October 2020 I1485 filers may join

[brownparda]

I checked with the lawyer and have been informed that "Under the law, you will get EAD when your 485 is pending. Nothing to do with 140 approval."

Anyone waiting for GC EAD for downgrade from EB2 to EB3 or have received the GC EAD and would like to share their experience and timelines

You are correct. I confirmed with the attorney too. Turns out I-140 approval is prerequisite for I-485 approval, but not EAD or Advance Parole.
Not sure what to do now except continue to wait for AP and EAD. I even added an inquiry last month. No response.
Anyone know if there's anything to be done when EAD and AP are 'past due' normal processing times?

[Mathamariam]

Finally 485 approved on a Friday, gods grace and blessings of our parents …let’s now make America great … in god we trust.

To all my fellow October filers ..don’t worry trust in god, your next ..god bless

[tjvkarani]

You are correct. I confirmed with the attorney too. Turns out I-140 approval is prerequisite for I-485 approval, but not EAD or Advance Parole.
Not sure what to do now except continue to wait for AP and EAD. I even added an inquiry last month. No response.
Anyone know if there's anything to be done when EAD and AP are 'past due' normal processing times?

Thanks for the response. My lawyer filed an inquiry for I140, I485, I131 and I765 on July 19, 2021. A response was expected by Aug 10, 2021. A response has been sent on Sep 06, 2021 for the inquiry filed for I140. Lawyer has not yet received the response. Remaining inquiries have not been processed yet.

[Kay_23]

Hello All,

Need your inputs. My case moved as follows-

I-485 received by USCIS- 30th Oct 2020
Receipt generated- March 4th 2021
Fingerprinting done- March 18, 2021
EAD Received- April 2021

After this, there has been no movement. Recently I got RFE to submit medicals and it says ' SUBMIT ASAP TO BE CONSIDERED IN THE VISA ALLOCATION FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR WHICH ENDS ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2021'
What does this mean ? So if I send it now and it reaches say 7 days before 30th will I be considered. How to know if I am considered for this fiscal year's allocation or no ?

If not this year, what are the consequences ?

Please help.

Regards,
Kay

[Enub4]

Hello All,

Need your inputs. My case moved as follows-

I-485 received by USCIS- 30th Oct 2020
Receipt generated- March 4th 2021
Fingerprinting done- March 18, 2021
EAD Received- April 2021

After this, there has been no movement. Recently I got RFE to submit medicals and it says ' SUBMIT ASAP TO BE CONSIDERED IN THE VISA ALLOCATION FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR WHICH ENDS ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2021'
What does this mean ? So if I send it now and it reaches say 7 days before 30th will I be considered. How to know if I am considered for this fiscal year's allocation or no ?

If not this year, what are the consequences ?

Please help.

Regards,
Kay

This means that you can. be approved in this fiscal year's quota. In other words, your case is ready to get a GC and they just need your medicals. If you send them before Sep 30 they may approve before that date.

If you don't, then they will take time to see your category, then see if the visa bulletin changed for October, then check if there is a visa (GC) for your category and then approve your GC.

If they approve your GC with this year's quota, then they will waste less and your GC will not count to next year. That will help someone else to get a GC next year (if there is no waste then).

In short, if you send your medicals soon, you will get your GC in a couple of weeks, if you delay sending the medicals, they may take more time to finish reviewing your case because they will try to finish with the most GC possible this year, so your GC will be approved weeks (months?) later.

[Kay_23]

Thank you for your response. I have already completed my medicals today. But the Doctor's office told me that it takes 5-7 business days for all the labwork to come back and then they would sign the form and give it to us. So do you mean that I would be considered for this fiscal year filing even if the medicals reach before 09/30 ? USCIS receipt date of medicals matters here to be considered for GC in this fiscal ?

I am in EB1C

[Enub4]

Thank you for your response. I have already completed my medicals today. But the Doctor's office told me that it takes 5-7 business days for all the labwork to come back and then they would sign the form and give it to us. So do you mean that I would be considered for this fiscal year filing even if the medicals reach before 09/30 ? USCIS receipt date of medicals matters here to be considered for GC in this fiscal ?

I am in EB1C

They just need your medical sealed envelope to approve your GC. If they receive the RFE letter with your sealed envelope soon, they will approve your GC before 9/30. Good luck.

[brownparda]

Thanks for the response. My lawyer filed an inquiry for I140, I485, I131 and I765 on July 19, 2021. A response was expected by Aug 10, 2021. A response has been sent on Sep 06, 2021 for the inquiry filed for I140. Lawyer has not yet received the response. Remaining inquiries have not been processed yet.

