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Approved in 24 hours my Residency 🎉🇺🇸
If anyone’s interested, I’m happy to share a detailed summary of our green card interview experience.
But for now, here’s a quick note:
We had our interview recently, and I can tell you the officer assigned to us was not friendly at all — very strict, very serious. It was a stressful experience, but we stayed calm, answered everything honestly, and followed all instructions.
Thankfully, even though it felt tense and uncertain at the time, the decision came faster than we expected, and we were approved without them asking for a single document — even though we brought a full folder and a photo album just in case.
If this helps anyone going through the process:
Be honest, be prepared, and stay calm — even if the officer seems tough.
Let me know if you’d like more details — I’m happy to share.
it’s been 1 year and 3 months and a half
hey guys, my spouse and I applied for for I130. PD is March 21th. our receipt date is March 27th. we haven’t heard from them since then. Come August it will be 17 month. we tried to expedite it last year in December through our senator. it did not work. we tried calling last year. they said it was 14 months now it says 17 months. we are at the Potomac service center. they moved us to the Vermont service center without telling us anything.
time is going by… when we log into our USCIS portal it use to show 14 months estimated time until decision. now it’s showing 4 months.
no news whatsoever, what should I do? please help 😞😞
AOS receipt notice
Hello,
Has anyone recently submitted their AoS application to the Elgin, IL lockbox and still waiting for a receipt notice via text or mail? How many days have you been waiting?
Also, for those who have received their receipt notice, how many days did you wait after your application was delivered to the service center?
I-485 pending , marry and add spouse
I am currently residing outside of usa . I intend to marry a U.S.-based EB-3 applicant who is an RN nurse. She filed her I-485 on April 26, 2023, when the Date for Filing was current. Her I-140 has been approved, i-485 pending and she is currently in the U.S. on EAD/AP while waiting for her priority date (now retrogressed to April 3, 2023 under Final Action Date) to become current. We are planning to marry in Nepal soon, before her green card is approved. After marriage, she plans to return to the U.S. and update her I-485 to include me as a derivative spouse. What is the correct process for her to add me, and what forms or steps are required to ensure I can obtain an immigrant visa through her EB-3 petition once her priority date is current,lso how much time it stake for i-485 to get approved after the date being current, and what are the steps for both the person?"
I130
Hi everyone, just trying to bring some light, for this process a few things I learned is, don’t compare your case to others, usually people have prior marriages, some visa issues or marriage too close to the filling date, so that requires more evidence, and more evidence = more time. I know we all go through the same route but every case is particular, why some people move faster than others? case complexity and service center processing time. Some cases are way more simple, and straightforward, no mistakes in the form filling, so again, don’t compare your case to other people because every single one of them have their own particularity. If you fill the I130 correctly with all information, have no prior marriage and never had any visa issues, had proof of bonafide marriage, it’s likely your case will move faster than others. But even taking longer or not, I hope everyone gets their case approved 🫶🏼
God bless
i 130 interview
so my husband filed for my kids in Africa, in 2021. i am here in the us i got my greencard in 2023, my kids have just got a notice for interview, but it didn't go through nvc, i have gotten the actual letter am just wondering how is this possible? they just have 130 online nothing else am confused 😕
IR-1/CR-1
U.S. citizen filing for a spouse
Total Days: 1553 days
Case
2021-06-08
2025-09-08
I-130
1553 Days
I-485
783 Days
I-131
491 Days
Texas Service Center: I-130
National Benefits Center: I-485, I-131
