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“Form I-485, Application to RegisterPermanent Residence or Adjust Status, iscurrently being processed on NATIONALBENEFITS CENTER. Your interview waswaived. Form I-485, Application to RegisterPermanent Residence or Adjust Status, iscurrently complete and has no missinginformation or documentation. Your case isactively being reviewed.”

Does this mean I’ll get approval in the next few weeks or do I still have months to wait? I really need my EAD to work.

Thank you!

EB I-485 transferred to Manchester FO (May 2026) – anyone seeing recent movement?

EB1C India I-485 – Finally Approved | Journey Closure

Closing the loop on our family's I-485 journey after almost four years of waiting.

Category: EB1C India

Priority Date: Aug 8, 2022

I-485 filed: Oct 20, 2022

Applicants: Principal + spouse + child

Timeline:

- Oct 20, 2022 – I-485s filed

- Nov 2022 – Biometrics completed

- 2023/2024 – Cases moved to CRP due to visa unavailability

- May 2026 – Cases transferred from NBC to Manchester Field Office

- Aug 7, 2026 – Medical RFEs issued for all three applicants

- Aug 11 – Physical RFE notices dated

- RFE was only for expired I-693 medicals; no other evidence requested

- Completed new medicals/vaccinations and mailed three separate sealed I-693 responses

- Aug 14, 2026 at 8:41 AM EDT – UPS delivered the RFE packages to Bedford, NH

- 9:49 AM – Principal: New Card Is Being Produced

- 10:11 AM – Spouse: New Card Is Being Produced

- 10:23 AM – Child: New Card Is Being Produced

All three cases went into card production within approximately 1 hour 42 minutes of the RFE package reaching the USCIS front desk.

After years of CRP, checking case status, service requests, congressional inquiry, field-office transfer, visa-number uncertainty and finally the medical RFE, it ended incredibly quickly once USCIS received the last required evidence.

Final status: All three green cards approved / cards being produced – August 14, 2026.

For anyone still waiting in CRP: every case is different, but sometimes the case really is sitting there waiting for one final item. Keep your documents ready, respond to RFEs quickly, and don't lose hope because of a long period with no visible movement.

A long chapter finally closed. 🙏

Are there any indicators in the API updates/Case status statements which indicates a case is pre-adjudicated and its pending for visa number?

BAL submitted both the i140 and i485 concurrently on Feb 27 2026.

I140 was approved today after RFE response was submitted on June 29.

Now waiting for the i485. Anyone on the same timeline as me? From ROW.

Also does the i485 pause when they send RFE? I saw on the website that average processing time is 8 months. Does that mean I wait 10 months with RFE time?

Finally Approved!

Aug 2025 - I-140 Receipt

Oct 2025 - Approved I-140 but did not port my previous priority date: Nov 2014

Nov 2025 - Got updated I-140

Dec 24 2025 - Applied Concurrent I-485 + EAD and AP for me and my husband as dependent

Feb 9th 2026 - Biometric Appointment

Feb 9th 2026 - RFE for birth certificate for dependent - missed submitting a copy of bc

Feb 12th 2026 - Dependent RFE was responded

Apr 10th 2026 - EAD and AP approved for dependent

Jun 11th 2026 - RFE for birth certificate for primary - Needed a clearer copy since the copy submitted was not very clear.

Jun 29th 2026 - RFE for primary for received

Jul 30th 2026 - I-485J approved for primary

Jul 31st 2026 - Both Primary and dependent I-485 approved

Aug 7th 2026 - Card Produced

Aug 11th 2026 - Card Received

All the silent API updates was absolutely useless i had many API updates throughout this period. Did not mean much. My case got moved to San Jose in March. My category is EB1-C and India.

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I am on L1 A and thinking to buy a property in NJ. So currently I am in 4th year of L1 visa and my PD date is 10/25. I’ve not got H1b yet, but hoping I’ll get next year. Will it be a good idea to buy home now or wait for GC?

When will my priority date of Feb 17th, 2026 be current for EB1?