Hi all! I wanted to share my experience with you as this forum gave me peace of mind in so many occasions.
Here is my timeline, all dates are 2019, we filed i-485, i-130, i-765 and i-131 at the same time:
Docs sent: April 12th
E-Notice: April 24th
Mail NOA receipt (all 4): April 26th
Mail NOA biometrics: May 03rd
I485 online case status changed to RFIE: May 03rd
Biometrics appointment: May 16th
RFIE mail received: May 08th
RFIE response sent: May 30th
RFIE response received: June 5th
I-693 Courtesy Letter received: June 13th
Ready to be scheduled online status: June 14th
EAD/AP Approved: September 25th
Interview was scheduled: September 27th
EAD/AP Mailed: September 27th
EAD/AP Approval Notices received: September 30th
EAD/AP Card received: October 1st
Interview notice received: October 4th
SSN received: October 16th
Interview done: November 5th
GCard Was Picked Up Online Status: November 8th
GCard in hand and approval notice: November 9th
NOTES:
1. The online status on
https://myaccount.uscis.gov/ up to this date still says "Your case was received" for all four cases. It never changed. Only the public statuses changed. This seems to be different with everyone so I would check both.
2. The interview was at Des Moines Office; the officer was inctedibly gentle and professional. He went through form I-130 with my husband, then from I-485 with me; then he asked if we wanted to add further evidence of bona fide marriage and we did (bank statements, apt lease, random mail with our names and affidavits from friends and family that he quickly read in front of us), I offered an album with pictures, he flipped through the pages as I would give some details of the pictures but he didn't take any because he said we already had submitted pictures and it was fine. Then he said "any of you, tell me the story about how you met", my husband started and I would interrupt to add some details. He never asked any questions during the story. When we finished, he gave us the white paper ("held for rewiew") and said "it says that but I'm going to approve it by the end of the day; you will receive yout GC and approval notices in about two weeks". And that was it.
3. The online status for the I-485 and I-130 never changed after the interview. I was freaking out. The day after the interview I called USCIS and they said they couldn't see any decision yet. On the 8th I chatted with an agent through Emma and she told me she saw the approved case and told me both the date they sent the approval letter and she even gave me the tracking number for the GC.
4. The status only changed when I received the GC to "card was delivered".
5. The status on I-130 changed to "Approved" after I got the GC, the same day.
I'm soooo happy to finally have my GC!!! During the time I wasn't able to work, I thought a was going to lose my mind and it seemed like whenever de PD got closer, it would go back again and again; it was insufferable, but one good day everything started to move and we are finally here! Don't lose hope. I'm greatly impatient but... be patient and find a hobby hehe.
Let me know if you have any questions.