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分享一下自己绿卡申请的经历
Overall Context
- Field Office: San Jose, CA
- Country of Charge: Mainland China
- Primary Applicant / No dependent
- Same position /same company during PERM/I-140/I-485
Main Timeline
- Priority Date: 03/04/2016
- Receipt Date: 05/09/2019
- Fingerprint Date: 06/07/2019
- Ready for Interview: 08/19/2019
- Interview Scheduled: 10/03/2019
- Interview Date: 11/07/2019
- Case Transfer (Missouri → Nebraska): 05/26/2020
- Case Transfer (Nebraska → Missouri): 06/23/2020
- Card Being Produced: 06/25/2020
- Case Was Approved: 06/29/2020
EAD/AP Combo Card Timeline (I-765 + I-131)
First Application (along with I-485 Application)
- Receipt Date: 05/09/2019
- Approval Date: 08/28/2019
Renewal
- Receipt Date: 04/03/2020
- Approval Date: 05/15/2020
注: 两次 EAD/AP 申请均为公司律所代理。第二次申请较早的直接原因是律所提及 EAD/AP 可能会比较长, 并且在已有 combo card expiration date - 180 days 之后即可提交申请。Renewal 中律所强调了 new travel history, most recent I-94 和不同于上次申请不同的照片。
EB2 to EB3 Downgrade Timeline
(Alias of "Downgrade": Interfiling, Relink, Transfer the Underlying Basis)
EB3 I-140 application
- Receipt Date: 02/18/2020
- Approval Date: 03/27/2020 (Regular Processing)
注: 楼主在 AOS Interview (Nov 2019) 时在 I-140 上只持有 EB2-based approved petition. 公司的政策是只有另一个 category 是 current 的时候才允许申请 downgrade, 在 AOS interview 是 EB2 和 EB3 都 retrogressed 很多, 不明朗将来几个月的进度. 律所采取的策略是在 EB3 初次申请后一周申请 premium processing. USCIS 并没有接受我的 PP, 回复让30天后 retry, 原因是 original perm certificate 并没有从 Department of Labor 转过来. 但是还没等到 30 天, 在三月初, 所有 premium processing 都被 suspended. 本已准备等 6 个月再说, 神奇的是三月末, USCIS 直接 approved my base.
In retrospect, 建议尽早准备两份 I-140s, 降低排期大幅波动, PP 突然取消和 I-140 批准时间的不确定性, 为自己提供更多 options. 公司政策一般是 guideline 不是 hard rules. 并且会为代理律所多争取来 a straightforward case, 一般律所愿意说服公司帮你做. 只要有理由说明另一个 category 会更快, 就可以向公司提出申请.
Downgrade Interfiling Requests / Relink / Transfer the Underlying Basis.
- Online SR Attempt 1: Requested on 04/06/2020; Responded on 04/13/2020
- Interfiling Request Letter: Regular mail sent out out by attorney: 04/22/2020; No confirmation correspondence.
- Online SR Attempt 2: Requested on 05/18/2020; Responded on 06/18/2020
注: 在最后这搞 interfiling 这三个月, 楼主感受到了极大不确定。究其原因是这个步骤并没有一个 application form. 据我 online SR /phone calls, 关于这个 interfiling request 是否收到, 是否接受, 是否生效之类的问题, USCIS 给出的都是 "neither confirm nor deny" 话语. 律所 paralegal 解释说 interfiling request 并不是一个有明确法律背书的请求, 而是完全根据 USCIS 自己的 policy manual, 适用和解释完全 up to USCIS. 其中在 policy manual 里明确提出的一条是 “Request Must Be Made in Writing”, 但 Online SR 是否算是 in writing 并没有明确标准.
首先在4月初联系律所帮我 file an interfiling request, 除了 covid 的影响, 律所 reorg 更换里我一直联系的 paralegal. 觉得她手上有很多 cases to catch up, 到了月末才 mailed out. 其中, 律师代理 interfiling request 仍然要自己填 G-28 寄送给律所, 也是拖延 mail-out 的原因. 当时考虑自己 file 的话会有有表述不合规或至少得花一定时间 draft, 加上律师爽快答应,就打消了 self filing 的想法, 但自己 file 其实可以的, 优势是可以省时几天。
期间我看到有 online SR interfiling 成功的案例, 我就在 USCIS online tools 问了下能不能 online interfiling (Attempt 1). 我问的方式非常 informal 大致是
“Dear USCIS officer, I have another I-140 (Receipt #: XXX) just approved. Can you associate it with my pending I-485 (Receipt #: XXX) and process my I-485 with my EB3 I-140, the priority date of which should be current at the moment? Let me know how to proceed.”
果不其然, 回复方式就是“正在处理, 请耐心等候”:
Status of this service request: “Your case is currently under review by an officer. You should receive a decision, correspondence or notice of other action within 60 days of the date of this letter.”
在 Interfiling Request Letter 之后的一个月仍然没有消息, 我就做了上边 Online SR Attempt 2. 内容和 Online SR Attempt 1 的意思基本一致, 只是都改成了 in a declarative tone. 基本是正式 interfiling letter 的样子.
回复方式依然是“正在处理, 请耐心等候”:
Status of this service request: “Your case is currently under review. You should receive a decision or notice of other action shortly.”
在 06/18/2020 的下一周 Monday, 致电 USCIS, 其中 Tier 2 officer 表示知道你有两份 I-140, 无法确认 interfiling requstion onfile or not, 再次 make another SR would make no difference, 建议等一个月再说. 当晚找到一片文章 “Escalating Cases with USCIS and DHS” Obstacles and Possible Solutions By Peggy Gleason (自行 Google Search, 值得阅读), 准备了 congressman inquiry → USCIS Ombudsman → senator inquiry 的策略. 这些 escalation 名义上并不能 speed up your case, 但由于这些 offces 可以接触到更有权限的 USCIS 人员 (liaisons), 如果案件有什么 miscoordination, file missing 可以提早获知防止案件处于 stalling state. 鉴于周末我的I-485 已处置, 并没有实施这些策略.
补充内容 (2020-8-11 16:02):
- Card Was Delivered: 07/17/2020
由于 USCIS 制卡 backlog, 提下最后这一步骤也影响了 timeline.
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