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!