Adjustment of Status - I-485

Hello everyone,
I’ve been a silent spectator, reading and learning horn all the wonderful people that took the time to share their experiences. Reading the experiences helped with the anxiety and the angst the process can cause - knowing that we are not alone. In that spirit, I would like to share my journey with you as it’s recently come to an end with an approved green card in hand.

I married a US citizen in December 2016, we have been together several years now and have been living together for the past two years. This is for context so you know It wasn't a very complicated case . we had plenty of evidence of our relationship. I was working on a H-1B in San Francisco. Processing center assigned was MSC.

Timeline:
Feb7 2017 - documents submission
Feb 9 priority date
March 23 biometrics completed
May 9 1-765 and 1-131 approvals received
May11 EAD and AP card received
May 30 address updated as we moved to Seattle since my wife accepted a new job
June 8 address update confirmation received
Nov 8 Interview notice received for 12/7
Dec 7' Interview at 9.15AM in Seattle USC1S (interview details below)
Dec 12 1 797 approval notice received
Dec 14 Green card received in the mail

The status of the portal was pretty up to date up until the interview. But following the interview, the status is still stuck at 'interview scheduled". So, as you will learn from the many experiences, fret not about portal status as much as that sucks.

Interview: Lasted only about 15 minutes. The interview was held within 10 minutes of our scheduled time, so there wasn't much of a delay. The IO swore us in, then asked me the standard list of 'yes/no" questions that we answered in the 485. Then she asked us °What do you have for me?”. We handed over supporting documents we brought — joint bank statement, joint returns, lease documents, life insurance, employer letters, Insurance beneficiary proof, health insurance, renters insurance, plenty of pictures, travel itineraries, joint cell phone bill. She honed in on the pictures and asked us to walk her through it. We had pictures in chronological order of our relationship from the first date to the present day. We included tons of pictures of friends, family, travel, pets and major events such as the engagement, wedding, Friend's wedding etc. Most of the interview was taken up by walking her through the pics. She didn’t have any more questions for us and said I'm not making a decision today, you should know status in a few weeks. We were handed 'being held for review’ document. Although the online case status never changed, we had the approval letter and the green card in a week from the interview date. We felt good walking away from the interview and felt that it was approved —as I said earlier, it was a pretty straight forward case with no immigration or marriage complications.

I hope this helps those of you that are starting the journey or are in the process. Wish you the best!

Hi everybody, please share your marriage based AOS interview timeline for Dallas field office.Mine PD is Mar 2017. Thanks

Been approved since December 5. It’s been two weeks and no greencard yet? I’m so tired of waiting, I need to travel.

Who can i call to check up on why I have not received my interview yet? Is there a number to call? My PD is February 8th 2017. I've read in this forum that people call and sometimes they get results.

Hello All,

I just wanted give update to my local fellows. My PD is March 10, biometrics done in April, sent RFE in May. My status says it is ready for interview since July 31st.

Today, my lawyer called for interview notice. I got an interview date for January 24.

Good luck to all of you.

this group is like my home ground , i feel like a one of the oldest member of this group , i had my interview dec 5 after interview IO handed a letter that decision will make up to 120 days . my EAD will be expired 1/29/18 i have receipt letter from from extension of EAD. Today went to DMV in nyc but they are not able to extend my driving license they want my actual EAD card . In this case my driving license will be expired in 2020 but my temporary visitor will be expired jan 2018. Can i drive after expiring my temporary visitor status since i'm waiting for my green card and i also have receipt letter for EAD extension? anyone has same situation in this regard please share your experience and advice.

Hi everyone , im wondering if applying for Medicaid would have a negative effect on my case ?
If anyone has information please let me know .
Thanks in advance .

Received my second RFE about the same issue yesterday after waiting for 4 months.
The issue is that last year my husband didn’t have a job so his annual salary was low but now his job makes more than enough because it’s only us two. When we receive our first RFE we sent them job verification letter and his checks but I guess it wasn’t enough so now we have to find a qualified sponsor which isn’t the easiest to find.

Hi everyone . I have a quick question regarding traveling after AOS.

Is it alright to travel out of States to Europe with my maiden name passport next year ? Did anyone go trough that ?is there any problems at airport ? Any answer will be appreciated

PD: 3/17/17
Case received by USCIS: 07/05/17
Biometrics: 08/03/17
EAD still pending 167 days...

I-485 Case transferred to NBC: 12/07/17

Hope the interview notice will be the next. Not certain though.

I have noticed the processing time page for NBC does not list I-485. Have any one noticed this also?

Where can we see the processing time for NBC I-485?

Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks