Application Status

[KingofJoy]

Interesting scenario - PD 2010 December EB2-I and filed in 2020 Oct and got EAD/AP. Our PD is current in July bulletin.
Few days ago (June 24th), we got a notice of approval (Physical copy for 485 approval and no card yet though) even though our PD is not current yet.
Next day (June 25th) the online status changed to "On June 25, 2021, we reopened your Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, Receipt Number XXXXX, and mailed you a notice."

Today we received the notice which basically states "On June 25, 2021, we reopened your Form I-485J, Confirmation of Bona Fide Job Offer or Request for Job Portability Under INA Section 204(j), Receipt Number XXXXX, and mailed you a notice". This doesn't seem to be a RFE or anything just a notice of reopening case that's all.

It does seem to be a strange pattern so wondering if anyone faced similar situation and If so, what does this mean. Any thoughts or feedback is really appreciated. BTW, we are current as of today.

[GetGCByNow]

Hi Turbulent,
Do you mean the ER got approved or the Case (for AP/EAD) got approved?
I raised ER for myself on June-17th and received approval for ER on June-28th. No updates since then.
I didn't submitted any documents till now.
Any idea, what will be the next steps? Can they ask for documentation or they will process the cards straightway?

[andhraguy]

Interesting scenario - PD 2010 December EB2-I and filed in 2020 Oct and got EAD/AP. Our PD is current in July bulletin.
Few days ago (June 24th), we got a notice of approval (Physical copy for 485 approval and no card yet though) even though our PD is not current yet.
Next day (June 25th) the online status changed to "On June 25, 2021, we reopened your Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, Receipt Number XXXXX, and mailed you a notice."

Today we received the notice which basically states "On June 25, 2021, we reopened your Form I-485J, Confirmation of Bona Fide Job Offer or Request for Job Portability Under INA Section 204(j), Receipt Number XXXXX, and mailed you a notice". This doesn't seem to be a RFE or anything just a notice of reopening case that's all.

It does seem to be a strange pattern so wondering if anyone faced similar situation and If so, what does this mean. Any thoughts or feedback is really appreciated. BTW, we are current as of today.

I would call them on 800-375-5283 or char with emma. I have called this number few times before it was not much wait < 5 minutes. while charting with emma just keep typing "technical difficulties" few times, you will be directly connected to live agent.

[KingofJoy]

Will do, Thanks for your input andhraguy, appreciate it.

[skpanda]

We have been current since the May bulletin. When I opened an SR for AP, they have approved AP and EAD and did not take any action on the I-485.

Hi,
Can you please advise what process you followed to open the SR or direct me to a link that explains it?
Also is it different from the expedite request below.
https://egov.uscis.gov/e-request/dis...oPageType=onpt


Regards,
Satya

[idliman]

Interesting scenario - PD 2010 December EB2-I and filed in 2020 Oct and got EAD/AP. Our PD is current in July bulletin.
Few days ago (June 24th), we got a notice of approval (Physical copy for 485 approval and no card yet though) even though our PD is not current yet.
Next day (June 25th) the online status changed to "On June 25, 2021, we reopened your Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, Receipt Number XXXXX, and mailed you a notice."

Today we received the notice which basically states "On June 25, 2021, we reopened your Form I-485J, Confirmation of Bona Fide Job Offer or Request for Job Portability Under INA Section 204(j), Receipt Number XXXXX, and mailed you a notice". This doesn't seem to be a RFE or anything just a notice of reopening case that's all.

It does seem to be a strange pattern so wondering if anyone faced similar situation and If so, what does this mean. Any thoughts or feedback is really appreciated. BTW, we are current as of today.

Have you received your physical GC card ? In the normal sequence, you get CPO, Case was Approved and then Card was Mailed. Immediately after CPO, the system changes you to a LPR whether you had received the card in hand or not. eVerify will go through.

In 2012, I got a CPO (which was a false system update). So without getting excited, wait till your PD is FA current. Then talk to USCIS to figure out what's going on. Technically if they approved the Card before your FA is current, they can revoke the card. But then they have to reissue it. As your CPO is within 2 weeks of FA current, I am more inclined to believe that as long as you contact them after Jul 1st, they will let you keep the card, if it was actually issued and not a system glitch. But you don't have to bring to their attention that your card was issued before FA current. That's their problem to sort out.

If yours was approved a few months or years before FA current, then this process will be a mess. Probably have to get attorneys invlolved.

