Employment Based Greencard

Hi All,

I have just received my green card and decided to share my timeline as well. Even though I-485 is out of scope for premium processing, I still requested my employer to file them concurrently. I'm not sure if that helped or not but I've read somewhere that they usually don't bother separating the forms and start processing them together.

Category: EB-2 (employer sponsored)
Country: All Others

10/29/2018: PERM Submitted
02/06/2019: PERM Approval Notice

04/01/2019: Concurrent Filing I-140/I-485/I-765/I-131 with Premium Processing (I-485/I-765/I-131 for both me and my wife)
04/03/2019: Online Status -> Package Received by USCIS
04/08/2019: USPS Receipts for I-485/I-765/I-131 arrived in mail

04/10/2019: I-140 Approval Email

04/20/2019: Biometric Appt Notice

04/23/2019: Online Status -> RFE request for spouse I-765/I-131
04/29/2019: Spouse RFE request arrived in mail (asking for hi-res color copies of her ID, even though it was included in the application)
04/30/2019: Spouse RFE response sent
05/02/2019: Online Status -> RFE response received (for spouse)

05/03/2019: Biometric Appointment

06/17/2019: Online Status -> I-485 update case transferred to NBC (National Benefits Center)
06/27/2019: Status Update -> My I-131/I-765 Approved, new card is being produced
08/02/2019: Status Update -> Spouse I-131/I-765 Approved, new card is being produced
08/30/2019: Pink slips for Medical Exam arrived in mail for both (asking to bring medical exam to the interview)

09/04/2019: Online Status -> Case ready to be scheduled for interview (for both)
09/12/2019: Online Status -> Interview was scheduled (for both)
09/18/2019: Interview notice arrived in mail

10/31/2019: Interview

11/04/2019: Approval Notice arrived in mail
11/05/2019: Online Status -> Card picked up by USPS
11/06/2019: Online Status -> Card was delivered by USPS

11/06/2019: Cards Arrived in mail

We arrived at our interview about 30 minutes early, went through security and ID verification, and settled in the waiting room.
The officer called us right at our interview time and told us she'll try to do both of us at the same time. My wife told the officer her English is not great and asked if I can translate for her if she doesn't understand. She told her not to worry about it and said she'll make sure to explain it in a different way for her if she doesn't understand something. That gesture itself took away all of our anxiety. In summary, She:
- Administered us the oath
- Asked for our medical exams and put them in our file after verifying.
- Asked if I still work for the same employer and if everything is still the same.
- Asked if I have any documentation from the employer, I handed in the Employment verification letter and recent pay stubs.
- Placed our files side by side on her desk, and started going through out I-485 forms at the same time verifying our names, DOB, addresses and etc.
- Made minor corrections to the form as we went through the questions
- Asked about a fourth of the infamous admissability questions
- Took our signatures
- Told us that everything looks complete and our priority date is current so she'll try to submit it the same day and we should get our cards in 2-4 weeks.

Overall we had a very pleasant interview experience with a genuinely kind officer. The interview took about half an hour.

And this concludes our GC journey which took almost 2.5 years including the labor certification process etc.

I wish everyone gets their GCs as fast as possible.

Good luck!