Celebrations & Thanks

[aGCHopefull]

Hi All.

Good to see movement and see several folks are getting greened. my hearty congratulations to all of them.
It appears to me that, NBC is only service center which picked up the speed. most of the approvals are from NBC (National Benefit Center),
Please share your thoughts.

I believe all SC are picking up speed this last quarter. I think now the wait is on FOs.

Quick question though: if someone's file is still at NBC, does it mean that it is still pending transfer to a FO, right? NBC itself does not process / make decision on I-485?

[korlakunta08]

Me and my wife GC got approved today.

Thank you for every one.

[andhraguy]

Me and my wife GC hot approved today.

Thank you for every one.

Congrats buddy! Can you pls share the pd and timeline details

[shaisri]

Me and my wife GC hot approved today.

Thank you for every one.

Congratulations! Happy ending to a long journey!

[feedmyback]

Congratulations to everyone greened!!

For those waiting, this is absolutely Chaotic and disappointing to say the least! Can't identify any patterns! "Random" is the only way to characterize the USCIS processing!

[feedmyback]

Good to see so many old timers finally getting greened! Very happy for each and every one of you! Enjoy your post GC life!!

[aGCHopefull]

Good to see so many old timers finally getting greened! Very happy for each and every one of you! Enjoy your post GC life!!

What's your notice date for I-485? Do you know if your file has been transferred to FO yet?

[chirag1211]

Finally Greened, sorry it took me few days to post this since I just wanted to make sure its real.

It has been a long wait, 13 years in the U.S, 10 years in the queue, this forum is a treasure trove of information related to immigration.
Thank You Q, Spec and all other members who have been sharing some valuable information in this forum.


Here is the timeline :

PD: May 3 2011
RD: Oct 16 2020
ND: Nov 20 2020
FP: Jan 8 2021
EAD/AP Approval: Jan 20, 2021
I485J Receipt - May 21 2021
New Card Being produced: July 24 2021
I485, i485J Approval - Jul 26 2021
Card Mailed: July 27 2021. I am yet receive it in mail, should be coming in few days I believe.

Thanks,
Chirag

[qesehmk]

Finally Greened, sorry it took me few days to post this since I just wanted to make sure its real.

It has been a long wait, 13 years in the U.S, 10 years in the queue, this forum is a treasure trove of information related to immigration.
Thank You Q, Spec and all other members who have been sharing some valuable information in this forum.


Here is the timeline :

PD: May 3 2011
RD: Oct 16 2020
ND: Nov 20 2020
FP: Jan 8 2021
EAD/AP Approval: Jan 20, 2021
I485J Receipt - May 21 2021
New Card Being produced: July 24 2021
I485, i485J Approval - Jul 26 2021
Card Mailed: July 27 2021. I am yet receive it in mail, should be coming in few days I believe.

Thanks,
Chirag

Many congratulations Chirag! Sorry it took a while to approve your post. I guess you posted for the first time (and that too twice).

Even if somebody is a silent reader - do let us know once you get GC. Joy when shared increases!

[chirag1211]

Many congratulations Chirag! Sorry it took a while to approve your post I guess (I see you posted twice)!

Even if somebody is a silent reader - do let us know once you get GC. Joy when shared increases!

Thank You Q, I have been a silent reader of this forum for quite a long time and over the years have gained good knowledge learning for the experiences of each one of you.
Also, congratulations to all who have been greened and also best wishes for the people waiting.

Just to benefit the people who are still waiting to be approved, I will share my experience, my PD became current from July 1st and I was checking the status of my application daily at least twice or thrice to see if anything got updated, and I had chatted with Emma to know about my case being transferred to FO (Newark, NJ), but last Friday (July 23) when I checked with the agent on live chat, she mentioned to me that my case has not yet been assigned by USCIS, i was very disappointed since the talks of 100k GCs getting wasted this year. So, i had lost my hopes that it get approved before Oct. But then USCIS never misses to surprise, very next day on Sat (July 24) I got the email notification saying "New Card is being produced". That's the reason i waited for couple days to make sure if this is real. But I would advice people waiting whatever you hear from live chat, just take it with a pinch of salt.

Good Luck to everyone. I will continue to visit the forum.

[skpanda]

Congratulations Chirag! Are you EB2 or EB3?

Finally Greened, sorry it took me few days to post this since I just wanted to make sure its real.

It has been a long wait, 13 years in the U.S, 10 years in the queue, this forum is a treasure trove of information related to immigration.
Thank You Q, Spec and all other members who have been sharing some valuable information in this forum.


Here is the timeline :

PD: May 3 2011
RD: Oct 16 2020
ND: Nov 20 2020
FP: Jan 8 2021
EAD/AP Approval: Jan 20, 2021
I485J Receipt - May 21 2021
New Card Being produced: July 24 2021
I485, i485J Approval - Jul 26 2021
Card Mailed: July 27 2021. I am yet receive it in mail, should be coming in few days I believe.

Thanks,
Chirag

[chirag1211]

Congratulations Chirag! Are you EB2 or EB3?

