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I-485 APPROVED! F2A journey complete — full timeline (Cranbury, NJ) - AOS INDIA
It's official, approved! Wrapping up this series with the final post.
Quick context for anyone new here: F2A category, spouse of a green card holder, both of us originally from India, adjustment of status (AOS) since I was already in the US.
Full timeline:
I-130 filed: June 12, 2024
I-485 filed: September 5, 2024
Biometrics: October 2, 2024
I-765 (EAD) approved: October 4, 2024
I-131 (Advance Parole) approved: February 24, 2025
Interview: July 7, 2026, Cranbury NJ (New Jersey Central Field Office)
I-130 approved: July 7, 2026 (same day as interview)
FTA1 on I-485: July 7, 2026 (about 4-5 hours after interview)
Silent update (no new event, just updatedAt touched) on I-485: July 16, 2026, three times in one day
H008 (approval) on I-485: July 17, 2026, the very next day after those silent updates
I-485 Approval Notice dated: July 17, 2026
Total time from I-130 filing to full approval: just over 2 years.
One thing worth sharing for anyone obsessively refreshing the API like we were: the day before our approval, we saw three silent updates on the same day, meaning the updatedAt timestamp moved multiple times but no new event code showed up. At the time it was confusing, but looking back it lined up almost exactly with the case being finalized, since the actual H008 approval posted the very next day. So if you start seeing repeated same day silent updates after a stretch of nothing, that might be a good sign things are moving behind the scenes even before a new code appears.
Our FTA1 to H008 gap ended up being 10 days total, faster than most examples I found researching other people's cases (16-22 days seemed more typical).
We did not hire a lawyer. We prepared everything on our own, forms, evidence, interview prep, all of it. A big shout out to Kseniya from the Kseniya International YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@KseniyaInternational), her videos helped us a lot with understanding the forms and getting a sense of real interview experiences and petition details. We also leaned on other online resources and used AI to help organize our prep. The day before our interview, we did a mock interview with a former immigration officer through the Lawfully app, which helped calm our nerves and gave us a good feel for what to expect.
If you want more detail, here are our earlier posts in this series:
I-130 approval and interview experience: https://www.reddit.com/r/USCIS_F2A/comments/1ura04f/i130_approval_heres_the_full_interview_experience/
Timeline post: https://www.reddit.com/r/USCIS_F2A/comments/1ura3gk/last_one_in_this_series_full_timeline_for_our_case/
Huge thank you to this community, reading everyone's timelines and experiences genuinely helped us stay sane through the waiting. Hope our posts helped some of you too. Good luck to everyone still in the process, you've got this. 🙏
F2A
Permanent resident filing for a spouse or child under 21
Total Days: 765 days
Case
2024-06-12
2026-07-17
I-130
756 Days
I-765
29 Days
I-131
174 Days
I-485
680 Days
National Benefits Center: I-130, I-765, I-131, I-485
Timeline Map
2024-06-12
I-130
Submission to USCIS
2024-09-05
I-131
I-485
I-765
D+85
Submission to USCIS
2024-09-13
I-485
D+93
Biometrics, i.e. fingerprint and photo
2024-10-04
I-765
D+114
Decision (Approval or Denial)
2025-02-26
I-131
D+259
Decision (Approval or Denial)
2026-06-03
I-130
I-485
D+721
Interview
2026-07-08
I-130
D+756
Decision (Approval or Denial)
2026-07-17
I-485
D+765
Decision (Approval or Denial)
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