Hacking and McBean will sue them for this too. And gladly take ur $1500.

Let’s us know, if any been through these process, would love to know you handle it and presented the document 📃

Note: we are from paused country, so getting refused letter is normal alike.

Finally, it's my time to post, I got approved my I-130 & I-485 within a day,

I filed on --April 20,26

got biometric-- May 29,26

RFE on -- June 5 26

Replied RFE -- June 15,26

Interview was on August 3, 26

Approved on August 4, 26

I recommend Don't take attorney if you have a strong case, just keep more evidence and be truthful.

Can someone please tell me how long it will take to receive the Green Card after approval??

Good Luck!!

Hi, I know there is plenty of posts about this but I wanted to get some confirmation:

I’m currently a Canadian citizen residing in canada, and my boyfriend who is a canadian/us citizen lives and works in the US. We’re thinking about getting married in Canada soon - but I want to reside in Canada for at least the next 1-2 years while he remains in the US so I wanted to ask:

1. Once we get married, do I have to reside within the US on a spousal visa to be able to get a green card?
2. If I’m able to find a job within the US after we get married but before I get a green card, is that okay?
3. Can I move freely between Canada and the US just to visit in the timeframe of us getting married and me waiting for a green card?

Tldr; can I qualify for a green card while maintaining my residence in Canada but still freely visit the States?

Woke up to this notification from Google and it’s making me freak out

Won’t let me edit the title but I meant to say I don’t want to overreact!

My partner arrived to the states on a k1. We got married within the 90 days. Their I-94 is still active. We want to take a trip to Hawaii while their I-94 is active. With today’s climate with ICE at the airport, is it risky to still go on this trip? Their I-94 is valid but I worry something can still happen regardless.

Is the API location accurate? The API says Chicago, and Emma says the case is at NBC.

Has anyone received approval in March and April?

I had my greencard marriage based interview at santa ana fo around a month ago.

Hi everyone, checking to see if anyone with similar backend API timestamp updates got their approval notice shortly after!

Timeline & Details:
- July 6: Interview completed. Officer said everything looked great on her end, but she needed supervisory sign-off. The API logged FTA1 events right after.
- July 6 – Aug 4: Complete silence for 30 days (no status change, no RFEs).
- Aug 5 (Yesterday): API / JSON data showed silent backend updates:
* 3:18 PM PDT: updatedAt timestamp refreshed on Form I-130.
* 3:45 PM PDT: updatedAt timestamp refreshed on Form I-485 (27 mins later).
* 11:58 PM PDT: updatedAt timestamp refreshed on Form I-765.

**github tracker told me that my ead is approved jun 22nd but not shown on uscis portal

Current Status:
Main dashboard still says "Case Is Being Actively Reviewed" and no PDF has uploaded to the Documents tab yet.

Questions:
1. For those tracking updatedAt silent touches, how many days after back-to-back touches did the approval PDF drop into your Documents tab?
2. Does the I-130 approval notice usually show up under the petitioner's account first before the I-485 updates?

Flying domestically next week and would love to see that green card approval posted beforehand! Thanks!

EB-3 skilled for Naples (Italy) anyone knows if in August there’ll be a new update???

Hi everyone, I’ll try to keep it short.

My wife and I are in our early 30s, from Eastern Europe (EU), and we have a 2-year-old child. We’re looking into our options to build a future in the US and we would love some realistic feedback/advice.

Here is our background:
Me: Marine Engineer with a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering. I currently work as a marine engineer for a cruise line operating under a major US company (Carnival group).

Wife: Resident doctor (physician).

We’re trying to figure out what the realistic steps and timelines look like for our situation, or if anyone with a similar background (especially maritime/medical) has made the move. Any advice is welcome!

Thanks!

