R D
Nov 11, 2022
I140-EB1 approved
Hello everyone,
Posting my I140-EB1 approval, because I’ve been an almost silent member of this community but got a lot of insights/value from it. I filed concurrently I-140 NIW and AOS back in June/21 and had an RFE in July/22. Decided with the lawyer to petition for EB1/PP before answering the RFE. It paid off.
I have a strong feeling that our response to the RFE would also be approved but I strongly believe that the EB1 criteria are way less subjective. Meeting the 3 required criteria is a much more binary decision than discussing national relevance and other prongs for NIW.
Wish you all best of luck!
EB2-NIW
Advanced degrees or exceptional ability requesting a National Interest Waiver
Total Days: 1163 days
Case
2021-06-22
2024-08-28
I-765
396 Days
I-131
398 Days
I-485
1152 Days
Nebraska Service Center: I-765, I-131, I-485
Timeline Map
2021-06-22
I-485
Priority Date
2021-06-22
I-765
I-131
Submission to USCIS
2021-07-03
I-485
D+11
Submission to USCIS
2021-08-17
I-765
I-131
D+56
Biometrics, i.e. fingerprint and photo
2022-07-23
I-765
D+396
Decision (Approval or Denial)
2022-07-25
I-131
D+398
Decision (Approval or Denial)
2024-03-13
I-485
D+995
Biometrics, i.e. fingerprint and photo
2024-08-28
I-485
D+1163
Decision (Approval or Denial)
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A AlphaNov 11, 2022
Congratulations - Unto the next victory
the best always happensNov 11, 2022
congrats. what attorney did you work with?
J PNov 11, 2022
congrats! 🥳🥳did you interfile your NIW I-485 or sent a new I-485 for the eb1?
R DNov 11, 2022
Leaf Law in Miami FL.
R DNov 11, 2022
The same I-485 will be used- not needed to file and (pay fees) again.
J PNov 11, 2022
@Ricardo D. oh I though your I-485 was approved. I read it wrong. We have a similar case. Applied concurrently for an NIW in March 2021, and then applied to EB1B with PP on April 2022. Both are already approved, and we’re waiting for our Interfiling. But we’ve noticed that the applications that filled a new I-485 in 2022 have had faster answers than the interfilign. But as with everything with USCIS there’s a lot of luck in the middle. Sometimes paying the fees again it’s with it
R DNov 11, 2022
@J P, I see. As I recently receive the combo card, I didn’t even consider to file a new I-485. What you call interfiling is a letter to USCIS informing request the AOS to use a different I-140 approval, right? Is there by any chance a specific form for that? My lawyer told me that there isn’t.
J PNov 11, 2022
@Ricardo D yes there is a process, it’s officially called “transfer of underlying basis”, informallly Interfiling. You have to send a form I-485J to a new California office that is only for Interfiling. You’ll receive a receipt for That form, but not the Interfiling per se, since that is an administrative process inside the USCIS.
You can find more info here:
https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/green-card-processes-and-procedures/fiscal-year-2023-employment-based-adjustment-of-status-faqs
and here:
https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-7-part-a-chapter-8
R DNov 12, 2022
thanks, JP
am eliaDec 3, 2022
when do you think i485 will be approved?
R DDec 6, 2022
2-3 months.
