I agree, I am waiting on eb2 and it’s been mainly family based for a couple of weeks

eb1-2 here. sitting duck

it’s weird bc USCIS says they’re prioritizing employment based. but doesn’t seem to be true?

How do you know they are doing more family based instead of employment based? where can you see that? I am EB3 in TSC and still waiting…

im in texas too eb3 case. more than 4 months ago I submitted my medical but heard nothing aftet that. i thought they were gonna approve it before October but no

same here .. eb1 3 .. had my interview in sept. waiting since then .. this is so frustrating

NIW eb2 was approved less than 5 months. I believe they are doing both equally.

@L S, solely based on the comments from the community…

Yes agree with Eleazer

@Realler Boat can you share the timeline of your NIW? what was approved in 5 months the I-140 or the I-485?

@JP my I140(NIW) took about 15 months to be approved from 23 March 2020 to 14th June 2021. I applied i485 on July 22 2021 and was approved on 6th December 2021.

congrats @Realler Boat, it was quite quick!

@realler boat Thanks for sharing 😊

@realler any idea how you got I-485 approved in such a short amount of time? I’m 12 months in

@Kim I don't know maybe it's NIW or my current state NC

@Kim what is your center or FO.

My timeline is similar to Realler Boat. Except I submitted both i140 and i485 concurrently on Feb 2020. My i140 was approved on April 2021 but I am still waiting on my i485 approval (22 months and waiting…). So based on my observations: 1) People that don’t submit concurrently get faster approvals. And 2) If you filed between Jan 2020 - Oct 2020, you fall within the COVID months when the offices were closed for practically 6 months and they somehow forgot about our applications (since I see a lot of approvals happening for people that applied after Oct 2020).

ours was applied Oct 20.. went through till the interview too.. but not moving since then .. eb1 c

@realler Texas service center. I’m 14 months waiting for I-485 to be approved

@LS that sucks because my I-485 was submitted mid October 2020 😩😩 I submitted both same time too. yours has to be outside of normal processing times now, right?

@Kim yes I’ve been waiting for almost 23 months. Processing time is 10-20 months. I submitted a Service Request and received a copy/paste answer just saying that my case was still in line to be processed. Which means nothing because everyone gets the same email response… I am trying to figure out what else can I do

did u have an interview yet ?

any updates anyone

still nothing

I had my eb1b case approved yesterday. it was processed at nbc. my interview was in San Jose FO on 1/12. in total it took 314 days (aos submission).

lucky you ms. I’m 400 days Texas service center no interview yet

Kim is urs emp based ?

@kim e nope Iam India born applicant. I applied for i140 in 2017 for eb2 and then in 2020 for eb1. so if you take all this in account I have been in line for 5 years :)

AS yes employment based. had two RFEs so far - first medical in June, then more clear passport photos in December

oh I see MS

Kim did y get ead/ap .. sone eb cases feel like they have fallen through cracks

yeah I got my first EAD quick last time. came January 2021. now we applied again in December

Still nothing. I’ve been officially waiting for 24 months for my i485 to get approved. I requested help from the congressman about at the beginning of January 2022 since I had already been out of processing time for about 3 months. The Congressman sent a letter to USCIS on my behalf but so far I haven’t heard back. It supposedly takes about 30 days to get a response so hopefully soon.

24 months is long. I’m 15 months in right now

well we lodged I131, I765, I140 and I485 concurrently on 10/29/2020 at Nebraska service center and still awaiting on I40 and I485. I131 got denied as we travelled and I765 got approved 01/26/2022.