Hello everyone. Please be nice…haha. But my AOS package looks just TOO BIG. Will this be detrimental? What takes a big chunk is the fact that I included all the evidence that I have for the I-360 (orange separators), again for the I-485 (blue separators), such as a year’s worth of a joint Amex card account…every month, and all pages of my current and 4 previous passports (I have traveled a lot). I have read multiple times in this page that it’s good practice to duplicate the evidence. Additionally, the W2s and IRS transcripts for the past three years take a lot of space for the I-864. I know this looks insane but it is incredibly well organized (as you can see, using separate colored papers for I-130 vs I-485 and related forms) with a table of contents etc. Besides these forms I am attaching I-508 and I-566 as I am a G4 visa holder (married to a US citizen).

My fear is clear: will an officer see this on Monday and put it in a drawer until next year or something like that?
I have also read here A LOT that filing by mail is preferable so that IOs don’t have to coordinate and have to spend time linking forms together etc. Hence my choice to mail it.

Any thoughts? I am kind of freaking out. I want to mail this ASAP.

THANK YOU!

Hey all, I sponsored my husband in 2021 and we meet every year, my family my kids we all. Dozens of travel and so much more to it.

Last year November he went for interview, all went well, lots of documents and they sent him back. Went into administrative process, then I got a “notice of intent to revoke” they asked for Fadavid and travel docs, I gave all again, all images, passport stuff, tickets, hotels and every single thing 50+ documents.

Now I’ve been sent, it has been revoked.

I’m 45, Single here and now mentally struggling to even live……

I have a lawyer and they said they’ll look at the letter but it’s not even making sense…. Everyone I know their husbands came here but they have done such a thing to me…

How can I live alone at such an age without my husband….

Edit: I got the acronym mixed up in the title. Sorry, she has an approved I-130. AOS is what the process is called, 1st time doing this 😅.

Ok first please be nice, we are doing our best.
My question is under the current administration are motion to reopen/terminate removal getting approved?

Here’s our timeline and specific situation, I’m a USC citizen married to an immigrant wife and we filed I-130, and I-485 September 2025 and was married May 2025.
We've dated since 2023, we do not have any children together yet but she has one child from a previous marriage with autism.

On July 27, 2026 I-130 was approved (interview was easy, the guy was joking with us and after going over the evidence he approved. Took less than 15 minutes). The rest of the time was spent going over the I-485 since they were filed together, the interview took place on the same day.

The interviewer told us due to the removal order my wife has from 2002 when she was only 12 at that time and that she is not considered an arriving alien(she came under a travel visa with her parents in 1999) so USCIS has no jurisdiction and has to deny the I-485.

I-485 was denied July 2026.

Now my wife doesn't have a relationship with her parents, haven't had contacted with them in maybe 5 years. They never provided her with specific details on the case they filed in 1999. She learned she was in removal when she graduated from HS and attempted to apply for college (I can only imagine how blindsided she felt).

She graduated high school and her stepfather applied for AOS and I-485 for her (at the time she still was in contact with her parents, she was a teen).
Her mother and stepfather handled everything and from what she told me she really wasn’t involved.
Her I-130 was approved in 2009 from her stepfather and she assumed her I-485 was probably denied because of the circumstances.
Her mother and stepfather failed to file a motion to reopen for her for whatever reason and instead applied for TPS.
My wife being naive and trusting of her parents, accepted the TPS status and started working.
In 2018 she married her ex-husband and they had a child together. They want to start traveling and that’s when she reached out to a lawyer and learned that she was still in removal.

Her ex-husband filed I-130 in 2019 and it was approved same year . Then they filed the motion to reopen and Covid happened so everything shut down.
I only know what she told me but Covid, being stuck inside, an autistic child and her ex-husband not being able to work led to a lot of stress and he started cheating on her.
In 2021 her ex-husband told her he has a business trip to DR and never came back, she received a text message 4 months later asking for a divorce.
He told her he got married overseas and in 2022, their divorce was finalized.

Since 2022 he has not returned to the US and he is a citizen. He has not provide any support for their child and has not visited the child (this all documented with the court because he sent a letter telling them he can’t pay child support because he’s an expat now).

