looks like USCIS can approve cases without visa availability. however, they don’t do it that often. this was a question for me too why not us.

@Kay Thompson @mo mass with concurrent filing I-130 can be approved even though final action date is not current. The final action date only applies to I-485 not I-130. My I-130 was approved after 13 months and now I am waiting for visa bulletin to be current so that they can process I-485. Visa availability refers to green card which is I-485 not I-130

@Ivan R but I filed concurrent my PD for I-130 is October 27,2023

@Kay Thompson it also depends on a service center. I was at NBC

@Ivan R ok so basically California service center is slow then