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GC Approval
I-485 Approved – EB2 NIW 🎉
Lawyer-CHEN
I wanted to share my timeline in case it helps others who are waiting.
Profile
* Physician on active H-1B
* EB2 NIW
* 1,000+ research citations
* few publication in respected journals (including BMJ)
* 5 letters of recommendation from well-known experts in my field
Timeline
* Priority Date: October 2023
* I-485 Filed: December 2025
* Biometrics: January 26, 2026
* April 2026: Emma/live agent confirmed case was transferred to the Honolulu, HI Field Office
* May 26: Silent update
* June 24: Silent update
* July 6: Interview notice received
* July 27: Interview at Omaha Field Office
* July 29: Silent update
* July 30: Silent update
* July 31 (9:44 AM): Received I-485 approval email 🎉
Interview Experience
There were two officers present—one appeared to be training the other. The interview was straightforward and lasted only a short time.
Questions included:
* Identity verification
* Standard I-485 yes/no eligibility questions
* My wife’s immigration status (I explained she has her own J-1 waiver and is not my dependent)
* Date of marriage
* Whether our children are U.S. citizens (Yes)
* Whether I had received any speeding tickets or other violations since arriving in the U.S. (asked twice)
* Whether I had ever been denied a visa (Yes—I explained my first application was refused due to insufficient ties to my home country, and I was approved one week later after reapplying.)
* Whether I had ever overstayed a visa
During the interview, I mistakenly answered “No” to the overstay question because I got distracted. My I-485 application correctly disclosed a 12-day overstay during the peak of COVID, with a full explanation.
After speaking with my attorney, I submitted a correction letter to my USCIS account about three hours after the interview. Neither interviewing officer seemed to care during interview seeing difference in written vs my answer.
Final Result
My I-485 was approved on July 31, 2026.
I hope this timeline helps others going through the process. Wishing everyone waiting for their approval the very best—your turn is coming!
please let me know if any Q.
it’s been seven months since I move my case to Newark they rescheduled my interview. anyone have experience with Newark immigration office?
this whole case it’s been going on for a decade now
Affirmative asylum process
Affirmative process
Días totales: 3480 días
Case
2017-03-13
Today
I-589
3480 días
Los Angeles Asylum Office: I-589
GC approved Concurrent filling
My marriage-based green card timeline:
* September 11, 2025 – Filed I-130, I-485, I-765 and I-131 concurrently
* October 9, 2025 – Biometrics completed
* December 18, 2025 – Adjustment of status interview
* May 10, 2026 – First I-485 silent update
* June 17, 2026 – Second I-485 silent update
* July 2026 – EAD approved
* July 29, 2026 – Third I-485 silent update
* July 30, 2026 – I-130 approved
* July 30, 2026 – I-485 approved later that evening
IR-1/CR-1
U.S. citizen filing for a spouse
Días totales: 376 días
Case
2025-09-11
Today
I-765
315 días
I-130
322 días
I-485
328 días
I-131
376 días
National Benefits Center: I-765, I-130, I-485, I-131
Faith over fear
I am also waiting, I know how we are tired, scared and frustrated. Not sure what's going to happen next and, especially, when is going to happen.
But I wanted to share that while we all wait, let's keep our faith and remember Jeremiah 32:27 states: "Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me?"
Christ is who strengthens me, I am so happy for everyone that has been approved so far in this community and I pray more of us will be blessed with the approval notice soon!
Please feel free to use this comment section with words of encouragement for all of us that are waiting, remember when our Lord used the metaphor of the mustard seed to show that real trust in God, no matter how small it feels, carries the power to move mountains.
EB4
Special immigrant juveniles, religious workers, etc
Días totales: 1295 días
Case
2023-03-07
Today
I-485
1295 días
National Benefits Center: I-485
question related to pending vawa!
Hi everyone :)
My vawa has been pending since April 2022 I got nothing besides PF! In April’26 I reached out to my congressman and they Submit an inquiry to USCIS on my behalf. I have yet not heard from them. It’s been three months. They also don’t reply to my E-Mails. Has anyone Experienced 3 months + waiting to hear from their local comgresman?!