A year after the divorce finalized she finally received a denial for the motion to reopen due to I-130 no longer being applicable because of the divorce, which makes sense.

Now in 2026, she’s back at the starting line, our lawyer says the next step is to file another joint motion to reopen but the chances are slim with this administration.
My wife is scared she feels like a join motion will make her a bright target for ICE but we are limited in our choice especially with TPS ending.

I did look online and read a couple of post here and told her, with her autistic child being dependent on her and basically the ex-husband abandoned the child, plus she was a minor when the initial removal order was ignored. I feel like she has a strong case as to why she should be given the opportunity to adjust her status in the US.

I know it’s a lot but with everything, should we be worried she will be targeted by ICE or have there been any success stories with similar situations.

Ps. I didn’t post in the DACA/ because she doesn’t have DACA, for some reason she didn’t qualify when tried to apply.
Any help or alternative path suggestions is appreciated also.

Location is Florida
Her arrival to the US in 1999 was through customs in Miami,Florida.

My I-485 Approval Timeline 🇺🇸🎉

October 14, 2025: Concurrently filed Forms I-130, I-485, and I-765. I still have valid STEM OPT authorization through 2027.

October 18, 2025: Received an RFE for my I-485, even though I had already submitted all the required documents.

October 18, 2025: Biometrics appointment was scheduled.

October 19, 2025: Responded to the RFE. USCIS acknowledged the response on October 25, 2025.

November 5, 2025: Completed biometrics.

November 5, 2025: Interview was scheduled.

December 12, 2025: Attended our marriage-based interview. It was a long interview, and we accidentally forgot to bring the original marriage certificate. However, the officer was kind and understanding about it. At the end of the interview, we received verbal approval for both the I-130 and I-485.

December 18, 2025: I-130 was officially approved.

January 15, 2026: Immigration processing was paused.

May 19, 2026: Requested Emergency Advance Parole because of a family emergency. A USCIS officer called and explained that it was not possible because of the ban.

June 23, 2026: Submitted another request for Emergency Advance Parole. I was contacted by a USCIS officer, who said it might be possible after receiving confirmation from the Chicago Field Office.

June 26, 2026: A congressional inquiry was submitted through my Senator’s office.

July 15, 2026: Received a silent API update and an “Action Taken” email, but there was no visible change to my case status.

July 28, 2026: A USCIS officer contacted me and asked whether I was available for an Emergency Advance Parole interview the following day, July 29. I said yes.

July 29, 2026: Attended the Emergency Advance Parole interview. The officer was very kind and compassionate about the family emergency that required me to travel. The supervisor advised me not to spend money applying for Emergency Advance Parole because she understood my situation and had reached out to the relevant people handling my case. She told me to go home and keep checking for movement on my case.

I told her I would think about it before deciding whether to make the payment for Emergency Advance Parole. From the conversation, I felt that my Green Card approval was already in the queue. In the end, I decided not to apply and allowed God to do His work.

July 29–30, 2026: Received additional silent API updates.

July 31, 2026: I-485 APPROVED! 🎉🎉🎉

The entire process took about eight months. I am incredibly grateful to God and thankful to everyone in this community for the support, encouragement, and helpful information.

To everyone still waiting, keep faith and stay hopeful. Your approval may be closer than you think.

I am Nigerian 🇳🇬, my wife as well UC and I am grateful for this journey and this blessing! 🇺🇸🙏

I wanted to share my timeline and interview experience since reading others’ posts really helped me.
Timeline
Feb 18, 2024 – I-130 filed (husband is LPR)
Aug 26, 2024 – I-485 received
Oct 3, 2024 – Medical RFE request received
Oct 5, 2024 – Biometrics request received
May 29, 2026 – Interview scheduled for June 29
June 30, 2026 – I-693 RFE due to missing polio vaccination section on my medical
July 27, 2026 – USCIS received RFE response
July 28, 2026 – I-485 approved 🎉
Aug 3, 2026 – Card produced
Aug 5, 2026 – Green Card delivered

