It's possible that the quota for your country has ended for this year.

this is quite strange. I see retrogression happened for EB3 skilled but not for EB2-1. I am also EB2-1 and applied in Feb, I only got EAD and AP approved and waiting on 485 from last 3 months after I sent them RRFE. You might as well call Amma online chat and write “live chat” until you get to talk to live agent and ask them the status.

@BL D did the live chat but no useful response. it just says your case is within the processing time

@Charlie SC I doubt that. is there a place they post the country quota?

are you applying cross chargability by any chance

@R N nope

What is your country? Mine is also PD Nov 2022, i485 was submitted around apr2024 and is still showing rfe response received. if the visa runs out, i guess we will all need to wait til otc

canada

@canada kia my case also moved to CRP even though my PD is current

talked to my lawyer and she thinks this is an error but not 100% sure

what is your country of birth?

@canada kia I am also canadian but was born in qatar, so my birth certificate is from qatar. So I am guessing if you were born in canada then for this country there shouldn’t be any quota max out. Check Monthly issuance visas statistics in the following link… https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-statistics/immigrant-visa-statistics/monthly-immigrant-visa-issuances.html Also following table shows the average time all the of applications are getting approved by year in historic processing time trends. https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/fact-sheets/historical_pt_factsheet_fy16_to_fy24.pdf

@BL D this is super helpful. thank you fellow Canadian 🙌

Hey- I’m also a Canadian EB2 advanced degree filer. I am a cross-chargeability case though (India born), my spouse, also Canadian, was born in a third, non-backlogged country. I was put in case remains pending status a few weeks ago, and have been trying to figure out what’s going on. I’ve been current since April, if cross-chargeability is applied correctly

@canada kia you are welcome , over the period of time I gathered such useful links but at the end of the day it’s just wait and watch lol, we can appeal on some things when it’s getting delayed or to expedite AP approval etc. I forgot to give you another link that shows Historical Processing Times Trends Fiscal Year 2016 - 2024. https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/fact-sheets/historical_pt_factsheet_fy16_to_fy24.pdf

@canada kia one more URL to see how many visas are available for PD month and year. https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/data/eb_inventory_april_2024_071924.xlsx

@d s I am similar boat as you. cross chargebility on EB2 and in CRP. Any updates on your case?

Got my GC in August of this year. Contacted USCIS Tier 2 via Emma. they sorted it out.

@d s I have reached out to USCIS over phone and Emma. they generated service request. the emails came that they are routing it to correct person but it’s been almost 28 days no change to my case. you went to Emma and just asked to connect to a tier 2 officer?

no they generated a service request. within 1 month it updated to approved. I would follow up, and consider congressman inquiry if in your shoes