Employment Based Greencard

EB3 _ category - All Chargeability Areas Except Those listed _ Subsahara Africa

Houston-Texas filer

Priority Date: 04/09/2019

7/30/2019 _ Concurrent filing I-140(premium processing), I-485, I-485J, I-765, I-131
08/09/2019 _ RFE for Form I-140 (requested job description/qualification clarification)
09/03/2019 _ new combo card (EAD & Advanced Parole) was ordered I-765 & I-131
09/06/2019 _ USCIS received response of RFE for Form I-140
09/09/2019 _ new combo card (EAD & Advanced Parole) was received in hand I-765 & I-131
09/11/2019 _ I-140 approval notice
10/09/2019 _ I-145 & I-485J was transfer to another USCIS office (Houston Field office)
10/25/2019 _ RFE for form I-485 (requested "FULL" translation of birth certificate in english)
11/16/2019 _ USCIS received response of RFE for form I-485
12/20/2019 _ I-485 status update "We are ready to schedule your Form I-485...for an interview"
3/26/2020 _ I-485 status update "We cancelled the scheduled interview for your Form I-485"
4/15/2020 _ I was laid off due to Covid-19 effect on my employer.
4/21/2020 _ RFE for form I-485 (requested additional copies of my divorce decree)
05/19/2020 _ after receiving RFE response I-485 form was transfered to the Natinal benefits center(NBC). due to visa retrogression (No visa available for my PD), officer couldn't adjudicate my case.
07/01/2019 _ file renewal for combo card (EAD & Advanced Parole)
09/22/2020 _ renewal combo card (EAD & Advanced Parole) was ordered I-765 & I-131
09/26/2020 _ new combo card (EAD & Advanced Parole) was received in hand I-765 & I-131
10/16/2020 _ Approval notice I-485 "Welcome to America"
10/23/2020 _ Green card in hand

egov.uscis.gov last update was on 9/26/2020
my.uscis.gov did not show any update so far since I created the account early in October 2020
Form I-485J still only shows case transferred 10/09/2016
Form I-131 initial and renewal do not show approval

I hope these information help some in this platform. Be safe and courage . . .

Guys, I think finally my day has arrived. I just chatted with Emma this morning and they confirmed my case was approved yesterday. None of the 2 websites shows that information. I originally applied to Texas. They transferred my case to NBC back on March. They never scheduled an interview and I submitted medicals with application. Agent mentioned up to 60 days to get card on the mail. Hopefully I get it very soon.

PD is May 1 2019
RD July 30 2019

If any questions feel free to ask.

Hello all,

We had our adjustment of status interview on oct 24th 2019. At the end of the interview, officer stated we will hear the decision in mail within two weeks. Unfortunately that did not happen and here I am. After 5 SR's and multiple phone calls all I got was the default response of pending review.

However, when my lawyer submitted SR this time, they responded to the SR very next day with response as "Your case is currently under review.
You should receive a decision or notice of other action within 60 days of the date of this letter"

Has anyone here heard this response before or has experienced this response? Is it the light at the end of the tunnel?

I am really frustrated at this point..

Thank you!

Hello everyone! My I-485 application package was delivered to USCIS on Oct 1. It’s been 3 weeks and I still don’t have any receipt notice. Does it usually take this long before receipt notices are issued? Is anyone experiencing the same thing?

Also, my I-140 (EB3) was filed since March 2020, with a priority date of March 31, 2020. October is almost ending and it still hasn’t been approved. Any ideas what might be the cause?

I appreciate your feedback and responses!

Hi all!

Today I got the approval update on my.uscis account for I485 (no update on egov.uscis.gov).

I have been reading this forum regularly to get a sense of how the applications are moving, so I want to share my experience as well. It seems like the number of approvals are picking up, and I hope everyone will get the approvals soon.

Here's my timeline:

EB3 ROW
FO Detroit
PD: June 2019

1. When I-485 Package sent to USCIS: 15 Nov 2019
2. When Package received by USCIS: 18 Nov 2019
4. Which Service Center reviewing: NBC
7. When Fingerprint notice sent: 10/25/2019
10. When Fingerprint Done: 18 Dec 2019
11. When Interview is ready to be scheduled: 6 Mar 2020
12. When Interview was scheduled: 1/30/2020
13. Interview Date: 6 Apr 2019 (CANCELLED)
14. When i485 J Approved: 6 Aug 2019
15. Case transferred to NBC : 19 Aug 2019
16. When "New Card is Being Produced": 20 Oct 2019 (only on my.uscis account)
15. When I-485 approved: 20 Oct 2019 (only on my.uscis account - no physical notice yet)
16. When GC card mailed: ?

I will post once I receive the card, too. Good luck everyone!

So guys ive been a silent reader to all of your experiences that helped me so much!
So i wanted to give back

EB2 adjustment of status ( my husband and I as adependent)

4/21/2020:- i-485, i-765 (EAD) and i-131 all were filed together along with the medicals.

23/5:- RFE for other stuff in medicals
 We resent everything within 2 weeks ,

6/1st :- case was recieved .

8/1st we had the biometric notice
8/13 our biometric appointment (went super smooth)
9/25 on the tracker the status of the EAD and the AP became approved and card is being processed
9/26 card is mailed to you
Oct/1 card was delivered to us (red combo)
No any change on the tracker

Oct/18 Suddenly we found an approval notice of the Green card in the mail !! Yaaaaay
Oct/21 TODAY we got the green card in hand in the mail!!!!
That feel so good guys

Interview was waived, no updates since oct/1 on the tracker
Our PD is feb/2019
hang in guys things are getting smoother finally
And btw we did the biometric appointment in san jose which happens to be the slowest! If that help all the san josians haha

Thank you to this website for all the experiences. I am adding ours below
We moved from India to USA in Jan2017: landed in USA with L1A visa for family. My wife was primary and I along with our two daughter were L2. After landing, I applied for EAD for myself being a dependent and it was issued within 45 days.
Jan:2018 lawyer starts process of the green card
March 2018: papers filed for application for Employment based Greencard
April2019: Interview with USCIS as a family. Officer mentions that’s since priority date is not current, case under review.

Case shows regression and priority date was showing Jan 2015.

August 2019: we go back to Chennai as a family to get L1A family visa extended. We get visa extended till August 2022.

Jan 2020: case has still not moved much and now priority date becomes March 2015.

October 2020: priority date becomes current as per bulletin. On 14th October we get green card for entire family for 10 years

Priority date definitely moved ahead during COVID.

Hang in there to all applicants and hopefully you can get your soon.

PD: Late April 2019
Biometrics: July 2019
EAD approved: Oct 2020. Expired this october2020 and still pending renewal, renewal submitted on sept 2020.
Interview scheduled notice: Feb 2020, for interview on April 2020
Interview cancel notice: March 2020
RFE for medical: May 2020
-No updates from the website egov uscis .gov website-
Approval notice received on mail: Today, card will be delivered in 3 weeks.

Im from H1b to Eb3. Interview was waived. No notice since RFE then suddenly approval came in the mail. Some commenters say there's a different website to check it since the old one was not updating.

Hi all , just a little information to share about case updates. Uscis website is going through some technical issues so is not able to update the cases that's why we are not getting updates online 😑. I have an account on dhs website which is updating the information timely. So I would suggest making an account on that website if you want to be updated online and timely.
Here's the link
https://my.uscis.gov

Hi all just a little information to share about case updates. Uscis website is not updating timely 😑 but the dhs website is updating timely so you can check Your case there by making an account on that website.

https://www.uscis.gov