beulah s
Aug 3, 2022
I-140 approved after 11 months
Finally my #NIW I-140 got approved after almost a year of anxiety. I don’t have that many publications so I was stressing out the whole time. I submitted my I-140 in Sept. 2021 in Nebraska and filed my EAD, I-131, and I-485 in January 2022.
There were speculations that filing concurrently slows down the process but I think I’m lucky enough that my case got approved within a reasonable timeline. I’m also lucky to not have shed $2500 for premium processing.
EB2-NIW
Advanced degrees or exceptional ability requesting a National Interest Waiver
Total Days: 412 days
Case
2021-09-03
2022-10-20
I-140
333 Days
I-765
204 Days
I-485
273 Days
Nebraska Service Center: I-140
National Benefits Center: I-765, I-485
Timeline Map
2021-09-03
I-140
Priority Date
2021-09-03
I-140
Submission to USCIS
2022-01-06
I-485
D+125
Priority Date
2022-01-06
I-765
D+125
Submission to USCIS
2022-01-20
I-485
D+139
Submission to USCIS
2022-03-30
I-485
D+208
Biometrics, i.e. fingerprint and photo
2022-07-29
I-765
D+329
Decision (Approval or Denial)
2022-08-02
I-140
D+333
Decision (Approval or Denial)
2022-10-20
I-485
D+412
Decision (Approval or Denial)
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Lhkro TAug 3, 2022
yes you're lucky because we have a bunch of NIW at NSC have been waiting between 400 and 500 days lol.
congrats anyway
beulah sAug 3, 2022
@m&m I felt like they were processing backwards the last few weeks. there were many approvals of cases later than mine the past few weeks. I hope yours gets approved soon. I got the notification from case tracker
beulah sAug 3, 2022
@lhkro T I’m not the luckiest one. mine was actually pretty normal as NSC has approved a lot of 2022 cases already. I feel bad for those in the slow pile but at least they can do PP now. many have already been approved through PP
beulah sAug 4, 2022
@m&m that’s how I felt until they got to my case. hang in there. not lawfully. search case tracker on the App Store. lawfully updated later for me
JT C.Aug 9, 2022
nice to hear. how many citations do you have? I am in similar situation.
liberty statueAug 11, 2022
congrats!
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