Case Processing

Tiger J
13 de mar de 2026
EB3-Unskilled Approval (My timelines)
Today, it was finally my turn. I felt an overwhelming sense of happiness — probably the best day I’ve had in the last 10 years. 2021
 Feb – PERM (LC) filed (PD 2021.Feb) 2022
 Jul – PERM (LC) approved (~1 year 5 months)
 Dec – I-140 filed (Premium Processing)
 Dec – I-140 approved 2023
 Jan – Medical exam completed
 Jan – I-485 / I-765 / I-131 filed
 Feb – USCIS accepted fingerprint fee for I-485
 Mar – Biometrics appointment completed
 May – Case Remains Pending (CRP)
 Aug – EAD & I-131 approved (Combo Card) 2025
 Feb – Combo Card (EAD / I-131) renewal filed
 Mar – Priority date became current (April Visa Bulletin)
 Aug – EAD renewal received
 Oct – Advance Parole (I-512 Travel Permit) received 2026
 Feb – Interview notice received
 Feb – Second medical exam completed ($480 per person)
 Feb – Adjustment of Status interview (⌨️The interview was very tough, but fortunately everything worked out in the end.) 
 Mar –🍀 I-485 approved (MyUSCIS update) Total processing time:
 5 years 21 days 2 hours
 (From PERM filing to Green Card approval — excluding PERM processing stage) 🙏🏻I will keep everyone here in my prayers. I sincerely pray that good news will reach everyone who, today as well, is struggling with immigration issues and living between uncertainty and hope. I know how heavy this uncertainty can feel, but please remember you are not alone. I truly hope and pray that your good news will come soon.
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C D
13 de mar de 2026
Anyone else with VAWA pending since 2020–2021? Seeing a worrying trend
Trying to analyze what might be missing in some of these pending cases from 2020–2021, especially since I’ve been seeing a concerning trend of denials lately. I’m wondering if there’s something common between the cases lack of certain evidence, criminal history issues, overseas travel, or overstays, filling place, length of the marriage, or something else. In my situation, I was living with my ex-husband’s family, so I didn’t have a lease in my name and I think it’s bad. It was also during COVID and we didn’t travel much together to give USCIS a lot of pictures or affidavits. However, I do have joint bank statements and years of joint tax filings. As far as I know, USCIS hasn’t disputed the abuse part of my case they issued an RFE for good faith marriage, but they didn’t question shared residence. My case has been pending since August 2021. I don’t have any criminal history, I’ve paid my taxes, and the only issue on my record is that I overstayed my visa. I originally came to the U.S. on a J-1, and I’m from a former Soviet Union country. No kids, 3 years of marriage, filed from NYC. I know discussing this won’t necessarily change the outcome of our cases, but it might help us prepare. Some people on Discord, mentioned possibly filing a lawsuit against USCIS. Maybe we can gather experiences, compare timelines and RFEs, and see what patterns we can find.
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oh Canada
12 de mar de 2026
charged $1020 Toronto preclearance
I have a 5 year combo card under VAWA/i485 and we are supposed to be exempt from the fee and CBP charged me anyways at Toronto pre-clearance and said they will charge $1020 every time I ask for parole back. they said under 245 in their system it’s not checked “yes” and they processed me as if I was TPS, DACA or PIP. they didn’t care about my pending 485 nor did they research the expansions. they said that’s just how they are doing it and his supervisor told him to charge me. they asked me about the abuse and photo copied the TPO I have. they told me to apply for a refund and dispute it on my own with no direction on who to contact to do so. they said if I can show they refunded me then they will update it if I have to be processed again at Toronto. update:March 19 after escalating through a complaint, receiving a doubled down response that that is how they were processing VAWA, I.e carved out of the exception with DACA and other categories. I responded about the legal discrepancies in their interpretation of the statute and said I would be escalating to all oversights, including congress via my senator and the Ombudsman. 7 emails to different parts of the agency such as DHS trip and civil liberties but not having to escalate to senate, I received an email from the YYZ port yesterday that said the following: Dear Ms A higher-level review was conducted internally, and we agree with your position. As such, we will be processing a refund of your parole fee in the amount of $1020. The typical timeframe for a refund will be 2-4 weeks and will be credited back to your original payment method. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you.
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