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Oct 18, 2025
🙏EB1A GC Approved 🎉🎊- Cross Chargebility Experience 🧿
✅ EB1A Self-Petition Journey — Approved After a Long Wait (Cross-Chargeability Case) • Category: EB1A (Self-Petition, Self-Filed I-140, EAD , AP and AOS) • Priority Date: September 2023 • Primary: India • Spouse: Rest of World (ROW Cross-Chargeability) Our case was transferred to the Dallas Field Office (FO) after being linked for cross-chargeability, and we attended our AOS interview in April 2024. Timeline Highlights: • Primary applicant’s EAD approved before interview, and AP approved after interview (corrected after a Congressman inquiry due to initial PD issue). • Dependent’s EAD and AP approved before interview since ROW was current. • The Dallas officer was very kind, and the interview went smoothly — no white paper issued. He mentioned it might take 3–4 months for a decision. However, by September 2025, after interview nearly six months of waiting for decision , our status changed to “cases paused - Visa not available” for both cases due to the ROW quota being exhausted at the end of the fiscal year. We did not raise any inquiries (Emma, SR, or Congressman) after that. But once the new quota opened in October 2025, the ROW numbers were refreshed, and our cases automatically moved forward. On October 17, 2025, we received the long-awaited case approval notices! 🎉 This journey has taught us that patience, faith, and perseverance truly pay off. To everyone still waiting hang in there. Your day will come too. ✨

EB1-1

Extraordinary ability

Total Days: 391 days
Case
2024-09-27
2025-10-23
I-485
391 Days
National Benefits Center: I-485
Timeline Map
2024-09-27
I-485
Submission to USCIS
2024-11-25
I-485
D+59
Biometrics, i.e. fingerprint and photo
2025-03-28
I-485
D+182
Interview
2025-10-23
I-485
D+391
Decision (Approval or Denial)
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Sa VeOct 18, 2025
Congratulations 🎉 May I know how did you realize your application had incorrect PD and how exactly to fix it ?
s sOct 18, 2025
our files got separated and my wife got AP before interview that means visa allocated not for me and it is separated and cross chargebility didn’t get applied
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Sa VeOct 18, 2025
thanks for your response @s s . I may need to do something similar.. how did you remedy it ? And did USCIS confirm that they had it wrong originally ?
kevin 123Oct 18, 2025
congratulations @s s !!!!!! after the interview file was moved to NBC or sitting at FO
T AOct 18, 2025
congratulations 👏👏👏🎉🎉🎉
s sOct 18, 2025
@Kevin 123 FO
Aay jayOct 19, 2025
hey. congratulations could you please tell me interview questions? anything related to i-140?
s sOct 19, 2025
@Aay jay Even though my case was EB1A!!! interview was based cross chargebility so mostly marriage question 70% and employment 20% and 10% yes no from i485
Aay jayOct 19, 2025
20 employment questions ! you means future employment ?
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kk MOct 21, 2025
May I ask if you status said something like “Visa bulletin not current or case held in abeyance” when the case was paused?
s sOct 22, 2025
@kk M Sept 2025 visa not available status before the reset of visa quota on Oct 2025
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Pratyoosh GawadeOct 28, 2025
Is it possible to share attorney details who helped you with EB-1A Thanks

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