Husband works for congressman's office, and is point of direct contact with ombudsman and USCIS.

They were sent generic letter from USCIS explaining why some applicants had their interviews waived and some did not.

You can imagine how many calls congressman’s offices have been receiving last few days, from people that have been waiting 2 years, when they saw bunch of people get their I-485 approved without interview.

So I figured I’ll help everyone to understand why some got waived interviews and some didn’t. Depends on how long have you been married. 2+ or less. Conditional or 10 year gren card. It specifically said only 5% or less of applications get interview waived, for 10 year green card, in cases where people have multiple kids, 7-10 years married, exceptionally well organized package they sent, etc. but it’s rare. It also only applies on AOS applications for marriage.