If you want to file 485 asap, you should try EB1? The EB2 backlog for ROW will be more huge than ever before. My PD is Nov 2022 for EB2. I waited almost 1 year to file. If US doesn’t reform immigration, the later PD will experience a longer wait time to file 485 even applicant is from ROW. Sooner or later, ROW might also have cut off date for EB1.

what’s ROW ?

row = rest of World. My PD is nov 23 and still waiting approval

@Jk n you mean October 2025? that will be almost 800 days of waiting

@H N what will happen in two weeks? can I file aos?

@Jim HSU i don’t know if I qualify for Eb1? but I waited almost one year and still can not file

@adam smith EB1B should be easier. If you can pass NIW, EB1B is doable. Yeah. I was very surprised that I can’t file 485 when I got 140 approval. Unless they increase visa number quota per year that is set many decades ago, the backlog is getting worse.

@Jk n interesting. i just need table b be current so that I can stay in us legally. my stem opt expires in Nov-2025

@Jim HSU someone has to sponsor you for eb1b. i don’t have any company or school doing that for me

@adam smith I see. EB1B needs sponsor.

in my understanding is that right now USCIS tries to play it safe so there won’t be any retrogression. I expect and hope that next few months (by the end of the year the filling day will reach the maximum month so that the final action day can reach to.

@iordanis kesisog thanks! so you think dates of filing, which is at August-2023 as of now, will move again?

Correct. Logically thinking it is simply not possible for the government to allow a higher backlog than the year before. What has happened before is to not allow further eb2 applications so that the backlog to decrease. I really believe that we will see a couple of months of jump in November and another one as we move from December to January. I don’t really care about FAD as it is more important to get a work permit and travel visa that is possible when you file for i485. if anyone has another opinion about the day movement please feel free to share

@iordanis kesisog i hope you are right in your logic that government does not want to increase backlog but I think backlog is growing every day. i also hope that there is some more movement in coming months but I think August-2023 might be the maximum they will let it move.

@Jk n fingers crossed!!!

408 days since submission. No decision yet. Still waiting. It is nerve wrecking.

@Sidique Gawusu are you able to file for adjustment of status? are you current according to Visa Bulletin table B?

@adam smith I am now outside the US. Besides I have not been approved yet. My PD is 25 August. I am still waiting for a decision.

@Sidique Gawusu hope you get approved soon! are you doing consular processing? were you oj f-1 before you left the US?

@adam smith I will be doing consular processing. I was on F1 visa before I lef the US. But I am out of status now.

@Sidique Gawusu good luck! which consulate are you going to go for your interview?

@adam smith I'm currently in Ghana, but I hope to do the processing in China. I will go there this month for work. . Which would you recommend?

@Sidique Gawusu i wish I knew but China might be faster overall

@adam smith thanks. Much appreciated.