My employer started my application, November 2001...
My wife and I received our greencards JUNE 2005...
EB2 or EB3?
It’s a blur when mine started. First, I was switched to H1B. Then they decided not to file for a few years because of a soft labor market. Then filed the LC in 2005 under RIR, which typically took 6 months, but that got shoved to a backlog reduction center for 2 years. Finally applied, I140 and I485 concurrently under EB2 because there are always visa numbers available. Now, it looks like they are lumping everyone together. I hate being close to done and then some stupid cr@p like this happens that pushes everyting back.