Thought to share my card delivery timeline and sincere appreciation to everyone.

EB2 NIW Category
August 6th case approved!
August 11th card produced
August 12th card mailed, tracking number received
August 15th card delayed by USPS
August 19th card delivered 💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻

To Judge McConnell, the Lord bless you, the Lord keep you, and cause His face to shine upon you and your children and their children. No harm will come to you and your family; you will live many, many beautiful years of joy, peace, and happiness.

To the entire Dorcas Team, I love you, whatever you lay your hands to do will prosper. Because you choose to be a voice for the voiceless and fight for those who couldn’t fight for themselves, you will find help whenever you need it. Your individual lives will continue to flourish and shine brighter and brighter.

To Edlow, Angelica Afonso, and USCIS, I forgive you! I forgive you for the pain, I forgive you for the tears, the anxiety, the sleepless nights. I forgive you not because you deserve it, but because it is the right thing to do for my peace of mind. I forgive you, for you know not what you do. I pray your eyes of understanding open to see how much pain, distress, and deep frustration those policies caused to real human lives. The pain was real, the anxiety was real, the devastation was real. The impact of those unlawful policies was real. And the fact that you are still fighting to bring back those unlawful policies that negatively affected real people in the land of the free and home of the brave is unbelievable. I hope you find peace.

To everyone still waiting to hold your green cards in your hands, I pray you receive yours soon! Amen!

Trying to see if there's a mass silent update for August 19

Somehow i was months of waiting and submitted a congressional inquiry and i was scheduled for a second interview, is this normal?

My friend is a green card holder and a citizen of one of the 39 countries affected by the current immigration restrictions. His father in Iran is very sick, and he is considering traveling back to Iran for about one month to see him.
Has anyone in a similar situation recently traveled outside the U.S. and successfully returned with their green card?
No criminal record

Could you please list your recent silent updates in July and August for block IOE09368, including and FO transfer. Thank you 🙏

Has any of the ones who received the PP refund on 7/30 refiled for PP and repaid the fees? I know the status says that the refund does not affect the processing but just wondering if anyone’s lawyer has stated it would be a possibility to repay and restart the clock.

Checking to see if anyone got an API update + 4th FTAO

I got an update on 8/12 and 3rd FTAO on the 8/13 with no corresponding API, I noticed that the original biometrics date Feb 10th was retained

Additional details
- I am a derivative applicant
- EB 2
- No RFE or anything pending (per the call with agents)
- Last known location as at 8/12 (Non-local FO - Kendall, Miami)
- Filling date Dec 23
- EAD and AP approved in July and card already received

Update -

RFIE received for both primary and derivative applicant 😩

Hello everyone, here is a timeline of my case

I130, I485, I765, I131 applied for on March 7, 2024.

Biometrics done I believe 1-2 weeks after

I765 Approved - June 18, 2024.

NOID for I130 (Evidence of marriage)- AUG 13, 2024.

SENT IT IN AND WAS STILL DENIED- September 30, 2024

Appealed the decision - around October, 2024

Case reopened- November 12,2024

I485 denied- September 30, 2024.

1-131 denied- April 9, 2025
I-130Interview scheduled- March 13, 2026
Approved 🙏🏿😭- AUG 18, 2026

My thing is my i485 application still shows denied from the time it initially got denied in September 2024. Will they reopen it themselves and approve the i485, or do I have to re-file another one!?

I’m supposed to be very happy, but I’m only somewhat happy due to the i485 still showing denied, but thank God the I130 was approved.

Any advice will help.

I’m Nigerian by the way. 🇳🇬🇳🇬

Mailed I-130, I-485, &I-765 on June 10
Received: June 12
Biometrics notification: June 14
RFE for I-864: June 17
RFE response (uploaded online): June 18
Interview notification: July 14
Interview: August 17
I-130 approval: August 17
I-485 approval: August 18

Interview was pretty chilled. Officer said she should have separated us but already looked at our application and thinks we’re “cute”. I overheard a couple said an officer told them the ban is illegal and he is sorry the government made us go through a bad stress.

JFK Building, Boston FO
Partially banned country: Nigeria

Has anyone from 19/39 recently travelled domestically with valid status? Did you encounter any issue with TSA or ICE?

