Employment Based Greencard

Long time lurker here, since we got our green cards approved, I thought I'll share my experience. I had originally submitted through my employer for an EB3 petition and got a priority date sometime in late of 2010 and I unfortunately belonged to one of those countries that was affected by the EB GC backlog, so I had kinda given up hope on getting a green card in the current or maybe next decade even. I had no desire to port to an EB2 because I felt it would be the same.

A few years passed and I met my wife and I moved out of the US and we lived in Europe and got married and had a child. We decided to come back to the US last year and that was when I found out about cross changeability where you can switch to your spouse's country of birth if it has a more favorable date. Since ROW (Rest of World) was current when we came back, I consulted an immigration firm and they said yes, it is possible to apply for AOS based on background. So we were really excited and proceeded to apply for the AOS. Here's the timeline for our processing:

Service Center: Nebraska
12/18/2015 - AOS application received by USCIS.
12/24/2015 - Fingerprint fee accepted
02/03/2016 - Biometrics appointment completed
03/14/2016 - I-485 approved and cards ordered.
03/18/2016 - Green cards arrived.

So we're really elated that the process went smoothly and thanksful to the agencies to process our application on time. Don't give up hope people, all the best to you all and the very best of luck! Peace!!