Carlos.Brazil

Finally received the Green Card in the mail today! Took about 20 days from approval to receiving it in hand. It took a while for it to update to "Card being produced" but once it did, it got here in about 2 days. Wishing everybody best of luck and hopeful you all will get some good news soon!

Received a new Social Security card in the mail yesterday (Didn't apply for a new one or anything), but no Green card yet. Just wanted to update regarding the SSN because I know in the past people were recommending to go into the SSN office to get a new card after they receive their green cards, but looks like it they do it automatically now!

Thanks!Submitted everything except medical April 8th, 2022. @Gauchos hope you get the rfe soon!

I-485 was approved today!

Let us know if you hear anything back! I'm not sure how long after you send in medical that you get a response nowadays. I've seen anywhere from 24 hours to a few months.

It seem only the first 2 are required for travel and for the I-693 medical. No booster required. (At least that's what they told me when I traveled to Brazil recently and they stamped and signed my wife's I-693 with only the first two doses)

Just came back from Brazil yesterday and going through customs with Advanced Parole was pretty easy. They just sent my wife to the secondary room and waited about 20 minutes, they didn't ask any questions, just stamped her AP when it was her turn and she went on her way. Also finally received medical RFE, so we sent that out yesterday as well. Today I-130 was approved! Now just waiting for them to receive the medical RFE response and make a decision for I-485. NOTE: Our local FO is Dallas, but the RFE requested us to send it to the Phoenix FO, so I guess our case is there?

Well I don't think it necessarily means nothing, I think they most likely are waived. I at least haven't seen anybody who was told their interview was waived get an interview afterwards.

I'm not sure what is special about that date, but most everyone's interviews seemed to be waived since July (They told me July 5th).

I honestly don't think it was the expedite that got approved, I think it was just the regular processing since we never got any emails regarding the expedites afterwards aside from the initial one saying it was submitted. I checked in nearly everyday with Emma to see if the expedite case was assigned to an officer yet and even up to the last day, they told me it had not been assigned to someone yet. Then the next day I just got a notification on the case tracker app saying it was approved. But at least they asked for evidence for you! So hopefully you'll hear back soon.

Exactly! I was speaking to a friend a few days ago, she said she went to the dentist and they sent her to a specialist which wanted to charge $17,000 USD for a lot of stuff she didn't even need. She ended up going to Brazil for the holidays and decided to go to the dentist there. They took care of her for $300!😵

It might be even MORE expensive to get looked at and treated in the US and there is no guarantee your request would be approved. So considering your health is on the line, is there any other country that you can travel to and get treatment at a more reasonable price? Many people I know actually travel outside of the US for medical/dental appointments, as it is a lot cheaper to do so.

I-131 Advanced Parole approved today! Just got a notification from Case Tracker saying it was approved! Not sure if it was because of an expedite or if it was just normal processing. Hope this means everyone will get theirs soon as well!🥳