Adjustment of Status - I-485

I feel extremely blessed and privileged that today God has given me an opportunity to share my experience of this huge lifechanging event. I finally received the notification of my GC approval. My timeline is as follows:

PD-June 26, 2017, Married to the sweetest USC since June 8, 2017 (C9)

06-20-2017 Submitted I-485, I-130, I765, I-131, I-693
06-24-2017 USCIS acknowledgement texts and emails received
06-26-2017 Received NOAs
07-23-2017 Received Biometrics appointment letter
08-03-2017 Biometrics completed
09-27-2017 EAD is approved
10-11-2017 AP is approved
10-13-2017 Received EAD/AP combo card
06-06-2018 Applied for EAD/ AP Renewal
06-18-2018 Online Notification for EAD/ AP Renewal
06-22-2018 Received Interview letter
06-28-2018 EAD/ AP Renewal Acknowledgement Letter
07-25-2018 Interview held
10-17-2018 Raised SR online
11-16-2018 Green Card approval notification on uscis.gov (Don't know if SR played any role in getting the approval within 1 month of raising it)
11-21-2018 Text Alerts for Card picked up by USPS
11-23-2018 Received Green Card Approval letters (i-485 & i-130)
11-26-2018 Received Green card

NO RFE

You can find my detailed interview experience in my earlier post, "What after the interview?".

Joint evidence submitted:

- Life Insurance
- Health Insurance
- Car Insurance
- Utilities
- 401K
- Income Tax
- Mailbox
- Ownership of pets
- Letters of recommendation from HR, manager, church, friends, hospital etc.
- Photo album

All the documentation was prepared on my own and my husband went through it before the interview (as he is not much of a documentation kind of guy). Forms submitted at the time of filing were: I-130, I-130A, I-485, I-325A (both of us), I-693, I-864, I-131, I-765 & G-1145. I did however, go for another medical just before my interview as the last one had expired. I was very detail oriented during my preparation and also summarized the entire case in a table of contents, which the IO utilized to tick mark items, every time she asked for any document during the interview.

It took a total of 1 year, 5 months, 7 days (525 days) from the time of submission of application to the receipt of GC. Finally, I realize that my case was pretty clean and straightforward. I did not have to really worry about anything but it is a human tendency. As all the related forms, documents and evidences were sent at the time of filing, no RFE was received at all through out the process. We got married by the courts in the presence of 2 friends and the officiant (the justice of peace).

The only thing that gave me a super hard time was getting my birth certificate (which was mentioned as one of the required documents I had to take to the interview). The fun part was that the IO did not even ask for it and refused when I offered.

I thank you all from the bottom of my heart as this forum has been a huge support when I had those terrible nightmares worrying about home visits/ denial, during the deadly wait time because we were separated during the interview right from the beginning but we did very well and were satisfied.

I wish, all those who are waiting for their GC, all the best and may God bless you!

See you all at citizenship time.
Mili