[RNGrad2006]

Originally Posted by alina_zhuang

hi, there, my I140 has been pending in Texas center. I am just learned Texas center is pocessing I140 with the PD of 08/15/2008 now. my PD is 07/27/2007. i've started worrying about it. is there anyone that has the same issue? should i do something about it?

Did you notice that the most recently posted processing times in Texas (April) are now back from the posted times in (March) and the processing date for nurses is now July 19. I talked to my attorney recently and she thinks that our application may have been sent back to Nebraska so that would be bad news since they are only processing into Feb 15 07. Would be nice to know for sure. But just giving this info since those dates are obviously just a guideline and nothing set in stone. Any action on yours over the last month?

[milaeslehc]

Originally Posted by RNGrad2006

Did you notice that the most recently posted processing times in Texas (April) are now back from the posted times in (March) and the processing date for nurses is now July 19. I talked to my attorney recently and she thinks that our application may have been sent back to Nebraska so that would be bad news since they are only processing into Feb 15 07. Would be nice to know for sure. But just giving this info since those dates are obviously just a guideline and nothing set in stone. Any action on yours over the last month?

Correction.. Nebraska Service Center's processing time is now March 10, 2007.

[alina_zhuang]

Hi, my case is still pending at this moment. My attorney said he had quite a few cases that were filed around mine that are still pending with the Texas Service Center. I also noticed the pocessing date for nurse is July 16,2007. So I guess I have to wait a little longer.

[suzanne4]

Still does not matter as one is still under the retrogression. Getting approval on the I-140 and if you are not under the AOS, then you will be waiting. Even with the AOS, there are no visas available at this time.

[lawrence01]

I have actually not yet heard of any one who filed last July 2007 whose I-140 has been approved already on either Texas or Nebraska SC and it looks like your lawyer hasn't either.

[RNGrad2006]

Originally Posted by lawrence01

I have actually not yet heard of any one who filed last July 2007 whose I-140 has been approved already on either Texas or Nebraska SC and it looks like your lawyer hasn't either.

There was someone that posted on the I-140 Texas tracker thread that got her I-140 approval after 6 months (so last January) who applied last July just a few days ahead of mine. If I got mine approved in the next month or two I would be delighted. I know Suzanne says that it is still retrogression, which I am well aware of but there are other issues besides getting the green card that would decrease my anxiety. One is the certainty that the approval is made, secondly that we could pursue a mortgage which lenders are more interested in after an approved petition is established, and lastly that I could potentially think about moving to another floor at our facility. My husband thinks it would be better to stay on the same floor until the I-140 is approved. I am not sure if it matters if I stay with the same employer. I have been on the same floor for 18 months and thought it would be fun to try to spread my wings to other areas of the hospital.

[RNGrad2006]

Originally Posted by milaeslehc

Correction.. Nebraska Service Center's processing time is now March 10, 2007.

Are nurses not still under the Schedule A nurses category as far as processing time goes? The March 10, 2007 time is for skilled worker category for the I-140.

[lawrence01]

Originally Posted by RNGrad2006

There was someone that posted on the I-140 Texas tracker thread that got her I-140 approval after 6 months (so last January) who applied last July just a few days ahead of mine. If I got mine approved in the next month or two I would be delighted. I know Suzanne says that it is still retrogression, which I am well aware of but there are other issues besides getting the green card that would decrease my anxiety. One is the certainty that the approval is made, secondly that we could pursue a mortgage which lenders are more interested in after an approved petition is established, and lastly that I could potentially think about moving to another floor at our facility. My husband thinks it would be better to stay on the same floor until the I-140 is approved. I am not sure if it matters if I stay with the same employer. I have been on the same floor for 18 months and thought it would be fun to try to spread my wings to other areas of the hospital.

It's good that someone's I-140 was already approved of in 6 mos. but there seems to be not that many.

What lenders do is up to them but I already saw a post from an immigration themed website that has been on H1B for a long time and filed for AOS in July and it was denied. His reaction to the denial and what he plans to do after and before leaving the US was not that good and almost all others felt the same way as him or plans to do similar to what he thinks that way if their AOS cases were denied after paying taxes all through out those years under H1B just to have their AOS denied.

[RNGrad2006]

Originally Posted by lawrence01

It's good that someone's I-140 was already approved of in 6 mos. but there seems to be not that many.

What lenders do is up to them but I already saw a post from an immigration themed website that has been on H1B for a long time and filed for AOS in July and it was denied. His reaction to the denial and what he plans to do after and before leaving the US was not that good and almost all others felt the same way as him or plans to do similar to what he thinks that way if their AOS cases were denied after paying taxes all through out those years under H1B just to have their AOS denied.

That is what we are worried about and therefore don't want to make any big decisions until the approval is assured. The example you shared is pretty devestating. From what we have heard, the majority of H1B's that are getting denied for GC are due to "inability to pay" on behalf of the employer. That is certainly not the case with my employer so that part makes me feel better but we have already had the experience in 2001 of losing a job (my hubby) and having to move back to our country just 2 months after purchasing a home and promised ourselves that we would never put ourselves in that situation ever again. So are waiting it out but the market is so ideal now it is difficult to be patient. Thanks so much for your feedback on these forums.

[amber_snow]

Hi, my pd is july 25 2007 and last apr 18, I got my I140 approval. It took almost 9 months for the approval. My case was filed at Texas Service Center.