How long after 'we have taken action on your case' did the case update?

[Rosalea 22]

22 hours ago I got an email and text from USCIS saying, "we have taken action on your case" but there haven't been any updates to my case (I-485 standalone) online. I've read a lot about this happening so I know it's pretty common. Unfortunately it's the weekend so I can't talk to a live agent via Emma which is frustrating! The anticipation is killing me!!

 

For people who have also had this happen, how long did it take before something updated or appeared in the documents tab?

 

For reference here's a summary of my timeline: 

I-485 received: November 6th, 2023

RFE: November 20th, 2023

RFE sent/received: December 5th, 2023

Biometrics & active review: December 11th, 2023

Case transferred to FO: May 8th, 2024

Email/text saying action has been taken on case: June 8th, 2024

[EatBulaga 315]

If you look at our Profile or Timeline, we had something similar at the Atlanta Field Office during the Great Request for I-693 Courtesy Email of March 2023.

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

At that time the Atlanta FO estimated I-485 AOS processing time was over 36 months because the evidence suggested the Atlanta FO stopped processing in December 2022.

So before the FO started back up processing, they apparently sent out a mass Request for I-693 Courtesy Email in March 2023, to all those who did not have an I-693 on file regardless if they had a proper overseas medical DS-3025 or not.

Now there was a great debate among the Atlanta AOS filers then whether to go thru with the I-693 or not or wait for the I-693 RFE.

 

About a week before the I-693 drop-off to the Atlanta FO in April 2023, the FO sent out a "We have taken an action on your case" email to seemingly everyone in the AOS queue, but the USCIS Case Status stayed on "Case Is Being Actively Reviewed by USCIS".

About a week later, it seemed everyone got AOS approved without interview regardless if they dropped off an I-693 or not.

 

So for us, from the "We have taken an action on your case" email to AOS approval showing up in our USCIS Case Status was about 2 weeks. The "We have taken an action..." notification was maybe USCIS internally prepping to formulate a decision like someone may have actually looked at your case, or they selected a few clicks on your case, etc. So the best advice is to be patient--some change may be coming up in your USCIS Case Status.

[OldUser 6,600]

4 hours ago, Rosalea said:

22 hours ago I got an email and text from USCIS saying, "we have taken action on your case" but there haven't been any updates to my case (I-485 standalone) online.

This is normal. A lot of people seen these ghost updates in various cases. It doesn't mean much, I wouldn't worry about it.

[Rosalea 22]

5 minutes ago, OldUser said:

This is normal. A lot of people seen these ghost updates in various cases. It doesn't mean much, I wouldn't worry about it.

I wasn’t worried about it I was hoping it’d be something positive haha. But this is uscis we’re talking about.

[K1visaHopeful 2,810]

Historically, that notification simply means your case was touched. 

It doesn't have to mean anything will be actively worked on soon.

Sorry to disappoint. 

Looking at your estimated timeline on the website for your LFO is your best bet. Set your expectation at that and hope it takes less. 

[powerpuff 6,674]

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