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F3 approved today! 14 years of waiting
Hi everyone! I’ve been following others’ timelines and it was helpful to soothe my anxiety, so here’s mine.
- My F3 priority date is April 12, 2012, and it became current as of the visa bulletin of July 2026.
- My I130 was approved in 2017.
- I filed my I485 on October 2025.
- I had my biometrics done on November 2025, when I had the first FTA0 (three on that same day; I considered them as one).
- The second FTA0 was an update on May 11, 2026, and the message changed to “currently processing.”
- The third FTA0 was on September 1, 2026, but there were no new updates; it pointed back to the May 11 update.
- On September 10, there were two silent updates with a few hours apart.
- Twenty-four hours later, my case was approved on September 11, 2026, with two H008.
- We had a few other silent updates in June, July, and August.
Nothing else happened apart from that. No RFE, no interview, nothing. Just a bunch of silence, anxiety and prayers.
May God bless all of us 🙏🏻
F3
U.S. citizen filing for a married son or daughter over 21
Total Days: 336 days
Case
2025-10-10
2026-09-11
I-485
336 Days
National Benefits Center: I-485
Timeline Map
2025-10-10
I-485
Submission to USCIS
2026-09-11
I-485
D+336
Decision (Approval or Denial)
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