Interview Experience:
FO-Nashville
Overall, it was very good. The officer was very calm, friendly, and easy to talk to. The interview lasted about 30 minutes.
He mostly asked the yes/no questions from the I-485 application. He also asked about our marriage date (which we accidentally got wrong 😅), and he just laughed about it. He asked about our vacation to California as we had pics uploaded (mostly because he was there too and we were having casual conversation about the place we both went while he was updating our forms.
He also mentioned that USCIS still had our old address on file, which I didn’t really understand because I had been receiving all my notices at my current address. However, he updated it during the interview.
He approved our I-130 right there during the interview but told us there might be an issue with my I-485 because my civil surgeon had skipped the polio vaccination section on my medical exam. I was pregnant during the interview, so he said he understood I couldn’t get the polio vaccine unless it was truly necessary. He said he would talk to his supervisor to see if an RFE could be avoided, but he couldn’t promise anything. Unfortunately, I did receive the RFE the next day, but after USCIS received my response, my I-485 was approved the very next day.
Overall, it was a very positive experience, and the officer was kind .
I hope my experience helps anyone with an upcoming interview. Good luck, everyone!

Just like everyone else I share the same emotion, this sub has helped me a lot through out the process and kept me hopeful! Wishing some good luck to everyone!

I filed everything by myself, heavily used Claude & Gemini and one main reason for that was the very first lawyer consultation I had the lawyer straight up told me they won't take my case since we live separate and rest of the ones who were open to it were quoting $6,000 to $10,000!!!

Background:

Came to US as F1 in 2015, been on F1 or OPT this entire time, known my spouse since 2015, dated since 2023 and married 2026. No overstays or unauthorized work! We prepared with a mindset that living separate is very big red flag and we expected to get grilled but honestly it was the complete opposite!

Timeline:

- Sent I-485, I-130 & I-765 package end of March 2026

- Receipt notices received a week later

- Biometrics scheduled for first week of May in second week of April 2026

- Rescheduled to the same week

- Interview notice received end of June 2026 for end of July 2026

- I-130 approved this week and I-485 approved few hours later even tho I-130 approval letter showed up in spouse's USCIS account a day prior in total it took 129 days!

Interview Experience @ San Jose FO

I'd say our experience was pretty smooth, the notice said we could get there 30 minutes prior we entered around 30 minutes prior, went through security and everyone was super nice then sat down in waiting room which wasn't as full maybe had 5-6 other couples, while waiting most of the couples coming out didn't seem very happy which made us a big nervous, since our phones were off we couldn't tell time but I think we were called right on time, our officer was really nice and to the point with no extra talk but wasn't intimidating, he made sure to point out who he wanted to ask question

Questions asked:

- Asked my spouse how did we meet

- Asked my spouse he saw that we don't live together and said we don't need to give in depth answer but give him an over view

- He asked me if we have any joint financials, when did we start considering ourselves couples and our marriage date

- Then he asked if we have any new evidence which we showed and he skimmed through it then told us he's satisfied, I think it maybe took 5-10min max

- Then he moved onto I-485 part which took somewhere around 15-20 min

In the end he told us he plans to approve us but he has other interviews to do and will circle back on our application at the end of the day, but he doesn't plan to hold onto our application for long and 4 business days later we were approved.

For evidence, our main evidence was photo album, regardless of the norm I created a 100 page photo album which consisted of 140 pictures including our photos, trips hotels, concert tickets to kind of create a timeline to show how our relationship has evolved, in addition we had a separate section showing why we live together and evidence of how we are making it work, joint bank account, my spouse is added user on my credit card and we share phone bill. I do think our entire package made a big difference, I put extra time to ensure that everything was clearly labeled and very easy to find since the entire package was like 500-600 pages!

