chasing green card
Nov 26, 2025
I-485 Case Errors & Delay
Honestly guys , when people ask how I’m doing, I never know where to begin, because my life hasn’t been life — it’s been survival on expert mode. USCIS has had me running in circles for years, and every time I try to breathe, another storm hits.
Back in 2021, I had to file two I-601 waivers — one for my I-485 and one for TPS. Both were approved, and TPS was even approved the same day. But instead of attaching one waiver to my green card case and one to TPS like any normal agency would, USCIS put both waivers under my TPS case and marked them as duplicates, leaving my I-485 with no waiver attached at all. Their mistake. Not mine.
Because of that error, they denied my I-485 saying the waiver was “missing,” even though I paid for it, filed it, and it was literally approved. I had to file a Motion to Reopen — which thankfully was approved — only for them to turn around and tell me they couldn’t fix their own mistake and that I needed to file a brand-new I-601. So I swallowed the pain, paid again, filed again, and waited again. That second waiver didn’t get approved until 2025.
By that point, if USCIS had handled things correctly from day one, I would’ve already been a permanent resident, working on becoming a U.S. citizen by now. Instead, I’m still here fighting every inch, every month, every year.
I submitted my medicals, my husband’s financials, taxes, W-2s — everything — on September 25, 2025, and since then my case has been sitting there like a forgotten file in the bottom drawer. No update. No officer movement. No nothing.
And all of this isn’t just paperwork stress — it touches every part of my life.
Financially, I’ve been carrying everything, paying for forms and lawyers, losing opportunities I should’ve had by now.
Emotionally, this process has drained me to the bone — anxiety, sleepless nights, constant fear of the unknown.
Family-wise, it affects my marriage, my stability, every plan we try to build.
Health-wise, the stress alone could be a whole diagnosis.
Community-wise, I’ve had to sit on the sidelines of life because my status holds me hostage.
Every hardship category they ask for in a waiver? I lived all five of them, line by line, year after year.
Some days I feel like I’m walking through fire with gasoline on my clothes, but I still show up, I still pray, I still fight. Because I know my story deserves a better ending than this. At this point, I’m preparing to file a mandamus by myself, because clearly if I don’t push, nothing moves.
So if you see me tired, distant, or fed up… it’s because I’ve been carrying a whole battle on my back for years. This isn’t just an immigration case — it’s a testimony in progress, and one way or another, I will finish it.
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Sheero LauraNov 26, 2025
you deserve a good ending 🤞
chasing green card Nov 26, 2025
@Sheero Laura
received it in the Jesus name Amen
Kiana KNov 26, 2025
You deserved good ending ❤️❤️❤️.
chasing green card Nov 26, 2025
@E K I hope so too 😭
Kim FNov 26, 2025
it shall end in praise 🙏🏾 sorry you are going through this, have you tried contacting your local congressman or woman?
chasing green card Nov 27, 2025
@E K thank you
I did yesterday
Kiana KNov 27, 2025
@this journey is not easy Congratulations 🎊.
chasing green card Nov 27, 2025
@E K I'll take it in advance thank you
