congratulations 🍾🎊🎉

Congrats. What was your status while waiting since 2010?

@D 180 H1-B

@Ingrid Appreciate it sir!

congrats! what’s the field office?

@cubby I see. and was there ever an issue with the H1-B renewal? Did it renew in 3-yr increments?

@ser Thank you. FO is Hartford, CT. But I highly doubt, it ever went there since all notices, RFE from NBC including the Cards, Apporval notices.

nice!

@D I personally never had any issues and it renews every 3 years with approved I-140. Otherwise max limit is 6 years. So within these 6 years either you file for GC or Leave or change status to something else!

did you had an interview?

No, Interview was scheduled but then cancelled since Application is approved so kind of waived!

was it a RFE for medical?

Yes sir! The stupidest mistake not sending the medicals with I-485. I blame our attorney for it 😉. Wasted 2 months at minimum.

same here. submitted 485 in 8/31/2020. RFE response submitted for medicals on 2/25/2021 and no response since then. priority date is July- 2011. upgraded to eb1 from eb2 in 2020

Reach out to congressmen for help!

not sure if it helps. the processing times at each service center/ field office are 9 to 30 months on uscis website.

Sure it helps. Try congressmen and also e-request. Don’t be fooled by the processing times though, those are benchmark times for average applications not a real timeline. Most people getting GCs within 9 months especially for EB, they are waiving interviews so you have better chances. Don’t wait!

sponsor in EB cases is an employer. the applicant continues to work for the employer on a work visa. when green card is approved for the applicant the status changes from work visa to permanent resident. the employer/ sponsor has nothing to lose here nor is the employer waiting on anything.

in a nutshell- foreigners either need to have work visa or green card to work. the easiest way to work for an employer is to get work visa sponsored from a prospective employer. however a visa is not permanent. so people file for a green card thru that employer. Until the green card is approved, work visa can be renewed to legally work in the US

yes - a company should be willing to sponsor work visa for you and later on file GC.

eb1, eb2, eb3 are different categories of employment based green cards. the individuals are able to stay in US legally on a work visa called as H1-B. again there are lot of categories of employer sponsored work visas.

you won’t understand the entire employement based immigration in 1 or 2 posts here. either google or reach out to lawyer

there could be someone sponsoring GC directly but which employer would be willlig to wait for years until GC is approved. GC approval also depends on nationality. especially for folks form India there is already a decade long backlog. which employer will sponsore GC directly and wait for 10 years.

as I said depends on country of birth. check/read the table info in visa bulletin that says current. I am pretty sure it neither India nor China

11 freaking years CONGRATS!!

congratulations

@Andrew Thank you! Appreciate it!