Glossary of Terms:
| Handle | User's ID on immigrationportal.com board (Click on this to see member's most recent posts). |
| MD | Mailed Date (date mailed I-485 application to INS). |
| RD | Receive Date (date INS received I-485 application). |
| ND | Notification Date (date INS entered data, issued receipts). |
| WAC# | INS CSC case number (is in format of WAC xx-xxx-xxxxx need only first 5 digits). |
| AP | Advanced Parole Approval Date. |
| EAD | Employment Authorization Approval Date. |
| iEAD | Interim EAD. |
| FPRcvd | Date FP Notice received. |
| FPDone | Date when FPs are done. |
| FPSchd | Actual FP scheduled Date. |
| FPLoc | Location where FPs actually scheduled (not where you did your FPs). |
| AD | Approval Date (I-485 approval date as per AVM or approval notice). |
| PD | Priority Date (the receipt date of LC or I-140 application EB1 NIW /OR). |
| EB? | Employment Based Category (EB1-EB2-EB3 RIR etc). |
| Country | Country of citizenship. |
| Remarks | Other information (AVM message, RFE, Interview etc). |
Color Coding:
|
000 |
Used to identify "Got Receipts", "Got AP", "Got EAD", "Finished FPs" stages. |
|
000 |
I-485 approved. |
| If AP/EAD/AD Cell(s) is empty with white background means "Didn't apply" or "waiting". | |
|
000 |
Cell with gray text means "Data not available". |
|
000 |
Got FP notices but didn't do FPs yet (can also be used to track inactive users). |
|
000 |
Got RFE (used for AP, EAD, AOS). |
|
000 |
Case transferred to local INS on MM/DD for Interview. |
|
000 |
If handle has this background means this record is added after or around I-485 approval time. |
|
000 |
Block Summaries/Totals. |
About digit(s) next to sorted lists:
| 2. | Sorted lists based on Year and Month has two views. Click on Month name to get list based on Mailed Date, and Click on "2" to get secondary view for the same month based on Notification date. |
| 3. | In "Sorted lists" for RD, ND, AD secondary views are provided. Click on RD/ND/AD to see all records. If you click on "3" you will get secondary view where all those pink records (records that are added at or around approval time) are filtered. This is provided to facilitate app. calculations based on how many people are waiting infront of you and how long it will take for your approval at current speed. |
| 4. | Secondary view for "Sorted list by ND". Click on "4" to get list sorted by ND Year, ND month, FPDone, and ND. This may help to see if FP done date has any secondary infulence on approvals after ND. |
| 5. | Secondary view for "Sorted list by ND". Click on "5" to get list sorted by ND Year, ND month, AD, FPDone, and ND. This is to show all Approved cases in AD order and pending cases in FPDone order for that month. |