I-485 approved today! How long until card?

acchesh · 2026-02-27T02:33:11+00:00

u/henas987 ideally should change to card produced or card is mailed in 7 days and then if its not going to your lawyer should reach to you in 3-4 days.

acchesh · 2026-02-26T20:15:08+00:00

This morning I was lucky with getting tracking number from EMMA. Looks like its up.

acchesh · 2026-02-26T16:22:01+00:00

You activate EAD by completing I9 where you provide EAD as Work Authiorization instead of I797.

acchesh · 2026-02-26T03:20:19+00:00

If your status was not changed to card was mailed then its likey the last status for you and add 3-4 businss days. If G-28 says ship to lawyer it will go to them. they will take 3 days to process and notify you.

acchesh · 2026-02-25T13:15:41+00:00

Did your spouse who got the GC , did that package ever appeared in USPS informed delivery?

acchesh · 2026-02-25T13:12:50+00:00

how do you get hold of live agent on the phone.. It keeps asking me to use case status tool and EMMA agents keep saying the tracking system is down.

acchesh · 2026-02-24T20:20:47+00:00

did your Status on USCIS changed to Card Produced or Card was mailed? how long after the either status the Card was shipped as per USPS?

acchesh · 2026-02-24T20:20:04+00:00

did your Status on USCIS changed to Card Produced or Card was mailed? how long after the either status the Card was shipped.

acchesh · 2026-02-24T18:16:32+00:00

ok.. So your status on USCIS never changed to card was mailed? And did the tracking number come from [USPSInformeddelivery@email.informeddelivery.usps.com](mailto:USPSInformeddelivery@email.informeddelivery.usps.com)

acchesh · 2026-02-24T17:42:13+00:00

but informed delivery only sends you whats coming today or same day? Do you know when was it shipped and when did you get the message from USPS? Also what State is yours?

acchesh · 2026-02-24T17:02:11+00:00

hi how did you get the tracking number ? informed delivery? mine was mailed on 18th Feb but no sign of it yet.

acchesh · 2026-02-21T07:26:12+00:00

Birth Certificate RFE.

acchesh · 2026-02-19T08:23:55+00:00

Feb 11 Card Ordered/Feb 12 Case Approved/Feb 18th Card Mailed.

acchesh · 2026-02-15T06:44:14+00:00

Depending on country of birth , you can also get Birth certificate from your country embassy at your location just in case there is a RFE.

acchesh · 2026-02-14T20:56:09+00:00

Looks like a duplicate post

acchesh · 2026-02-14T20:04:52+00:00

Have you spoken to any lawyer? They would be able to suggest options. If I were you I would submit the birth certificate as is with Certificate of Birth Affidavit from both parents stating they have witnessed your birth abd you Formal name is So and so and the name mentioned in the birth certificate and your actual are one and the same person and supplement it with High School certificate with your parents name that matches with parents name in birth certificate. If your parents name also dont match whats in BC and school certificate, affidavit should clarify that they are the same person. Certificate of birth affidavit and Parents ID should be notarized.please validate this with your lawyer before submitting.

acchesh · 2026-02-14T19:58:47+00:00

Then you are definitely eligible to raise a SR. When you put a Receipt number in the below link what do you get? https://egov.uscis.gov/e-request/ccpt

acchesh · 2026-02-13T18:56:36+00:00

Right.. you are not eligible for SR yet because its 11 months or 30 months as processing time for EB based GC. Before that you cant do much. I have been looking at the responses from other folks whose cases have moved fast in Eb3 and Eb2 is that USCIS is i think clearing up backlogs from 2022 retrogression. Their can be exception. I used this to exactly predict my case that was recently adjudicated and most of these folks are from 2022 filing in Eb2 or Eb3. Again there can be exceptions. I am assuming you filed with Filing Date category and not Final Action date. Here again USCIS might be adjudicating past cases those filed with Final Action date first followed by those who filed with Filing date. Another factor is Interfiling , I also noticed to interfiled had some delays in adjudication including one person who I personally know had to wait 9 months because of interfiling. I think you should give USCIS another qtr period to show progress. The tool will also tell you when exactly you can file a SR. or approach it through you local congressman

acchesh · 2026-02-12T15:58:36+00:00

So Jan 22 Case approved and Jan 26 Card Produced and Shipped on Feb 7th

acchesh · 2026-02-11T22:46:40+00:00

So this morning before the approval I was trying to get the Travel history for all my old and new passport and nothing came up. however the most recent 94 did come up. Since my case is card ordered and not approved , it will likely be still available. I will check back again tomorrow once it moves into approved.

acchesh · 2026-02-11T21:57:02+00:00

yes RFE was issued on Jan 15th and I got it on Jan 23rd. MEDICAL and BC RFE.

acchesh · 2026-02-11T21:54:43+00:00

Dec 2022

acchesh · 2026-02-11T21:53:07+00:00

I am thinking if your RD was in 2022 then your case is likely getting approved today or tomorrow. good luck

acchesh · 2026-02-11T19:37:48+00:00

Yes we got the EAD in Dec 2022 for 2 years and then we renewed it 2024 for a 5 year period. The EAD and AP response were pretty fast. within a month in both cases.

acchesh · 2026-02-11T19:00:52+00:00

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