July 2022 - AOS Filers

[EatBulaga 445]

Hello July filers,

We got the infamous I-693 courtesy email. See the entire email at

https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/798091-request-for-form-i-693-courtesy-email/

 

[AD1 59]

My wife EAD card got approved after 9 months. Waiting to receive a card in mail.

[EatBulaga 445]

On 3/25/2023 at 6:08 PM, EatBulaga said:

Hello July filers,

We got the infamous I-693 courtesy email. See the entire email at

https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/798091-request-for-form-i-693-courtesy-email/

Greetings July 2022 AOS filers,

After going to see the Civil Surgeon for the I-693 medical, we got an email from USCIS "We have taken an action on your case", but we have yet to submit the sealed envelope.

Our case status shows case is updated to April 7, 2023, but the message is still "Case Is Being Actively Reviewed by USCIS".

 

I have a few conjectures of what might be happening.

One, the Civil Surgeon inputted our I-693 medical case to their USCIS system, which updates the whole USCIS system. I remember this happening during the overseas medical when we saw the CEACStatTracker update the process date but the message stayed as "Ready".

Or two, Atlanta FO has really taken action and we should see some updates soon. Some who reported the same message got their GC approval soon after.

Or three, some others have reported this message as a glitch in the system, and are still waiting.

 

In any case, if you go read our courtesy email post, we still plan on submitting our I-693 medical.

Edited April 8, 2023 by EatBulaga

[AD1 59]

I-485 was approved today :)

[EatBulaga 445]

I-485 approved today.

Check out my more extensive report at

https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/787260-august-2022-aos-filers/?do=findComment&comment=10834387

 

[gus_mili 47]

Our AOS got approved today and couldn't be happier! Best of luck to the rest of you!

[JoooonMoi 30]

On a whim checked wife's USCIS account and found EAD approval letter was posted last week 👍 almost there!

[JoooonMoi 30]

AOS was approved over the weekend, on the 2nd.

 

Question: How long after approval did folks receive status change for card production or arrival of green card?

[EatBulaga 445]

9 hours ago, JoooonMoi said:

AOS was approved over the weekend, on the 2nd.

 

Question: How long after approval did folks receive status change for card production or arrival of green card?

Congratulations! Happy for you all!

 

If you look at our Timeline or Profile->Our Story, it took us about a week from getting the approval notification to receiving the permanent residence card.

 

Start preparing for the post-AOS to-do's.

https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/799707-post-aos-optional-to-dos/

Edited July 6, 2023 by EatBulaga

[JoooonMoi 30]

11 hours ago, EatBulaga said:

Congratulations! Happy for you all!

 

If you look at our Timeline or Profile->Our Story, it took us about a week from getting the approval notification to receiving the permanent residence card.

 

Start preparing for the post-AOS to-do's.

https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/799707-post-aos-optional-to-dos/

Thank you! That's a great list to keep in mind. I like how folks said to start throwing things in a box

[ritac23 11]

Still no updates, and we're 3 weeks short of it marking a year I submitted the AOS... Anyone else in the same boat? I do have my EAD, but would love to get the green card before Christmas!

[EatBulaga 445]

@grant2 You are posting the I-130 data graphs. Shouldn't you be following the I-485?

[grant2 15]

11 minutes ago, EatBulaga said:

@grant2 You are posting the I-130 data graphs. Shouldn't you be following the I-485?

 

I'm being sponsored by a relative petitioner, as I expect most of the people on here are.  Since the I-130 must be approved before the I-485 can be granted, it seems more relevant.

 

I suspect most people's I-485 is in "processing" status, like mine, while they wait for adjudication of the related I-130.  After an I-130 approval, I'd expect the I-485 approval will happen promptly & automatically shortly after.

[grant2 15]

There's only about half as many I-485 applications for the same cohort as I-130 applications.  These are only IOE records though.  I have the notion that relative petitions tend to get scanned into the IOE queue by default whereas some other forms (like I-140) seem to still be paper-only and listed under the various offices.  

 

We can see from the large blob of yellow on the right that most I-485 applications were instantly put in "Processing" status, and have been gradually approved (or rejected) going back in time.  We can also see that in the past month, an extraordinary number were immediately put into "Interview Scheduled"

 

 

[ritac23 11]

It's been 13.5 months since I submitted the I-485 paperwork and still nothing. Could this be because my field office (Omaha, NE) is just very slow (current processing time of 19.5 months)? Or should I assume there's a hangup on our case and I should prepare for an RFE soon?

 

At least I have my work permit so I can have a normal life...