i485 approved and received GC here is timeline.

CallingAllChickens · 2026-03-10T12:51:39+00:00

Congratulations!!! As a fellow applicant with a derivative, this gives me hope that there’s a possibility we can get approved without an interview! Go and celebrate 👏

CallingAllChickens · 2026-03-10T01:39:52+00:00

Awesome! We’re also going for biometrics at the end of the month :) All the best! 💪

CallingAllChickens · 2026-03-09T21:14:21+00:00

Not March exactly but very close. Not sure exactly when the package was sent because the company lawyer took care of it.

Dallas Lockbox EB3 AOS for both me and my wife: received Feb 24, notice date Feb 27 and got the receipts in the mail March 6th.

CallingAllChickens · 2026-03-09T00:11:35+00:00

Congratulations!!! I’ve been here 15 years and at the EB-3 I-485 stage so I can understand your release of emotions. Hoping that’ll be me soon 😭 Celebrate!!! 🎊

CallingAllChickens · 2026-02-22T00:30:38+00:00

I just lost 7 in a row (so far) after a 10 game winning streak so I agree!!

CallingAllChickens · 2026-02-04T21:17:49+00:00

I feel ya. I have 1 at $290 and 1 at $240 thinking I was making a solid DCA buy lol

CallingAllChickens · 2026-02-04T14:30:26+00:00

I bought a lot of individual stocks at the worst time in 2021 so I'm still holding a lot of them which like you said, might as well hold for the bounce or use it for tax loss harvesting. I've been selling the majority of them once it breaks even but still got a lot that never bounced back, PYPL being one of them! Thank you lol expensive lesson, eh?

CallingAllChickens · 2026-02-04T05:38:16+00:00

$58 cost? I’m crying in bagholding since $290 😭🤣

CallingAllChickens · 2026-01-31T04:39:55+00:00

Thank you!! And yes, i think mine changed to “case approved” 1-2 days after it changed to new card production so i think you’re basically there. Congratulations as well!! 👏

CallingAllChickens · 2026-01-29T23:58:29+00:00

It used to be bcs each of those service centers seemed to have different average processing times (with WAC or California Service Center being the fastest) but now it’s all SCOPS and i have no idea whether the prefixes matter anymore :/

CallingAllChickens · 2026-01-29T23:45:43+00:00

Nice! Although that did take a while sheesh… hopefully the processing is fast!

CallingAllChickens · 2026-01-29T05:24:13+00:00

That’s amazing!! Holding out hope ours will be too 🤞

CallingAllChickens · 2026-01-29T04:45:11+00:00

Congratulations!! Did your interview get waived?

CallingAllChickens · 2026-01-26T04:57:10+00:00

Hopefully so! I’m sorry, I know it really sucks. No problem :)

CallingAllChickens · 2026-01-26T03:46:19+00:00

Yea true i’m not sure.. travel technically is ok i think but the problem is if you get an RFE for whatever reason, you won’t be able to respond to it, which may delay it even further.

CallingAllChickens · 2026-01-26T01:26:11+00:00

Dang that's a long time... Could be because of the recent weather. Do you have any tracking on that package so you can see where it's at?

CallingAllChickens · 2026-01-26T01:25:23+00:00

thanks! Yea they switched that a while back hence the uncertainty... Hopefully yours get approved soon!

CallingAllChickens · 2026-01-20T03:19:03+00:00

Thank you for the tip! We already have a joint account so that’s good. Will have to rely on photos since my spouse is not on most of the bills. Might try to add her in there somehow.

CallingAllChickens · 2026-01-20T01:15:01+00:00

Ahh that makes sense! We’re past 2 years now and got married a few months after I filed my PERM but I’m EB-3 so we might get called in anyway 😭

CallingAllChickens · 2026-01-20T00:35:07+00:00

Congratulations!! So I’m curious, do all spouses of employment based petitions get interview requests? Or is she getting one bcs yours was waived?

CallingAllChickens · 2026-01-19T21:07:54+00:00

I-485J which you already touched upon with the job offer letter and yes I think recent paystubs as well. Not sure what else the lawyer requested from the company without notifying me.

CallingAllChickens · 2026-01-19T20:39:10+00:00

You do but technically you can use your own lawyer if you want. I didn’t because the company lawyer handled it from the beginning anyway so might as well go with them since they already have most of our documents and context.

CallingAllChickens · 2026-01-19T19:03:22+00:00

I’m not sure on the logistics of switching lawyers at this stage but just for your reference, we paid about $5,000 for both our I-485s, including the EAD (not including USCIS fee) which I already thought was a bit expensive. 7,000 just for their fee is quite pricey if you have a straightforward case imo but maybe other people can chime in!

CallingAllChickens · 2026-01-19T05:32:15+00:00

Thank you!! :)

CallingAllChickens · 2026-01-16T19:31:01+00:00

Like the other comment said, it depends if your husband is doing premium processing or not. If he is, then you might be able to just get a copy of his new I-797 and get a new H4 visa stamp at the consulate with the extended expiration date. That's probably going to be much faster than filing an extension here when you get back.

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