Congrats @samy malhotra! Hopefully, the interview for your spouse will be smooth! Yes, both of you can get approved at different times. Are you or your spouse from any of the full/partial banned countries? Maybe that was why the waiver was removed.

@E A thanks no we both are from same country which is not in the banned list

Congrats @samy malhotra. Did your case move to a local office and were you interviewed?

@Andy Gee no chated with live agent they told interview will be tehr for dependent but no date defined as of now.

do not rely on chat with live agent. if your case is approved via EB1 i guess the dependent s will be approved soon. probably this week or next unless they have any past records.

mine was approved Nov 1st and my dependent is still pending till now.

I’m in the same situation. I received my green card, but my spouse is still waiting. My wife has a travel document and a work permit — is it risky for her to travel?

hi @Leo Nebra what is the status of her gc. did you check with the live agent? when did you get gc? how long? do you have any other dependent as well?

Hi @samy malhotra is there any change to your dependent status? have you received your card yet? Thanks

yes @S K. i got my card but dependent still waiting to schedule for an interview.

@samy malhotra I was approved last week, and my spouse’s case is ready to be scheduled for interview as per status today. Any Idea what they might ask during interview? hopefully it will be smooth !

hi @S K, congrats on yours. did they updated online ready for interview schedule or you asked emma. for us we checked with live agent and they said we will be placed in line for an interview. they dont have any date for us. by the way what is your service center.

@samy malhotra they updated online today“case ready to be scheduled for interview”. NBC

hi @S K we got an update 2 hrs back about interview in NJ office. how about you. what usually they asked to derivative applicants. My son also needs to go for an interview.

hi @S K any update at u r end?

hi @samy malhotra no. still showing “case is ready to be scheduled for an interview” please do update their experience after the interview. good luck !

oh not now @S K they gave us 20th Feb. if you get any info what they are asking dependents of employment based applicant do let me know.

hi @S K did they updated yours?

@samy malhotra not yet

guys in the same boat, got i485 approved yesterday for myself (primary) and daughter (minor) but not for wife (Ead+ap combo approved), eb1 filed concurrently

@rishi_ rish congratulations on yours! what’s the status for your wife’s case? Is it ready for interview?

@samy malhotra my spouse’s interview is acheduled for Feb 27, a week after yours. please do update us your spouse’s experience after the interview. Also, in the documents section of interview notice point 2 mentions “bring i-693 evidence of medical exam and vaccination record in a sealed envelope (if not submitted within the last year). we submitted it along with our applications in October 2024. since the i-693 never expires if signed after November 2023, i assume this is just generic language used in the notice. what do you think?

@S K If your medical exam is from October 2024, you’ll need to go back to your doctor and redo only the TB injection part. We received an RFE for this in December 2025 and have already resubmitted it. If you don’t redo it, you can take a chance—your case might still get approved, but it depends on the officer reviewing it. In 2024, many applicants received RFEs for the same reason, just like we did. could you help me what document you will be sending along with your spouse. just wanted to validate. yes letter is generic

@samy malhotra when did you submit original i-693 form for your spouse? was it signed before nov 1,2023? if signed after nov 2023, why the RFE? what do you mean by injection? do you mean TB testing? I had a quick glance on the list of documents mentioned on the notice and will try to prepare all of them such as birth certificate, copies of primary’s approved gc/485 notice, evidence of relationship (marriage certificate,tax return, statments of joint bank accounts/credit card, health/auto insurance etc). I might have missed something, but will follow the instructions on the notice and prepare accordingly.

hi @S K We completed the medical exam when we initially filed in October 2024. Later, both my spouse and I received RFEs for TB testing. The doctor administered the required TB vaccination and attached our previous medical forms along with the new TB vaccination records. We mailed the complete RFE response package to USCIS in December 2025. My petition was approved after that, but my spouse’s is still pending. The medical form submitted in 2024 was valid until March 2025. After that, the new medical form requirement came into effect, which the doctors are aware of. I am not saying to do that but makinv you aware this is happening like in your case they even did not care and give approval

hi@S K its not Tb my bad its polio. sorry

@samy malhotra no problem and thank you for clarifying 😀luckily our CS was aware of Polio requirement, so we submitted ours with Polio included.

@S K got wife’s approval update today

@rishi_ rish great, congratulations

hi @samy malhotra , I hope your spouse’s interview goes smoothly today. good luck ! please do share their experience after the interview.

@samy malhotra hope everything went well with your spouse’s interview. i would appreciate if you could provide any insights that might be useful for my spouse who has interview coming up. Thank you 🙏🏻

hi @S K interview went well they are asking what document u submitted their system seems not to be in synch or any thing. no update from then looks like again entered in waiting circle for 120 days

@samy malhotra thank you for the update: hope it gets approved soon

@S K all the best for you guys when is the interview any update on that?

@samy malhotra interview was done today, it went fine, but status updates to ‘interview completed case must be reviewed’ . did you get the same status?

@S K no for me its interview scheduled only. no update in status. what at the last officer told her anything. for us she said she had lots of file she will review later and nothing after that. did they sign on a paper and did they finger print also only both index finger

@samy malhotra officer said she having some difficulty in locating principal’s file in the system, and might need do some more checks, yes they asked to sign on the paper and also both index finger prints taken

hi @S K any update at your end?

hi @S K any update on your derrivatives?

hi @samy malhotra yes, it has approved last week .. hope yours gets approved soon, if not already..

hi @S K congrats will you let me know api code please. for us its eventCode":"FTA1","createdAt":"2026-03-06","createdAtTimestamp":"2026-03-06T12:29:10.500Z","updatedAt":"2026-03-06","updatedAtTimestamp":"2026-03-06T12:29:10.500Z" but nothing after 6th march if you can share that would be great. how to track https://my.uscis.gov/account/case-service/api/cases/IOE0XXXXXX

hi @S K can you please reply if possible

@samy malhotra we paper filed and our case# does not start with IOE, so cannot get API updates.