We are finally greened

After a 5-year journey, we received green cards today.

There is the timeline for the 5-year journey:

EB2, Special heading sponsored by a university.
140: Priority date: August XX, 2004; Approved date: September XX, 2005
It stayed in a backlog center for one year.

485: Received date: July XX, 2006
Finger prints: In August, 2006 (the only prints we had)

Email notice of I485 approvals were received on Feb., 03, 2009
Paper notice of I485 approvals were received on Feb., 10, 2009
Green cards were arrived today.

In the journey, we called the custom services NN times, applied for and obtained AP twice, applied for EAD (never used it), prolonged H visas, re-motioned a denied H visa application, etc. We did not ask for help from congresspersons, senates, or the first lady, but did get lot of help and useful information from folks in the web, especially, from Xiaobaitu and PJIANG. We want to take this opportunity to thank you all.
We are not happy and excited at all, just feel released. Dear folks, please be patients. Yours is on the way.

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• congratulations! It looks like you can get it even after FP expi -needyourkindhelp- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/11/2009 postreply 13:26:39