[KingofJoy]

Thanks Idliman for your time.
No, we haven't received physical card. Here is the timeline so far.
1. (June 24th), we got a notice of approval (Physical copy for 485 approval and no card yet though) even though our PD is not current yet.
2. On June 25, 2021, we reopened your Form I-485J, Confirmation of Bona Fide Job Offer or Request for Job Portability Under INA Section 204(j), Receipt Number XXXXX, and mailed you a notice".

With in one day case status changed to "reopened". We have received physical notice of reopening and it states they have reopened the case and reviewing the decision and did not ask any info from us. Now that the FA is current, do you think reaching out to USCIS helps?

[idliman]

Thanks Idliman for your time.
No, we haven't received physical card. Here is the timeline so far.
1. (June 24th), we got a notice of approval (Physical copy for 485 approval and no card yet though) even though our PD is not current yet.
2. On June 25, 2021, we reopened your Form I-485J, Confirmation of Bona Fide Job Offer or Request for Job Portability Under INA Section 204(j), Receipt Number XXXXX, and mailed you a notice".

With in one day case status changed to "reopened". We have received physical notice of reopening and it states they have reopened the case and reviewing the decision and did not ask any info from us. Now that the FA is current, do you think reaching out to USCIS helps?

Yes. You can reach out to USCIS to get an explanation of what's going on. They should be able to tell you the real status. There are two USCIS portals, egov and dhs; Did you try checking the status on both of them. Sometimes one system might show more details than the other.

[aGCHopefull]

Got to know from Emma today that my case has been transferred to the local field office on 6/16 from the national benefits center . Interestingly this happened 2 days after I received the 485J notice which was mailed out on 6/14. My PD 10/08/2010 EB2I. What is the significance of the case reaching the field office?

Just curious how to check with Emma where the case is? Could you please advise?

[PDAUG2011]

Just curious how to check with Emma where the case is? Could you please advise?

You will have to ask for and chat with a live agent.

[KingofJoy]

Yes. You can reach out to USCIS to get an explanation of what's going on. They should be able to tell you the real status. There are two USCIS portals, egov and dhs; Did you try checking the status on both of them. Sometimes one system might show more details than the other.

Sounds good Thank you. Is there any better way to contact real person rather than EMMA which seems to be useless for my scenario! As per @andhra guy - "I would call them on 800-375-5283 or char with emma. I have called this number few times before it was not much wait < 5 minutes. while charting with emma just keep typing "technical difficulties" few times, you will be directly connected to live agent." I will give it a shot and also sent an email to attorney as well.

[aGCHopefull]

An update: I expedited I-131 for my wife & daughter on 6/15. on 6/30 they approved the expedited request (status update on I-131).

On 7/2, I765: status was updated to : Case approved.
Interestingly I see an update on my I-765 too : case approved. Seems like they approved primary EAD too along with dependents.

Today I received my physical EAD card; dependent I-765 status is: Case approved

[aGCHopefull]

Quick question:
If the approval notice comes from "National Benefits Center" (KANSAS CITY, MO), does it mean that file is still at NBC and not yet transferred to field office?
Does it always get transferred to FO?

[Transformer]

An update: I expedited I-131 for my wife & daughter on 6/15. on 6/30 they approved the expedited request (status update on I-131).

On 7/2, I765: status was updated to : Case approved.
Interestingly I see an update on my I-765 too : case approved. Seems like they approved primary EAD too along with dependents.

Today I received my physical EAD card; dependent I-765 status is: Case approved

Did you request thru Emma chat? Is there any documentation that they asked for the 131 expedited request? Is there a specific reason? My wife needs to travel to India for emergency and I have to request the same.

[aGCHopefull]

Did you request thru Emma chat? Is there any documentation that they asked for the 131 expedited request? Is there a specific reason? My wife needs to travel to India for emergency and I have to request the same.

My wife did it via calling them. She gave the reason that she needs to travel to India to see parents (post covid). While that rep was taking request, he mentioned that they may require some documentation but we did not get any email/mail asking any documents.

[cancer24]

Question - Is it possible to expedite 485 approval for soon to be aging out child? Googling this shows it is possible but don?t see any USCIS manual reference or any successful cases.

This is one of the links -
https://greencardfamily.com/question...ess_041116.htm

[vsivarama]

Question - Is it possible to expedite 485 approval for soon to be aging out child? Googling this shows it is possible but don?t see any USCIS manual reference or any successful cases.

This is one of the links -
https://greencardfamily.com/question...ess_041116.htm

That would be a NO. USCIS will straight up see through what you are trying to do here. A child's age is locked when FAD is current. There is no need to approve 485 to help out a child from ageing out. In short they don't need to do anything as what you are claiming is a non issue.

