Ax, thanks for your timeline. Very nice of you to share. It was kinda hard to decipher your acronyms, I guessed: RD = (application) received date (by USCIS) and AD = approval date. Am I even close? Seems like a great turnaround. Just 2 days for PERM? Why did you wait 2 months between PERM and I-140, and, 1 month between I-140 and 1-485 processes? I thought you could file I-140 and I-485 together, am I mistaken? Well, we are about to start our EB-2 process very soon. The employer is doing it for us. Being a complete novice in this area, I was trying to figure out the roadmap of the entire process. From what I could gather from above, there are basically three major steps involved. Please tell me if I am wrong or missed anything. PERM I-140 I-485 - Advance Parole - EAD Thanks.