Brought my fianc and her son over on 129F in December 2022, got married and filed all the i485 paperwork which was received in February 23. Here we are 5 months later and today received a notice online and the portal states "Case Approved".
"We approved your form I-485,... and sent you an approval notice....please follow the instructions on your notice... if you do not receive your notice by Augst 19th... etc etc"
How excited should we be about this? What usually happens from here? I have been searching this forum and most of the discussion seems to end at people getting approved.
Some obvious questions:
- What instructions are likely included in the approval letter?
-Since the case was "Approved" does that mean another interview is no longer needed?
-Will the green card just print and arrive automatically?
-What kind of timeline are we looking at?
Since it has only been 6 months and they publish 20 months I feel like maybe we are not really in the end game. I want to be excited, but not sure if it's too early for that.
Thanks
- Feb 2021, Filed 129F
- Nov 2022, Interview in Mexico city (included biometrics and medical) APPROVED!
- Dec 2022, Crossed into USA, got married Dec 20th.
- Jan 2023, Competed all related i-485 forms, request to work, advanced parole, completed vaccinations/another medical
- Jan 2023, Got S/S card and Marriage certificates
- Feb 2023, Officially received my packet
- March 2023, Approved to work, received card
- April 2030, biometrics
- July 2023, activity on cases - indicated cases actively under review but back dated to March of 2023
- July 2023, activity on cases - i-485 Cases approved.
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