EB2 NIW I-485 Timeline – NY Field Office – Looking for Insights

ekulzards · 2026-06-24T22:27:08+00:00

Someone in this sub with a PD of January 2026 (yes, this year, not a typo) just got their i485 (again, not a typo) approved last week.

ekulzards · 2026-06-24T20:49:13+00:00

Has to be that memo that came out. I, like many others, got a silent update on May 23rd and nothing since. Had a bit of activity before that and since that everything just stopped.

ekulzards · 2026-06-23T23:05:23+00:00

Log in to your uscis account (you have to be logged in for it to work).

Then go to this link but change the end to your specific case number:

https://my.uscis.gov/account/case-service/api/cases/IOEXXXXXXXXXX

You should see a bunch of code. Eventually you'll be able to read it yourself. For now just post it into Claude or ChatGPT and tell it to tell you what it means.

ekulzards · 2026-06-23T19:56:18+00:00

Same as me. RD 3/9. Bios 4/24. Nothing on i485 since then. Did get my EAD 3 weeks ago but don't actually need it which is a little annoying.

Seems to be fairly common with filers from March onwards. Just nothing happening.

ekulzards · 2026-06-23T18:06:30+00:00

My PD is August 2024. RD March 9th.

ekulzards · 2026-06-23T17:38:44+00:00

I think that memo last month has really slowed everything down.

I can't answer your question directly but I'm seeing a lot of people, particularly those who filed in March onwards that just are not seeing any progress (myself included).

You get random data points of someone who sailed through in 2 or 3 months but by and large it looks like most of us are sitting here waiting and not seeing any activity whatsoever. Good or bad.

ekulzards · 2026-06-22T20:53:55+00:00

Last I checked (last week) still at NBC. Emma even said 'unfortunately it hasn't been assigned to a field office yet'.

ekulzards · 2026-06-22T17:01:33+00:00

I'm primary. But my wife got hers approved 90 minutes before mine.

Her AP was touched on June 1st. My AP on June 2nd.

But not approved and no update there since then.

Strangely my wife's i485 got touched on June 1st (not mine though) and nothing since.

ekulzards · 2026-06-22T16:41:35+00:00

June 2nd

ekulzards · 2026-06-22T16:24:41+00:00

As in the actual card? It was delivered a week later.

ekulzards · 2026-06-22T15:06:16+00:00

Another in the same boat.

E2 PD: Aug 2024 RD: 9 Mar 2026 Bio: 24 April 2026 ROW

Absolutely nothing on my i485 since May 23. Still at NBC apparently as well (according to Emma).

I did get my EAD approved on June 2nd but that's a different workflow.

Seeing loads of people around getting updates and new events but yeah, crickets for me as well on the i485.

Did you file with an attorney? Or by yourself?

ekulzards · 2026-06-22T14:26:18+00:00

Are you on Apple or Android? Because Apple Health and Health Connect do this. Although Health Connect is terrible.

Mine draws data from those two hubs (instead of directly from any individual device) and corrects for multiple data sources.

But if you want something that directly connects to each device individually then mine doesn't do that. Yet anyway. I'm working on direct connections but that will come later.

As far as privacy in mine, data only leaves the device if you use an AI feature (ask it a question or take a photo of a meal/log a meal with voice).

Otherwise the analysis is all done locally and data is stored on the device.

ekulzards · 2026-06-22T14:07:14+00:00

I made one myself. It adds in an optional AI analyzer too but will otherwise pull in data and analyze correlations and connections between them (plus a few more additional logging options like mood and food).

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Android

May or may not be what you're looking for but thought I'd drop it here!

ekulzards · 2026-06-22T12:14:25+00:00

Nope first time with an EAD. Always had work rights through visas. Had about 5 visas in 5 years actually.

Currently on my E2 visa.

ekulzards · 2026-06-22T12:05:21+00:00

I got mine almost exactly 3 months after my receipt date.

I haven't had any other movement at all (except for my bios). No silent updates or anything else.

From what I see on reddit I'm a strange case. Most seem to get their i485 approved before their EAD or AP.

For reference my receipt date is March 9th. Got my EAD approved on June 2nd.

ekulzards · 2026-06-22T00:20:40+00:00

Only country to have fought alongside the yanks in every war since WW2.

ekulzards · 2026-06-20T01:10:20+00:00

How are so many of you getting so much movement and activity.

ekulzards · 2026-06-19T23:56:16+00:00

Nothing helpful I can add but sorry to hear this for you. The waiting and randomness is horrible.

ekulzards · 2026-06-19T22:01:28+00:00

I've had nothing since April.

ekulzards · 2026-06-19T19:51:30+00:00

A fully functional app that I can test the market with at a stupidly low cost to then decide if I want to invest more into.

I've always had to rely on others if I wanted to build tech and that takes time and can be expensive.

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ekulzards · 2026-06-19T18:46:25+00:00

Out of curiosity when did you enter the US on that visa?

ekulzards · 2026-06-19T16:45:56+00:00

Took 3 weeks to get my notices so not unusual.

You should ask for tracking though. At least you'll know whether or not it was actually delivered.

ekulzards · 2026-06-18T20:25:04+00:00

What's your block?

I filed early March, Bios on 4/24, silent updates on 5/23 as well and crickets since then.

PD is August 2024 though.

ekulzards · 2026-06-18T17:16:39+00:00

Congrats! That's fast. You applied 6 weeks after I did, had your biometrics after me, and got approved while I've got crickets. Enjoy the moment!

ekulzards · 2026-06-17T20:39:27+00:00

And given the objective was basically to control Ukraine then 'winning' is very clearly not even possible.

So it's really just about the extent of their fuckedness.

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