u/No-Housing860

Finally approved !

After a very long wait, my EB-3 Other Workers I-485 was finally approved today! I’ve followed this subreddit throughout the process, so I wanted to share my timeline for anyone else still waiting.

Category: EB-3 Other Workers (Unskilled)
Priority Date: August 2021
I-140: Approved
I-485 Filed: May 2022
Interview: August 17, 2026
Approval: August 19, 2026 🎉
Timeline
08/2021 – Priority Date
2022 – I-140 approved
05/2022 – I-485 received by USCIS
June 2023 – Received GC EAD
June 2023 – Submitted medical
January 2026 – Priority date became current
05/2026 – Case transferred from NBC to Columbus Field Office
May 2026 – Case later transferred to local Field Office
07/10/2026 – Interview notice issued
08/17/2026 – Attended I-485 interview at local Field Office
08/18/2026 – Card was being produced / post-interview case updates started showing
08/19/2026 – CASE APPROVED! 🟢🎉

My case was pending for over 4 years after filing I-485 and about 5 years from my priority date.
The interview was employment-based and focused mainly on my immigration/employment history, sponsoring employer, job offer, and the information in my application.
For everyone with an old EB-3 Other Workers priority date who has been stuck waiting because of retrogression: there is finally light at the end of the tunnel.

Guys-

Help me decide whether I should work more towards becoming BI developer or AI Engineer?

I am currently working as data analyst and just graduated with omscs but because of how advanced AI field has become omscs did not give me knowlegde of AI tools, modern concepts like RAG, MCP, Langraph and chains and more.

How much is the knowledge gap if I want to become and AI engineer and keep my current full time job? I am willing to put in hours and work towards it but also don't want to fall into something that I might not have any chance into. On the other hand, I am currently working with BI tools and might have a future on it but don't feel like it is something that will stay long term.

Given that I have omscs-AI, knowlegde of python, api, ml concepts. what would be my path to get into the door of AI engineer?

TIA

Hi,

My uscis case status updated to `Case is ready to be schedule for an Interview' and it is at Jacksonville field office for AOS on July 2nd. Do you guys know how long it will take before the interview actually gets scheduled? My derivative case has no updates though after combo card approval.

Hi-
Posting for a female friend(25):

I have a Bachelors in Arts(22)from a foreign univeristy and currently doing MBA(online) and looking for roles in Tallahassee. I do have experience as business operations manager and event coordinator. Do you guys know what kind of roles I should target here or if anyone is hiring?

Help !!!!!

Good morning,

We are moving away from Alerts and thought Rules were a better way to replace it as we have folks who are not super IT and wanted an easier alternative to Alert Me feature that Power Automate, which is a bit complex to setup.

Problem: Members with Read access not being able to setup Rules in the library/list like they used to do Alert me.

I read that they need Edit access which I can not give as the documents have to remain like that.
Is there a way we can let them set up rules by creating a new group permissions?

Is there any alternative to this? I have a security group that is currently getting read access to these libraries.

Thank you.

Hi,

I'm 25M and looking for a decent barber for my graduation pics(No private/on call). I have a good black hair and I want a fade cut. Is there a decent place I can get my haircut? I went to Lake Ella place and the young bearded barber did my hair so bad last time I had to buzzcut it. Black barbers I went to are afraid to trim my hair because it's dense and they dont have much experience with it. (Like an arabic or mexican barber)

Update: Went to Chop Midtown, Awesome place and got the best haicut. I showed Jason what I wanted and he got it exactly the way I wanted.

I am currently financing a car and my wife turned 25+ yesterday and does not have a ticket history. Can I take a policy under her name as it is cheaper under her name?

Do I have to add myself on the policy or not since I am financing the car.