Thanks. Do let us know when your lawyer receives the word. Might be something in it for all of us. I'll do the same if I hear anything.

[Oct2020Filer]

Hello!

Has anyone faced this situation? Dependent haven't received the Biometrics appointment letter whereas the Primary has received the appointment letter and provided the biometrics, no updates so far for dependent is it normal or do I have to contact the USCIS? Parallelly I applied for the H4 and H4 EAD renewal on Feb 2021, since it was expiring on June 2021, and that got approved on September and received the EAD card(note no biometrics was taken). Let me know if I am missing any process! Thanks!

____________________________________________________________ ______
PD: Jan/2014 - (Eb2 downgraded to Eb3)
Filed : Oct 2020 at Texas
USCIS: Received application on Oct 29th 2020
Receipt : Received on Feb 2nd 2021 (PRIMARY AND DEPENDENT)
Biometrics Notification Letter : Received 15th July 2021 (Primary) NO BIOMETRICS FOR DEPENDENT
Biometrics Taken: August 1st 2021 (Primary)
Case I-765 status update : As of Sep 10th Fingerprint Applied to your case

____________________________________________________________ ______

[SSRS]

Finally 485 approved on a Friday, gods grace and blessings of our parents …let’s now make America great … in god we trust.

To all my fellow October filers ..don’t worry trust in god, your next ..god bless

Can you publish your timeline here please. It would be useful for a lot of us to get a sense. Many thanks!

[sherryst]

Update on my case where the primary got the GC but dependent is stuck at "fingerprints were taken" for a month. Today my husband/dependent received interview notification. Has anyone been in the same situation? Recently it seems all EB interviews are waived so surprised to see that he needs to go. Anyone who has gone recently for EB? Also for any support we already submitted but requested in the interview notice, should we still bring them anyway?

[Enub4]

Update on my case where the primary got the GC but dependent is stuck at "fingerprints were taken" for a month. Today my husband/dependent received interview notification. Has anyone been in the same situation? Recently it seems all EB interviews are waived so surprised to see that he needs to go. Anyone who has gone recently for EB? Also for any support we already submitted but requested in the interview notice, should we still bring them anyway?

This is the first time I have read something like this. If I understand correctly you already received the GC and your dependent (husband) received an interview notification with a date that he needs to go, right?

Does the letter say if you need to go to the interview?
How long have you been married? Maybe they want to make sure that your marriage is real.

You need to bring all original documents that you already supplied plus any new document that you think they may ask for (recent loan, statement, tax return, or another document). Good luck.

[sherryst]

This is the first time I have read something like this. If I understand correctly you already received the GC and your dependent (husband) received an interview notification with a date that he needs to go, right?

Does the letter say if you need to go to the interview?
How long have you been married? Maybe they want to make sure that your marriage is real.

You need to bring all original documents that you already supplied plus any new document that you think they may ask for (recent loan, statement, tax return, or another document). Good luck.

Yes you are right. I already got GC a month ago but my husband received interview notification for next week. The letter just said if your eligibility is marriage based then spouse need to appear. My understanding is even though technically the I485 is employment based (based on my category), because his eligibility is still based on marriage I need to go anyway and bring all my docs as well. Almost seems we have to prepare this interview as one for EB as well as one for marriage based.

We have been married more than two years now but by the time we filed it's just more than one year so maybe they think it's not long enough?

We already supplied medicals so we don't have another one that's sealed. Will that be ok? The notice said to bring medicals if we haven't supplied so I assume that's ok but want to make sure.

[Enub4]

Yes you are right. I already got GC a month ago but my husband received interview notification for next week. The letter just said if your eligibility is marriage based then spouse need to appear. My understanding is even though technically the I485 is employment based (based on my category), because his eligibility is still based on marriage I need to go anyway and bring all my docs as well. Almost seems we have to prepare this interview as one for EB as well as one for marriage based.

We have been married more than two years now but by the time we filed it's just more than one year so maybe they think it's not long enough?

We already supplied medicals so we don't have another one that's sealed. Will that be ok? The notice said to bring medicals if we haven't supplied so I assume that's ok but want to make sure.

If you provided the sealed medicals and are less than 2 years, then you don't need to bring another medical.

I guess you need to go together and prepare for employment questions and marriage questions. Bring current documents showing both names just in case (driver license with the same address, loan documents, credit cards, checking/savings account, tax returns, etc.)

I'm sorry I can't help more, your case is unique (at least for me). Please let us know your experience after the interview. Good luck.

[shiva_82]

After me and my family completed the biometrics, the status update online to not fingerprints were recorded for me and my wife. The status hasn't been updated for my son. Should I check with USCIS or is it common that the status is not updated for certain cases?