Deb Ghosh
Nov 18, 2021
i485 approved
Thankful for people in this community and Reddit. We had our interview yesterday in Philadelphia. The officer was really nice and asked straight forward questions about our names, parents’ names, address, when/where we got married etc. But we had a major issue, the medical package had the surgeon’s signature missing. The officer said he’ll give an RFE, and we need to mail in the signed medical docs. He mentioned as we were leaving, that if we can return with a new sealed envelope with medical completed by the 4pm, he can approve it the same day. Fortunately we were able to. Pro tip: get a copy of medical doc from your doctor in addition to the sealed envelope, otherwise there’s no way to tell what’s missing.
IR-1/CR-1
U.S. citizen filing for a spouse
Total Days: 245 days
Case
2021-03-26
2021-11-26
I-765
150 Days
I-485
245 Days
National Benefits Center: I-765, I-485
Timeline Map
2021-03-26
I-765
I-485
Submission to USCIS
2021-07-29
I-765
I-485
D+125
Biometrics, i.e. fingerprint and photo
2021-08-23
I-765
D+150
Decision (Approval or Denial)
2021-10-07
I-485
D+195
Interview
2021-11-17
I-485
D+236
Request for Evidence(RFE) from USCIS
2021-11-26
I-485
D+245
Decision (Approval or Denial)
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Ab KNov 18, 2021
hey deb, congratulations. what’s your FO? how long was your case being reviewed for before it was approved? did you receive your combo card?
Deb GhoshNov 18, 2021
Thanks! FO is NBC. Not sure how long it was on review, already added my case timeline. By combo do you mean EAD? then yes, haven’t received the green card though.
Ab KNov 18, 2021
oh ok. my PD is September, 2021 and I gave my Bio in October , 2021. I wanted to see how much time will my application take before I receive my EAD and GC interview.
Deb GhoshNov 18, 2021
I don’t think the process is very streamlined and consistent. So, you can’t really estimate based on past data. Trying different ways to expedite really helps.
shan PathanNov 18, 2021
ur interview sone in aug 6 ? it was approved later ?
Deb GhoshNov 18, 2021
No, Aug 6 was when the i485 status changed to ready for interview. As I mentioned the interview itself was yesterday.
Mohammad arhamNov 18, 2021
What are they ways that you used to expedite
Deb GhoshNov 18, 2021
you can talk to an agent and ask to expedite. In my case contacting the local Senator helped. This was for EAD though, not the green card itself.
Mohammad arhamNov 18, 2021
What reason did you give to the senator
shan van WinkleNov 19, 2021
the doctor was supposed to give you a copy of your medical when you got the sealed envelope for uscis..
