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Just want to share with you my situation(Today is my happiest day).
My I-140/485 was filed concurrently. My 6 year H1 expired when both were pending. I was on EAD/Parole(so did not bother to apply for 7 th year extn). In the meantime my I-140 got rejected due to 3-Year degree. My case was filed in Nebraska service center.
In the meantime, I got my education evaluation done from degree.com(thru an evaluator Sheila Danzig - 1-800-771-4723), She gave an course by couse evaluation(I have my 3-yr degree in computers) and proved that I have 120+ credits(equivalent of U.S degree) also she gave me an expert opinion. This was submitted to INS immediately as MTR(Memo to re-open)/Appeal. I got my I-140 approved and my 485 reopend !!! It took three weeks from the date my MTR/Appeal went in to have it approved. Please note, folks who are in the same boat, please remember to do the following:

1. Apply for MTR/Appeal within 30 days from the date of rejection(please be strict with this time line, even a day delayed will take the case to AAO, which takes like 15 months for a decision, and the decision will mostly likely be negative if you go to AAO).

2. Do NOT send evaluation from two evaluators, I have heard from my lawyer that those cases have been denied stating the reason that evaluations are not exactly similar.

3. Have a Subject by Subject evaluation to prove that you have atleast 120 credits(equivalent of US bachelors degree).

Hope it works out for you....

With regards
Karthick_kris

Hi,
This is Sheila Danzig. I was very pleased to see this post. My client told me about it.

I have been doing extensive research showing that the 3 year degree is equivalent to a US four year degree. (see http://degree.com/articles/3-year-indian-degree.html for an article I co-wrote that has been accepted for publication in Academics India online edition).

Feel free to visit my site, www.TheDegreePeople.com or call me for a free consultation. 1.800.771.4723. It really is a free consultation. I am happy to discuss your case and advise you even if you do not use our services.

Sheila Danzig
Director: Career Consulting International
www.TheDegreePeople.com
1.800.771.4723 (Toll free voice)
1.866.585.1409 (Toll free fax)

Hi Karthick, I was looking for the average time taken to respond to an MTR by DOL and I came across your message. I would greatly appreciate your help in this regard. Let me describe my situation .
I filed my Labor in Perm.It got denied.The reason for their denial is because of a wrongly mentioned date.I confirmed that it is because of a (A typo error) with my attorney.He immediately filed a Reconsider Motion with DOL.Now this happend on 11/23/2005.It has been 2 months since we applied our MTR and we did not hear anything from DOL.When I started pressing for some information on my status my attorney told this "Realistically you should start thinking to refile again".Im bit nervous after hearing this as I have to convince my employer to do the stuff he did for GC. I want to know from you what is the average time that DOL responds to such questions. Do they have a dead line?. Do you think if Im too anxious and should stop worrying about the outcome from DOL? I would be greatful to you if you could answer my e-mail thanks.

Regards,
Charan

Congrats on 140 approval , i may end up in similar situation if my 140 is rejected and my 6 year is ending in june, my question is the status of EAD/AP after you rejected, will it become invalid immediately or you will have it active till your decision on appeal/MT comes back, how long you can remain in the country in EAD after you had your 140 rejection