Approved today 🎉🎉
EB-485 Timeline (Approved 🎉)
EB3-professional
• PD: May 25, 2023
• RD: Nov 14, 2025
• Biometrics: Dec 16, 2025
• ROW / Part of the 75-country[Nepal]
Updates:
• Jan 22, 2026 – First silent update (Emma said case transferred to St. Louis)
• May 8 – Silent update
• May 9 – Silent update
• May 11 – Silent update
• May 15 – Silent update
• May 16 – Silent update
• May 18 – Silent update + I-485J approved
• May 18 – Another silent update on I-485 about 2 hours after I-485J approval
• May 19 – Received “USCIS has taken an action on your case” email
Final Approval:
• I-485 approved on May 19, exactly 24 hours and 10 minutes after the last silent update 🎉
For anyone tracking silent updates — they definitely meant movement in my case. Good luck everyone still waiting!