Tina C
Jun 28, 2024
Mandamus lawsuit to card in hand!!
I finally received my green card after 660 days 🙌
I’m glad I filed mandamus lawsuit otherwise I don’t know how long the wait would be. I reached out to congressman twice and state senator twice. All I got was just generic responses. Nothing helped me.
I didn’t even get EAD and couldn’t work since my work visa expired in Nov 2022…
I’ll share my lawsuit timeline here. Hope this helps you who are thinking to sue! 😁
2/8 Lawsuit on file
2/15 All the defendants were served
(deadline for USCIS decision set 4/15)
4/2 USCIS scheduled us for the interview
(they extended deadline to 5/9)
4/22 Interview
4/29 I-130 was approved
5/9 USCIS issued RFE
(they extended deadline again to 7/9)
5/31 Reply to RFE
6/15 I-485 was approved
6/27 Card was delivered
The interview was 2 hours long… First 45min was with my husband and it went smoothly. Then the officer let my husband go and left me alone for further interview. He asked me so many questions about my immigration history like my previous job and how I got the work visa etc (I came to the U.S. with J1 visa. I went back to my country once and came back with E2 visa)
RFE was about my previous job and the visa. I also had to submit all the W2 I got past 5 years and paystubs…
IR-1/CR-1
U.S. citizen filing for a spouse
Total Days: 899 days
Case
2022-09-06
2025-02-21
I-130
601 Days
I-485
660 Days
I-765
899 Days
National Benefits Center: I-130, I-485, I-765
Timeline Map
2022-09-06
I-765
I-485
I-130
Submission to USCIS
2024-04-29
I-130
D+601
Decision (Approval or Denial)
2024-05-09
I-485
D+611
Request for Evidence(RFE) from USCIS
2024-05-31
I-485
D+633
Response to RFE
2024-06-27
I-485
D+660
Decision (Approval or Denial)
2025-02-21
I-765
D+899
Decision (Approval or Denial)
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12/19/2022 marcaJun 28, 2024
congrats!!! you sued them alone or with a lawyer?
minni mJun 28, 2024
congratulations.. how much cost need for this??
w s 🇨🇦🇺🇸Jun 28, 2024
congrats. it sounds like they were suspicious about your maintaining your status? did you marry a citizen?
JP GGJun 28, 2024
can you share the lawyer who helped you filed the mandamus?
Tina CJun 28, 2024
@12/19/2022 marca Thank you!! I sued with a lawyer.
Tina CJun 28, 2024
@jannat munni Thank you!! It was $5300 including filing fee. They offer $500 discount if you pay all at once. I opened new credit card account to pay for this because I wanted the discount. I’m in debt 💸😭
Tina CJun 28, 2024
@w s 🇨🇦🇺🇸 I’m married to a citizen who was born in the US. According to my lawyer, the person who has some visa histories tends to get more questions from USCIS than the person who just came here.
Tina CJun 28, 2024
@JP GG The lawyer is Jim Hacking. He has YouTube channel about immigration.
AAA omoJun 28, 2024
congratulations
w s 🇨🇦🇺🇸Jun 28, 2024
@Tina C makes sense. I’ve had 4 work visa s
Lau LJun 29, 2024
congrats!! 🎉🎊 Happy to hear that you finally got it! 👏🏻
Tina CJun 29, 2024
@AAA omo Thank you!!
Tina CJun 29, 2024
@w s 🇨🇦🇺🇸 Really! But not every one gets many questions from them. Depends on the officer who checks your case. I had just bad luck lol.
Tina CJun 29, 2024
@Lau L Thank you!! ☺️ You are the next!!
Ismael YGJun 29, 2024
@Tina C I filed November 2022 and got my I-130 approved sep 2023 still waiting for the I-485 decision.I reach to the congressman this month and got a response from USCIS that my case is under review with an officer no estimate time to be completed but they assured the give my case full and fair consideration consistent with all applicable laws,rules and regulations that they has not been forgotten about my case.At the end gave 120 days to submit another inquiry if there isn’t any correspondence or decision by then.
Ismael YGJun 29, 2024
@Tina C after 120 days without decision I will have to fill a mandamus
Cerj RajJun 29, 2024
Congrats! For people who cannot afford an attorney, there is option, to file as pro se, meaning by yourself, do youtube search to learn more "writ of mandamus pro se"
Tina CJun 30, 2024
@Ismael YG It’s been already 10 months since your I-130 got approved! You should proceed to mandamus if you still don’t get approved in 120 days. Hopefully your approval is coming soon 🤞
Tina CJun 30, 2024
@Cerj Raj Thank you! I didn’t know I could file mandamus by myself when I filed. I could have saved $4800 if I knew it…
Cerj RajJun 30, 2024
@Tina C with proper help people can do it, as our friend did, he purchased for fair price a mandamus and guide though from youtube - Mandamus Pro Se
willgn nJul 14, 2024
Did you get 10 yrs greencard or 2?
