Case Processing
F2A - California Service Center - PD October 2022
Hi everyone,
I-130 (F2A) was filed in October 2022 at the California Service Center.I received an RFE in December 2025 and submitted my response on January 4, 2026.
Based on your experience, how long does USCIS usually take to make a decision after receiving an RFE response? Any insight or timelines would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you!
Eb1c - i140, Premium Processing, Dec 2025 RD
anyone got approval who filed i140 under Eb1c in November or December 2025?
if you are in same boat, you can join the whatsapp group to discuss the updates directly.
I have created new group. join here:
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ALMOST 4.5 MONTHS WAITING OF EAD...
HELLO!!! Does anyone have experience like this.... I've been waiting for so long why didn't I received the EAD after my green card..Do I need to reapply? Make appointment to SSA? or need to wait? what should I do?....
Initial issuance or replacement
Días totales: 75 días
Case
2026-07-13
Today
I-90
75 días
California Service Center: I-90
fiance visa
My I-129F was approved on November 2025 and USCIS updated my status to “Case Was Sent to the Department of State” on January 2026.I’m now waiting for NVC to create the case number and forward it to Embassy Cairo.
For those who recently went through this stage:
How long did it take you to receive the NVC case number/email after USCIS sent the case to DOS?
Thanks in advance
APPROVED (Please read before asking to avoid repeating info)
First of all, I would like to thank the community here at Lawfully.
THANK YOU ALL!
You all have been very helpful since the beginning since I started all this process back in 2020 when I started just to begin with my recopilation of all my information to start a case for an EB1 or an EB2 NIW that I didn't know at the time. So I'm just sharing what I think I can, and I will be around for a little more as a way of retribution for all the information I've got here and as a way of saying thank you to all the people that might not be even anymore in the app that helped me in the beginning to get to the point I am now.
ROW EB-2 NIW (not from 70+ restricted countries, won’t disclose more). Worked with lawyer start-to-finish (90% my work—know my case best).
• Lawyers reuse templates/letterheads across cases and make human errors; clients must review/correct everything.
I have an MD/PhD with 10+ years research experience, 30+ high-impact publications (~1,000 citations), 2 books, 1 book chapter, 1 patent, and 9 expert recommendation letters.
My Timeline:
- **Nov 2023**: Priority date
- **Oct 10, 2025**: Filed I-485 (IOE093416XXXX)
- **Jan 16, 2026**: Silent API updates (FTA0)
- **Jan 17, 2026 (1:29 PM EST)**: **DOUBLE H008** - Card Being Produced
- **Jan 18, 2026**: Approval Notice
• Please Use REDDIT, to know about the CODES, what is API?, etc. (I did that my self and learned there everything about that)
ps. I’ll try to answer the messages related to EB2-NIW, the best I can, for some time, and keep adding that info in the original post to clear any doubts.
• I don’t disclose Lawfirm or Lawyers
• I know very little but I’ll share what I can only about my EB2-NIW.
Thank you for understanding.
