How Odd

Thank you , so it could possibly take a few months before it's approved?

Reached out to our local congressman to inquire why our case is taking so long . This was the reply from USCIS "Both petitions are still at NBC , they qualify for an interview waiver, which means they may not be adjudicated at the local field office, they are just waiting for a filed office to have the bandwidth to adjudicate them" It's already been 17.5 months, what exactly does this mean ??

well maybe someone has had this same experience since the last time i asked. and I wasn't asking about the interview being waived I asked about processing times.

Yes I know what you mean, I check Hilites USCIS everyday and that is where I saw one case that was close to mine.

I have checked and it seems sort of random, I only noticed one case who's receipt number was remotely close to mine. But I am seeing a bunch of 2022 cases being approved.

I have no idea either. I was told by a few of the agents that it's NBC who recommends the interview be waived but it's the FO that ultimately decides. The fact that my case is still sitting at NBC is extremely frustrating 17 months later I've not even received a RFE .

I chatted with a number of live agents on Emma Live chat and all have told me the interview was waived 09/28/22

Can someone please help me understand USCIS says if we filled concurrently we need to check our local field office. We filed our I-130 online in August 21 online and followed that on 12 October 21 with the rest of our packet including my medicals. The I-485 receipt says our Priority date is the same date we filed the I-130. The I-130 went to the Texas Service Centre where it stayed for over a year and then got transferred to NBC. Our interview was apparently waived on 09/28/22 and we have received no update since then . I have contacted a live agent via Emma live chat and my case has not even been moved to the FO yet. My FO just increased processing time to 24 months. We are 17 Months in already, so my question is do we have to wait another 24 months from the time the case gets moved to the local field office, or is the 17 months we have already waited for count as part of the local FO's processing time??

On average how long does it take to get approved after your case is transferred to you FO and your interview has been waived? My local FO says 19.5 months, but is that a definite timeline or is that an estimate? We're already 13 months in and our interview was waived end of September , last update on our case was a background check on 10/25. 19.5 months seems ridiculous especially when I see people who applied in January 22 already approved.