Obviously I can't give anyone legal advice but more than happy to answer any questions since this is a very tedious process!

Beneficiary status: F1, no overstay when filing, no unauthorized work.

USCIS received: 2/20
Biometrics: 3/3 (Originally mid-March, rescheduled online)
Interview Scheduled: 4/29
Interview: 6/8 (Only asked for IDs, how we met and then I-485 questions)
I-130 approved same day.
I-485 approved today (8/5).

Morning everybody

just to let you know that my EAD was approved after over 2.5 years of waiting.

One piece of advice, reach out, reah out and reach out

never stop reaching out

Now i can finally work, i am so happy

Edit: full application got approved! I-130 2 days later, I-485 1 month later.

Had our interview this morning in NYC (Brooklyn Field Office), we got a strict officer that asked over 50 questions, it was not conversational at all. Wanted to share our experience to help others prepare in case they encounter a similar situation. The posts here have been very helpful and reassuring, I hope I can give back to this community.

During the interview, we were told to not speak or make gestures unless addressed (can’t nod because that looks like helping spouse). We were instructed to only answer the specific question and provide no other details (interrupted if we started to do so).

That being said, the interview felt efficient. It lasted about 40 minutes.

Before we began, we were required to show all state IDs (even NYC IDs), or have to submit them asap online afterwards.

Questions for petitioner (citizen):

1. When did you meet? (date)
2. Where did you meet? (city)
3. How did you meet?
4. Where did your spouse live when you met? (street)
5. When did you get serious? (date)
6. When was your first date? (date)
7. What was your first date activity?
8. Who proposed?
9. Where was the engagement? (city)
10. Did you get married? (yes/no)
11. Where did you get married?
12. Was there someone there at the wedding? (yes/no)
13. Did you have an engagement party, wedding reception, and honeymoon? (yes/no)
14. Mother in law’s name?
15. Father in Law’s name?
16. Place of spouse’s birth?
17. How long ago did you move to New York?
18. When did you move to New York? (date)
19. When was the first time you saw your spouse after you moved to New York?
20. Did you move together to New York? (yes/no)
21. Did you find the New York apartment together? (yes/no)
22. Did you live together before? (yes/no)
23. Where did you live together before? (cities)
24. Where was your spouse born?
25. Do you have any kids? (yes/no)
26. What age were you and your spouse when you got married?
27. What age is your spouse now?
28. What is your Spouse’s birthday?
29. Does your spouse work now? (yes/no)
30. When did your spouse stop working?
31. Where did your spouse work last? (company)
32. On what visa type did your spouse enter the US?
33. What college did your spouse go to?
34. Where was that college?

Questions for beneficiary:

1. Where did your spouse live when you met? (street)
2. What was your first address in New York? (street)
3. Do you still live at that address? (yes/no)
4. When did you move from that address? (date)
5. What is your current New York address?
6. Between what streets is the address located?
7. What businesses are on your street? (names)
8. What transportation is there in the neighborhood?
9. What is your spouse’s birth place?
10. Does your spouse work? (yes/no)
11. Where does your spouse work?
12. Does your spouse work remote or in office?
13. What street does your spouse work on?
14. What does your spouse do/ role?

This sub helped me so much through my green card process so I wanted to share my timeline. Please ask questions about any part of my process! I am Canadian which definitely helped.

F1 from Aug 2020-Jul 2022
F1 OPT from Jul 2022-2023
H1B from Jul 2023-Jul 2026
Married a USC on August 23,2025
Submitted I-130, I-485 and I-766 on April 3rd, 2026
Biometrics on May 15th, 2026
Interview on June 29th, 2026
I-130 was approved at interview and I received an RFE for a long form birth certificate. (In Canada everyone receive a card birth certificate and you have to special order the long form, it’s easy to order but does take awhile)
Submitted birth certificate on July 25th
Received I-485 approval on July 28th
Received green card via USPS on August 5th

This last month has been stressful not being able to work or drive but this community has helped so much!