Case Processing
traveling with advance parole
I travelled to my country and I wanted to share my experience traveling with advance parole.
I stayed over a month and came back like a week ago.
I was very worried about the waiting time at inmigration ( i had a connection flight) since I’ve been reading they are taking hours to check your information, but it only took like 30 mins. They took me to the back, took my fingerprints and picture and let me go. No questions at all. So I guess that really depends on the officer you land with.
Overall very smooth experience for me.
aos I-485 fiance
hello, we had our interview last week on a fiance visa AOS, we filed for i-485.
we were told our case would be updated within 24 hours on the account and the officer approved us for a police said that he could not make the final decision as it would have to be his supervisor. A week later our account moved to "actively being reviewed by USCIS" when will I hear something? has anyone had the same thing
Interview Scheduled EB1-A
Hi everyone,
I just had my interview scheduled for adjustment of status, and wanted to hear from others who have already had their I-485 interview under EB-1A.
Please share questions asked, if your dependent was also interviewed, anything can help! Thank you so much!
My details:
PD: 03/20/2025
I-140 approved: 04/04/2025
I-485 RD: 04/25/2025
MSC259051XXXX (no access to API)
I’m ROW
EB1-1
Extraordinary ability
Total Days: 286 days
Case
2025-04-25
Today
I-485
286 Days
National Benefits Center: I-485
Removal of conditional green card need Help
Does anyone in Philadelphia know how to file a removal of conditional green card in Philadelphia if yes please I need help you can comment below and we can link up I’ll pay thank you…. I am filing by April 2026 thank you.
IR-1/CR-1
U.S. citizen filing for a spouse
Total Days: 405 days
Case
2023-06-23
2024-08-01
I-485
405 Days
I-601
38 Days
National Benefits Center: I-485, I-601
how much you paid your lawyer vawa?
I’m especially curious:
– How much did you pay your lawyer overall (including the VAWA filing)?
– Were you charged extra for responding to a Request for Evidence (RFE)?
– Where are you based (state/city), if you’re comfortable sharing?
For context:
I applied for VAWA back in 2021 and paid my original lawyer $8,000. Fast forward almost five year that lawyer has now resigned, and I’ve received an RFE.
I’m switching attorneys and having a new lawyer take over the case just to review the file and respond to the RFE. She’s still working on the retainer, but so far I’ve already paid about $1,700 just for her to review the paperwork without committing to it and not a deep dive.
She said once she goes page by page, her rate will be $600–700 per hour, and she estimates it could take around three hours. At this point, it feels like I’ll end up close to $10,000 total for the whole process.
Would really appreciate hearing others’ experiences what’s normal, what’s high, and whether RFEs usually mean extra legal fees like this.
how long do I have to wait to get greened
hello friends I been waiting from over 2 years now and no good news yet I don’t have money to file mandamus due to my disability I don’t work is there any other thing I can do to expedite this
Asylum
Based on grant of asylum more than 1 year ago
Total Days: 833 days
Case
2023-10-26
Today
I-485
833 Days
National Benefits Center: I-485
Decision time after RFE response is received for Eb1c in premium processing
USCIS received my RFE response on 15 Dec for eb1c in premium. I am on business day 34 today. Any idea how long has USCIS been taking to provide decisions after RFE response is received? Also I was issued an RFE on BD 38 if that matters. The RFE also was a boilerplate RFE with some stuff pointed out that had been already submitted. #eb1c #pp
