Title: I-485 Approved + Card in Hand (NIW / EB) – Full Timeline + IOE Block Insight 🚀

Hey everyone — finally posting my full timeline now that I have the green card in hand. This subreddit helped me a lot during the wait, so hopefully this helps others in the same batch.

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Category: EB (NIW)
Receipt Block: IOE093321****
Field Office: NBC (no interview)
Country: ROW

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📅 Timeline

- I-485 Filed: July 29, 2025
- Biometrics Scheduled: August 8, 2025
- Biometrics Done: August 27, 2025

- Long Silence: ~8 months 😅

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🔄 Final Week (Everything happened fast)

- April 18, 2026:
- Internal updates (FTA0 → FTA1)

- April 22, 2026:
- Case “touched” again

- April 23, 2026:
- H008 codes appeared (x2)
- 🎉 CASE APPROVED (same day)

- April 29, 2026:
- LDA event (card production stage)
- Status moved to Card Produced

- May 1, 2026:
- 📬 CARD IN HAND

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🧠 Observations (for those tracking patterns)

- IOE093321**** block is actively being approved
- My internal code sequence:
- FTA0 → FTA1 → H008 → Approval → LDA → Card Produced
- H008 = basically final adjudication (approval came same day)

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⏱️ Timing Pattern I Noticed

- Updates happened mostly:
- Afternoon (~3–4 PM ET) for approval
- Late night / early morning for system updates

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📦 Card Production & Delivery

- Approved → Card Produced: ~6 days
- Card Produced → Delivered: ~2–4 days

👉 Total from approval to card in hand: ~7–10 days