I legally enterred into US with F1, then OPT, then TPS, and now H1B. No visa violations, no illegal presence but I did have out-of-status gap (but in period of authorized stay) between OPT -> TPS when USCIS was taking a long time to adjudicate my TPS. I also have a pending i485 based on marriage to USC spouse.

I travelled multiple times in 2024 and 2025, no issues. But I am seeing news of increased ICE arrests at airports, so I want to be mindful. My country’s TPS also recently ended, so I am scared ICE may just assume everyone in my country as out of status and detain me.

Thanks.

Hi. About a month ago I received an interview notice from USCIS for my marriage based case. Yesterday I got an email saying the interview has been canceled. When I log into my account it shows the interview as canceled, even though it was only about a week away from the scheduled date.

I am from a partially banned country. Does anyone know if this means something is wrong with the case?

I just received an email from my attorney that my i140 was approved. I haven’t seen anything from my end yet but want to put it out so others can have hope. I filed pp March 26 and was refunded July 30.

Hello Venezuelan citizen here, just following up on my updates. Had my N-400 & i-751 interview on August 12th.

Today my case was updated to Oath has been scheduled.

And the oath is scheduled for Friday 4th of September.

I will update in two weeks after I take my Oath.🇺🇲🦅

Hi community,

I want to add my approval to this community data point.

EB2NIW Approved

Nationality: Nigeria

I-140 PD: Jan 25 2024

I-485 PD: October 10 2025

Biometrics: October 31 2025

I-765 approved for dependent: October 31 2025

i-765 approved for main applicant July 22 2026

i-485 approved for main applicant: August 6 2026

i-485 approved for main dependent: August 7 2026

Card delivered: August 15 & 17th for Principal and Dependent Respectively

Other important details

No RFE

No interview

Congressional Inquiry on July 12

A little background:

My family and I got our I-485 approved yesterday. I’m currently on opt (got a post on my profile about timeline). I’m also a derivative of my dad who’s the principal applicant of an EB2 NIW and our green card got approved yesterday (08/17/26).

Timeline:

I-485/ I-765/I-131 submitted: 12/01/25

Biometrics Schedule: 12/27/25

Biometrics Completed: 01/14/25

Interview: waived

I-765/ I-130 status : case is still processing

I-485 approved: 08/17/26

Card produced: pending

Card received: pending

Side note: we all got multiple silent updates during and after the pause with at least 6 of them from the time the pause was lifted to the day we got approved.

We’re all also from the 19 fully banned country.

Hello everyone,

This subreddit has been very helpful to me over the last few months. Sharing my timeline in case others find it useful.

Nationality == Nigerian (Canadian Naturalized)

Visa type == TN1

NIW Background and Endeavour == PhD Pediatric Neuroscience / Improving outcomes for children with acquired brain injury

Pub record == 12 pubs, 7 1st Author, 200+ citations. No reference letters.

I-140 Submission (Premium Processing) == Feb 1 2024

I-140 Approval == Feb 12 2024

I-485 Submission == Feb 11 2026

Biometrics notice == Feb 21 2026

Biometrics completed == Mar 13 2026

FTA0 posted == Mar 26 2026

Silent API update == Apr 22 2026 (NBC Processing)

Silent API update == May 4 2026

Case forwarded to San Fernando field office == May 12 2026 (Emma Agent feedback)

Silent API update == May 20 2026

Silent API update == Jun 16 2026

USCIS Agent confirmed interview marked as "waived" == Jun 16 2026

Silent update == Jun 27 2026

Interview notice generated == Jul 10 2026

Interview completed == Aug 14 2026 (Indy Field Office)

Silent update post-interview == Aug 14 2026

H008 x2 posted == Aug 15 2026

Portal shows "Case Approved" == Aug 15 2026.

Total processing time == 6 months 4 days.

Best of luck to those waiting to hear back on their cases, and those starting out their journeys to permanent residence!

From a fully banned country. H1b extension still pending filed on Feb 2026 with PP.
Filed I-140/AOS Eb2 package concurrently on July 31st. Nebraska PP center. Approved on 8/18