[qesehmk]

Question - Is it possible to expedite 485 approval for soon to be aging out child? Googling this shows it is possible but don?t see any USCIS manual reference or any successful cases.

This is one of the links -
https://greencardfamily.com/question...ess_041116.htm

You dont need to expedite. If you are able to file and FAD is current then the child is secured.

Also I think it is entirely in your right to explore all legal avenues available. I am not sure what do you mean by "expedite" but if USCIS has such a path available , by all means try it.

[AceMan]

Also I think it is entirely in your right to explore all legal avenues available. I am not sure what do you mean by "expedite" but if USCIS has such a path available , by all means try it.

Q, it is absolutely right to explore all the legal avenues. However it also prudent to understand the consequences of actions and why more often than not the immigration lawsuits fail.

The most famous being Kazarian which lawyers tout as a success, where as in reality he lost and the follow up EB1 candidates got more rejections than approval because of USCIS changes implemented as a direct result of lawsuit.

[qesehmk]

Q, it is absolutely right to explore all the legal avenues. However it also prudent to understand the consequences of actions and why more often than not the immigration lawsuits fail.

The most famous being Kazarian which lawyers tout as a success, where as in reality he lost and the follow up EB1 candidates got more rejections than approval because of USCIS changes implemented as a direct result of lawsuit.

At least in this case I wouldn't advise lawsuits. To be fare the OP may not have been thinking about it either!

[cancer24]

Certainly not thinking about lawsuit. Have been waiting for 10+ years and ready to wait for few more months (PD - Jan 2011). I saw a post on Telegram group about this so thought of checking with you all.

[vsivarama]

Certainly not thinking about lawsuit. Have been waiting for 10+ years and ready to wait for few more months (PD - Jan 2011). I saw a post on Telegram group about this so thought of checking with you all.

Like Q pointed out, you can try all the avenues available to you like reaching out to congressman etc. But, it's best not to mention the age out situation as your kid is already protected. You don't want the USCIS/congressman to perceive the request as if you are trying to pull a fast one over them. I am pretty sure USCIS has received these kinds of requests before and they may stop giving folks the benefit of doubt (that you were not knowledgeable about the rules) if they see a pattern.

[monsieur]

Time Line -

Renewed H1 visa via DropBox in Dec 2019, entered back to US in Jan 2020
Perm approved late April 2021
Submitted all my paper work (Prem 140, 485, 131, 693, 765) late May 2021
Received notices for 485, 131 and 765 around ~10th June 2021
Prem I-140 approval - 13th June

So what should I expect next? Reason for my ask is my colleague who applied same set of paper work Mid May got his finger print notices couple of weeks ago and has appointment this week where as I hear only crickets from USCIS.

Is FP necessary step before GC approval? Does recent renewal of H1 and/or re-entry to US makes FP useless considering USCIS received my 10 print during those events?

I don't expect EAD/AP right now; GC would be nice if I can get it before Oct 1st considering my file is complete and my perm is recently approved.

[Mgajsk]

Guys,
Has anyone received 485 approval with PD in 2011 ?
Are the interviews being waived ?

[vsivarama]

So what should I expect next? Reason for my ask is my colleague who applied same set of paper work Mid May got his finger print notices couple of weeks ago and has appointment this week where as I hear only crickets from USCIS.

At this time you should not expect much and just wait. A lot of folks who applied in October and November 2020 are still waiting on fingerprints. Maybe your colleague lucked out. Or maybe for some weird reason USCIS has decided to issue FPs to later applicants. There is no way to know at this time.

Is FP necessary step before GC approval? Does recent renewal of H1 and/or re-entry to US makes FP useless considering USCIS received my 10 print during those events?

Yes, I have not yet come across a single case where 485 was approved without FP. No a lighter note, it's refreshing that even after spending so many years in this country you are so excessively optimistic about the efficiency of USCIS!!! Keep up the spirit!!! I need to inculcate the same spirit in me.

I don't expect EAD/AP right now; GC would be nice if I can get it before Oct 1st considering my file is complete and my perm is recently approved.

There are quite a few files that are complete but probably will not get the GC by 1st of Oct (all applied last year). A recently approved perm has no bearing on your 485 processing time. Good Luck, and hope you get your GC sooner than later. I would quote what Sri Krishna said to Arjuna. Do your Karma (which you already did) and decouple yourself from the fruits of your Karma. GC will come in due time.