Thank you all. I talked with my lawyer and she told me that even EB3 catagory for Nepalese can apply for concurrent filing at this time. She did not guarantee though that it will be the same when I can apply after 3 months. I am hopeful that it will remain the same. The visa may be retrogessed for March 1, 2001 for all other countries except four listed, I think we can still file very quickly because we Nepalese do not have many H1bs/skilled labors who down the road becomes I485 applicants. Since the US govt annually gives 9800 I485 visas for every countries, we may not use them completely and it may be cause of this. If I am wrong and my lawyer is not updated/wrong, its going to be v tough for all of us to get a green card becuasue of the uncertainity surrounding our job, job location, layoff etc.. remember H1 first itself is a big trouble, dont know when you get laid off, then labor and I140 and now wait for I485 for 4-5 yrs...everything will add up to atleast 4-5yrs given that company applies for labor right after giving H1 which is not going to happen unless filed from the relative's company. So I would the wait wil be atleast 7-8 yrs. So, forget about the greencard. After all, in the event of changing jobs to other location, being laid off, promotion, company changing location, bankruptcy etc etc, will have to file the labor from the v beginning. Now that we cannot file I485, we are not protected by portability law which can save us from the diff factors listed above.