Thanks skpanda, EB2 I - straight filing

[andhraguy]

Finally Greened, sorry it took me few days to post this since I just wanted to make sure its real.

It has been a long wait, 13 years in the U.S, 10 years in the queue, this forum is a treasure trove of information related to immigration.
Thank You Q, Spec and all other members who have been sharing some valuable information in this forum.


Here is the timeline :

PD: May 3 2011
RD: Oct 16 2020
ND: Nov 20 2020
FP: Jan 8 2021
EAD/AP Approval: Jan 20, 2021
I485J Receipt - May 21 2021
New Card Being produced: July 24 2021
I485, i485J Approval - Jul 26 2021
Card Mailed: July 27 2021. I am yet receive it in mail, should be coming in few days I believe.

Thanks,
Chirag

Chirag - Many Congratulations! and thanks for taking time to post about your green card approval. It feels great to see someone getting greened and increase our belief in getting greened soon. Good to know that It took about 2 months to approve your green card after they actively started working on your application (485J receipt or issuing RFE) I guess you must have submitted your medicals with initial filling and didn't receive any RFE.

[andhraguy]

Thanks skpanda, EB2 I - straight filing

I think that is the key to get your green card faster by submitting medicals with initial filing and no RFE.

[feedmyback]

What's your notice date for I-485? Do you know if your file has been transferred to FO yet?

Hi My notice date is: Dec/05/2020. What is the importance of that? I have no news on whether my case has been moved to a FO or not.

[Zenzone]

Congrats to everyone who got greened in the past week and good luck to those who are almost there! Nice to see positive news in this thread on a more frequent basis, hopefully the pace increases more in coming weeks.

[Turbulent_Dragonfly]

I posted at 1:52 after many weeks here and looks like it was a lucky charm! I just got card production notifications just a few min back!

PS: I did open an SR on our I-485s (including I-485J) and was promised an update on 7/29. Looks like it worked. So don't pay attention to the processing times in case you applied in Oct and just open a request.

Good luck to everyone here and hope to hang around and help others on their journey.

[AceMan]

I posted at 1:52 after many weeks here and looks like it was a lucky charm! I just got card production notifications just a few min back!

PS: I did open an SR on our I-485s (including I-485J) and was promised an update on 7/29. Looks like it worked. So don't pay attention to the processing times in case you applied in Oct and just open a request.

Good luck to everyone here and hope to hang around and help others on their journey.

Congrats buddy. You deserved it after being so close 9 years back!!!

[dosaman]

I posted at 1:52 after many weeks here and looks like it was a lucky charm! I just got card production notifications just a few min back!

PS: I did open an SR on our I-485s (including I-485J) and was promised an update on 7/29. Looks like it worked. So don't pay attention to the processing times in case you applied in Oct and just open a request.

Good luck to everyone here and hope to hang around and help others on their journey.

Congratulations! Do they honor service requests for I-485 even though technically our processing times are still not outside normal processing time?

[idliman]

I posted at 1:52 after many weeks here and looks like it was a lucky charm! I just got card production notifications just a few min back!

PS: I did open an SR on our I-485s (including I-485J) and was promised an update on 7/29. Looks like it worked. So don't pay attention to the processing times in case you applied in Oct and just open a request.

Good luck to everyone here and hope to hang around and help others on their journey.

Great news. Congratulations.

[andhraguy]

I posted at 1:52 after many weeks here and looks like it was a lucky charm! I just got card production notifications just a few min back!

PS: I did open an SR on our I-485s (including I-485J) and was promised an update on 7/29. Looks like it worked. So don't pay attention to the processing times in case you applied in Oct and just open a request.

Good luck to everyone here and hope to hang around and help others on their journey.

Many Congratulations. Enjoy you freedom!

[Turbulent_Dragonfly]

Congratulations! Do they honor service requests for I-485 even though technically our processing times are still not outside normal processing time?

It just seems too coincidental that I was provided a response date of 7/29 on my SR and got my GC approved the same day. So I would say people should go ahead and open a request, worst case they will say it is still under review.

[andhraguy]

It just seems too coincidental that I was provided a response date of 7/29 on my SR and got my GC approved the same day. So I would say people should go ahead and open a request, worst case they will say it is still under review.

Just a dumb question how to open a service request ? Asking Emma or uscis online account ?

[qesehmk]

I posted at 1:52 after many weeks here and looks like it was a lucky charm! I just got card production notifications just a few min back!

PS: I did open an SR on our I-485s (including I-485J) and was promised an update on 7/29. Looks like it worked. So don't pay attention to the processing times in case you applied in Oct and just open a request.

Good luck to everyone here and hope to hang around and help others on their journey.

Many congratulations. It's a bit surprising to see almost 1 year + spread between different cases being approved. None the less enjoy the freedom!

[Turbulent_Dragonfly]

Just a dumb question how to open a service request ? Asking Emma or uscis online account ?

You can go here and open a request, should take literally a few minutes: https://egov.uscis.gov/e-request/dis...oPageType=onpt