Dongho Oh
Oct 28, 2022
I-485 finally approved after Case Remains Pending for 40 days
I thought it would never come this moment very until today in the morning. When I completed my morning work and joined to have lunch with my wife, I found this notification from my tracker app "New Card Is Being Produced" which I dreamed of every day especially for the last month.
I hope everyone else in this community will get your cases approved very soon and wanted to share my timeline here.
EB2-1
Aug 2021 - PERM filed
Feb 2022 - PERM approved
Mar 2022 - I-140 Premium Processing Filed/Approved
Mar 23 2022 - I-485 / I-765 / I-131 Filed after I-140 approval
May 12 2022 - Fingerprints taken
Aug 2022 - I-131 and I-765 approved
Sep 19 2022 - I-485J approved and I-485 status changed to Case Remains Pending since then
Oct 28 2022 - I-485 approved
I don't think it was a fast approval compared to the cases filed recently, but I think it wasn't very bad as there are many other people whose cases are so much delayed.
My case was at NBC all the time, and even when I checked with Emma last time 2~3 weeks ago to request any feedback for my current status. She submitted inquery for me to Tier-2 officer who will be answering to the inquery by phone or email within 30 days. It has been 3 weeks and today I got response that there will be a callback from USCIS customer center with regards to my inquery within 1~2 days, then suddenly my cases have been approved very soon on the same date. I don't know if there is any correlation between these, but at least it seems very coincident.
As far as I heard back from Emma, there was no transfer to any of field offices at all. Recently I saw some article that NBC will no longer approve AOS cases, but it doesn't seem true unless my case has been transferred to FO for the past two weeks that I haven't checked with Emma.
EB2-1
Advanced degree or exceptional ability
Total Days: 228 days
Case
2022-03-24
2022-11-07
I-485
228 Days
National Benefits Center: I-485
Timeline Map
2021-08-27
I-485
D-209
Priority Date
2022-03-24
I-485
Submission to USCIS
2022-05-12
I-485
D+49
Biometrics, i.e. fingerprint and photo
2022-11-07
I-485
D+228
Decision (Approval or Denial)
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Hope kOct 29, 2022
Congratulations! Just a quick question about 485j. I received 485j “fee waived notice.” Is that what you got? I’m trying to determine if receipt notice is different from Approvals?!?!?!?
Dongho OhOct 29, 2022
@Hope k
Thank you. No it was saying explicitly that my 485J has been approved as far as I remember.
Hope kOct 29, 2022
Ok…thanks!
Dongho OhOct 29, 2022
@Kevin thank you! Hope you hear good news soon too!
Tristen LeighNov 1, 2022
Congrats! could you tell me how to access Ema chat?
Dongho OhNov 1, 2022
@Tristen Thanks! I just googled Emma Chat Uscis. You may be able to see some popup-like window on right side of the browser when you open it. In order to chat with a real person you may need to choose "live agent" options until you are finally connected with them.
Tristen LeighNov 1, 2022
I appreciate your support. I will try to what you instructed!
