 2007 tidal wave when all categories were made current, resulting in massive numbers of applications landing in the USCIS.

I have a priority date of November 2002 and have been the proud owner of a green card for just five weeks now..

[Gilmout]

Are you ROW world though - and does anyone think this is an accurate prediction?

[Gilmout]

anyone?

[fromnaija]

Originally Posted by indianabacklog

I have a priority date of November 2002 and have been the proud owner of a green card for just five weeks now..

Indianabacklog,

I missed your "GOT GREEN" post. Congratulations!! Did you ever resolve your child's age-out issue?

[RandyK]

Well it all depends, If you are lucky you will get your GC as soon as the dates move pass your PD this year, I think VB dates for EB3 ROW will jump in the next 2 or 3 months (this is in keeping with the PD date movement in the last two years).

When this happens you will have a very short window, if you are lucky someone at USCIS willl pick up your case and approve if not you will have to wait for another year or so for the next oppertunity. I know this happend to two guys who were IV members last year they both had 2005 PDs and got their GCs within the first few weeks after their PD became current.

Lately I have noticed quite a bit of EB3 approvals reported on certain visa approval sites. About 25% are actually with PD of 2005 (prior to May 1st ofcause).

So there are two things that you have to pray for

1) PD become current and stay current for atleast 3 or 4 months
2) Your case is picked up for processing at USCIS during this time

[indianabacklog]

Originally Posted by fromnaija

Indianabacklog,

I missed your "GOT GREEN" post. Congratulations!! Did you ever resolve your child's age-out issue?

After such a long wait it was a bittersweet thing getting the green card. Especially since my son could not get one with his dad and I. He is on an F1 working slowly through a degree hoping something turns up that will help him some time in the near future.


Thank you for your congratulations!!

[indianabacklog]

Originally Posted by Gilmout

Are you ROW world though - and does anyone think this is an accurate prediction?

Yes I am ROW and my message is referring to other ROW applicants.

I do think the dates will move but there are going to only a few get through the gate this visa year leaving many hanging on again till the dates open up again. My PD was current for more than half of this last year and had to watch people with priority dates in 2005 escaping before me. This is not unusual since the approval process is not a linear process where dates are concerned.

[kedzone]

Hi Everyone,

I am from India but applied under EB3-ROW. I have been a regular reader of this forum for the past few years but never really had anything as input as my case has gone through a lot of hassles.
But on October 01, 2010 my case finally got approved after 6 years so would like to share my bit of information as to how you can get things rolling if they seem to be stuck at USCIS.
1) Make sure the application did get tagged as ROW and not India.
2) Most importantly get in touch with your Senator's office. My senator's office finally got me greened They will go out of their way to help you period. My I 485 application in spite of being applied under ROW was being treated as India despite rectifying this with repeated SR's. When the Senator's representative called USCIS they still had it under India! The representative made sure this time it was fixed for good.
They even got USCIS to send us a FP notices as our's had expired. USCIS did not bother to send us a FP notice even when our cases were pre-adjudicated.

Here are our case details:
EB3-ROW PD: May 2004
I-140/I-485 Concurrent --> RD: 29 June 2005
I-140 AD: 29 Aug 2005
3 EAD's applied.
I-485 AD: 01 Oct 2010

Hope this helps those who are wondering why their cases are still pending in spite of being current.

[abe1]

I understand that if you are born in India you will come under EB3 quota for India. How is it possible for you to file under a different country if you are born in India?

[gcisadawg]

Originally Posted by abe1

I understand that if you are born in India you will come under EB3 quota for India. How is it possible for you to file under a different country if you are born in India?

He/she could be born in a different country to Indian parents.
OR
He/she has a spouse that was born in a different country.

Only country of birth matters...Not country of citizenship..

A person born in India but a Canadian citizen would still under EB3-India.
A person born in say, Dubai, UAE but an Indian citizen would come under EB3-ROW

[kedzone]

For people who might be wondering how a person from India applied under ROW.
Sorry I should have mentioned this in my earlier post.
My wife is a UK citizen by birth hence I could apply under ROW using my wife's country of birth.

EB3-ROW PD: May 2004
I-140/I-485 Concurrent --> RD: 29 June 2005
I-140 AD: 29 Aug 2005
3 EAD's applied.
I-485 AD: 01 Oct 2010

Good luck to all those who are pending.

[nara143]

Hi..My PD is May10th 2006 under EB2-I . Any idea when my PD would become current?

[GC4US]

My priority date is sept. 2005 ROW....when my priority date will become current?
Thnx in advance!

[GC4US]

Originally Posted by Gilmout

Are you ROW world though - and does anyone think this is an accurate prediction?

Employment based I-485 inventory(eb3ROW) shows that there are 13,000 applications before your priority date, oct 2005........and each FY there are 140,000 EB visas issued, with 28.6% (40,040) allocated to EB3 WITHOUT spillover.
The four oversubscribed countries (I, C, M, P) can only receive a max. 7% (2,802) visas
which leaves 28,832 for ROW (2,402 per month).....so there is a high chance ot become current next year.

Before my priority date( sept 2005) there are 8,000.....so hopefully will be current sometime next year.
Experts can you please shed some light on my calculations?

Thnx in advance!