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vawa and 485 transfer
I’ve had a pending VAWA case for 5 years now, and both my VAWA and I-485 were transferred on the same day. I got an mail saying they were transferred to NBC MO. I’m just wondering what the most likely next update is.
For those whose cases were transferred to NBC, what happened next in your case? Did you get an approval, an interview, an RFE, or something else? I’d really appreciate it if you could share your timeline or experience. Thanks!
Approval
We filed for my wife in 25 November 2025. We did not use a lawyer. We watched a lot of youtube videos on filling out our application online. We submitted a ton of pictures with details of who, when, what was in the pictures. After a few months of perfecting our application we submitted.
The interview was ok. Details of our meeting, dating, marriage. Briefly touched on consular process outside of the US, but interviewer answered herself with "family separation" as we have a 2 year old together.
We got worried as all the immigration news kept coming out. but after waiting faithfully, my wife finally got approved.
IR-1/CR-1
U.S. citizen filing for a spouse
Total Days: 224 days
Case
2025-11-26
2026-07-08
I-485
224 Days
National Benefits Center: I-485
i-751 case status minor update
Last year in 2025 July they changed for every the statuses saying “ Case is still being proven by USCIS”, and that was discussed everywhere.
but now I see they changed mine to “USCIS is currently processing the case” does that mean they started actually reviewing it? or something else? did anyone’s status also switch?
Esta espera es tan injusta
En mi vida quiero volver a pasar un proceso como éste. y lo que faltaaaaaaaaa, es una incertidumbre demasiado grande estando lejos de su familia 😪😔sin saber ni el dia ni la hora.
IR-1/CR-1
U.S. citizen filing for a spouse
Total Days: 554 days
Case
2024-12-31
Today
I-130
554 Days
Texas Service Center: I-130
28 months no RFE two interviews
this is my advice to everyone don’t let these lawyers intimidate you take matters into your hand do whatever you can to reach out to A senator or a congressman in your area to start reaching out to USCIS keep everything on record and make notes when next Follow Up should be
That’s the only way that we got things moving. The file was thrown aside for sure, and there was no timestamp movement as soon as we did Reach out back in January to a congressman. It moved first time second time another time stamp up in April May again and then lastly Called the Congressman’s office multiple times and reached out by mail and they were able to get a response on my case will be Finalized and a decision will be made in 30 days
This was on 1 July 6 of July the case got accepted
IR-1/CR-1
U.S. citizen filing for a spouse
Total Days: 819 days
Case
2024-04-09
2026-07-07
I-130
344 Days
I-485
819 Days
Potomac Service Center: I-130
National Benefits Center: I-485
Found a tool that shows you real cases getting approved every day. It genuinely helped the wait. MyCasesHub
The worst part of waiting on USCIS is the silence. You have no idea if approvals are even happening or if everyone in your boat is just as stuck as you. Someone pointed me to MyCasesHub and there is a section called Today's Lucky Ones that changed how I felt about the wait.
It shows actual cases that got approved on a given day, the real receipt number, the form type, and when they were filed. You can pick any day from the past week, filter to your own form type and service center, and just see people like you getting approved in real time. When I saw I-485 cases at my service center clearing, filed around the same time as mine, it was the first time in months I felt like I was actually in a moving line and not a black hole.
There is a Denied and an RFE view too if you want the full picture instead of just the good news.
It is free and you do not even need an account to look:
https://mycaseshub.com/insights
