Case Held for Review

[Aviculture1 5]

Hi,
My husband and I just had our AOS interview this morning and they are holding the case for further review.  The immigration officer seemed unsatisfied with my not being able to remember my husband's address of where he lived when we first met, I remembered bits and pieces but not the full address,  and he questioned the fact that we met on Facebook and seemed like he didn't like that answer.  I know it is up to the individual officer but does this sound like reason enough to deny the adjustment of status?

[Crazy Cat 41,845]

No........His complete address is a minor item.  Many people meet on FB.  I expect you will receive good news soon.

[cbro20 53]

Everyone gets held for review. Some officers give more hints than others. For example, my officer said “congrats” after the interview even though we were held for review. Lots of officers are simply bureaucratic as can be and don’t give anything away on the spot as to approval/denial. Your impression that the officer was unhappy with your responses is likely incorrect and/or overthinking and you’ll likely get an approval notification soon.

[Alienbiteme 54]

16 hours ago, cbro20 said:

Everyone gets held for review. Some officers give more hints than others. For example, my officer said “congrats” after the interview even though we were held for review. Lots of officers are simply bureaucratic as can be and don’t give anything away on the spot as to approval/denial. Your impression that the officer was unhappy with your responses is likely incorrect and/or overthinking and you’ll likely get an approval notification soon.

not true, mine didn't get held at all, actually officer interviewed us told me clearly that I should be able to see approved  information on USCIS website in 24 hours. And he also mentioned I should be able to receive 10 year greed card in less than 2 weeks, which all turned out to be true.

 

[Aviculture1 5]

Thanks for the words of encouragement and everyone was correct, we checked the USCIS site this morning and it stated they were processing our Green card. 

[cbro20 53]

2 hours ago, Alienbiteme said:

not true, mine didn't get held at all, actually officer interviewed us told me clearly that I should be able to see approved  information on USCIS website in 24 hours. And he also mentioned I should be able to receive 10 year greed card in less than 2 weeks, which all turned out to be true.

 

Everyone gets held for review. As I said, some officers divulge more than others at the conclusion of an interview. Even if they flat-out say “you will be approved,” the applicant is still technically held under review until the officer processes the change in the system.

 

Anyway, congrats OP!

[Alienbiteme 54]

36 minutes ago, cbro20 said:

Everyone gets held for review. As I said, some officers divulge more than others at the conclusion of an interview. Even if they flat-out say “you will be approved,” the applicant is still technically held under review until the officer processes the change in the system.

 

Anyway, congrats OP!

thanks for comment, here is part of my case status on USCIS. I went to green card interview on April 28th. Officer never said anything like"You will be approved".

"

April 29, 2021 We approved your Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status.

April 28, 2021 We ordered your new card"

Edited May 18, 2021 by Alienbiteme

[cbro20 53]

24 minutes ago, Alienbiteme said:

thanks for comment, here is part of my case status on USCIS. I went to green card interview on April 28th. Officer never said anything like"You will be approved".

"

April 29, 2021 We approved your Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status.

April 28, 2021 We ordered your new card"

Sigh.

 

It’s standard procedure for applicants to be held for review after an I-485 interview. How long the case is held for review varies. 
 

Some cases are held for review for 30 minutes. Others for 24 hours. Others for a couple weeks. Some applicants don’t even know they were held for review because approval can come quickly after the interview.

 

Just because your status tracker updated to “approved” shortly after your interview doesn’t mean you weren’t held for review. From the time your interview finished, your case was technically held for review until the finalized approval was processed in the system. Unless the officer literally finalized the approval while you were sitting in the room, which would be uncommon, you were held for review.

 

Get it?

 

Edited May 18, 2021 by cbro20