EAD was never approved, seems like they skipped that step completely.

Did your I 140 got approved earlier?

yes, I got it expedited after waiting for 5 months. didn’t want to risk that taking longer than the i485, so glad I did! processing times for i140 are long at the moment without expediting.

Congratulations!!! My case is same as yours EB2-1, Mine was filled concurrently on Aug 2021 with I-140 premium but case went to TSC. Your timeline gave me hope now. Congrats again

hang in there! I know how stressful it is, and this came as such a surprise. I had lost hope of approval before summer to be honest.

based on your timeline, mine might get approved in next 4-6months. Hoping for the best. Good luck everyone.

keeping my fingers crossed for you

Thanks

did you interfile you medicals or send them with the AOS application?

congratulations!! @bb - Do you mind sharing reason for 140 mins expedite and did they ask for any supporting docs?

Inter filed them. I got a courtesy notice and although my lawyer advices against it (thinking they may get lost, best to wait for RFE, etc), I went ahead and filed anyway. glad I did or I would have had more delay with an RFE.

I expedited on advice of a befriended lawyer: they mentioned that i140 and 1485 are on separate ‘piles’ and if USCIS gets to your i485 before your i140 is approved they’ll just consider it incomplete and put it back on the pile until your i140 is added. same with medical, etc. So I figured I wanted to have my i485 packet complete as soon as I could.

Given that my official lawyer was hired by the company and not by me, their interests were more aligned to delaying rather than expediting this process. That’s why I sought outside counsel too. highly recommend that if you’re in a similar situation and I wish I had done it years ago when this process started.

no supporting docs for expediting i140, just a lot of supporting dollars ;) They ask 2500$ to expedite i140.

ohhk you mean you converted to premium. unfortunately, my case is EB1C and it does not have premium option.

@bb - so you did interfile your medicals?

yes @ser kan

Thank you!!! congrats!!

@bb: Sorry to bother you again but could you let me know when exactly you interfiled your medicals like which month? Also when they attached your cases did they ever write u that they attached it or notified you via case status update?

@b b: hi. congrats!! are you from ROW? and when did you interfile your medicals? did you expedite your application in any way?

@ser kan @cal b I interfiled medical in October, I never received any confirmation / notification that it was received or attached to my case.

thank you!!

I’m always wondering how many years we get on the GC under EB2 category? is it 10 years?

congrats. quick question to you. did you receive any email or online update about the medical exam. I june filler and will travel for a month in march, my fear is they send me an mail and because i will not be in USA i lose the date. it will be much better if i receive the online update so i can return faster in case

I got a ‘courtesy notice’, by regular mail. it’s not the same as an RFE though so I don’t believe you can ‘lose a date’ because of that. I’m not 100% sure but I believe you can always interfile your medical, even without courtesy notice or RFE. might be worth checking as it will make sure you don’t lose time.

@T M, I don’t have my physical green card in hand yet but will report back when I do!

congrats b b👏🏼👏🏼. can you please share the first 5 or 6 digits of your reciept number? LIN******

we start seeing some approves from Nebraska which is good Nebraska is still alive

@syed razz first 6 digits: 219037

@ b b thanks

Thank you. I’ll wait for the updates. congrats again

congratulations @b b! @syed razz what could be the meaning of b b's receipt number? i know 21 is the year it was submitted and the next 3 is supposed to be the workday in a year, but in this case it is 903, which does not seem to be pertaining to the workday. thank you to anyone who can answer!

@T M got the card in the mail today, and it’s indeed 10 years. thank you all! and good luck on your journeys!!

Thank you for the updated! congrats again!