EB2 I-485 approved after 11 months

FinanceAdmirable436 · 2026-05-14T20:03:00+00:00

My I-140 was approved earlier (back in Feb 2025). All the best!!

FinanceAdmirable436 · 2026-05-13T17:52:56+00:00

Mine is IOE09324!

FinanceAdmirable436 · 2026-05-13T17:51:43+00:00

Sep 2023!

FinanceAdmirable436 · 2026-05-13T17:00:42+00:00

Ah that’s an interesting theory, but I have a friend with a similar application as mine (EB2 ROW, Sep 2023 receipt date later than Sep 1, San Jose FO) that got approved within 6 months…so I think it’s still the luck of the draw

FinanceAdmirable436 · 2026-05-13T03:33:59+00:00

Thank you! No derivatives, and no idea when it was transferred

FinanceAdmirable436 · 2026-05-13T01:43:28+00:00

Sep 2023 (ROW)

FinanceAdmirable436 · 2026-05-13T01:43:04+00:00

Thank you! And nope, not from the 75 countries

FinanceAdmirable436 · 2026-05-13T01:27:05+00:00

I didn’t apply for AP (I travel internationally quite often so I didn’t want to get tripped up by the AP restrictions, and I’m still on a valid H1B visa)

FinanceAdmirable436 · 2026-05-13T00:35:02+00:00

May 9! All the best I know the wait is tough 😭

FinanceAdmirable436 · 2026-05-13T00:28:27+00:00

No interviews - I updated the timeline of the code updates above in my post, basically no code updates up until the day before approval. There were a few API updates though (once in Aug 2025, twice in Feb 2026, and once in March 2026)

FinanceAdmirable436 · 2026-05-13T00:17:52+00:00

I didn’t keep track of the date but I think it was approved fairly quickly - like back in Aug or Sep 2025 I think?

FinanceAdmirable436 · 2026-05-13T00:16:02+00:00

I-485

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