I-485 waiting time

[alex888]

Hi all,
I submitted my case on Oct 10th 2018 with an overnight mail, receipt date shows Oct 11th, 2018. Went to biometrics on November 15th, got my I-765 Employment Authorization Card somewhere in April 2019. Right after I received it, I received another mail with the actual interview date - May 8th, 2019. The interview went alright, 15 minutes tops, the only thing we were missing was my original birth certificate. My attorney attached a copy of my birth cert and an original notarized translation of it when submitted all the paperwork to USCIS. The officer said shes gonna approve the I-130 PETITION OF ALIEN RELATIVE on the spot (and I received a notice of approving 3 weeks after the interview) but she will wait on the original birth certificate so she can close the case. The officer gave us the options to bring it the same day, fax it or mail it to the USCIS office within a week and also mentioned that she has to send a "REQUEST FOR EVIDENCE" to my home address but if we have already submitted the evidence, just to disregard that. I live very close to the USCIS Office, so I went back home right away, took the original birth cert and drove back within 30 minutes and submitted the original birth cert. My attorney filled out a form that shows we are submitting an original birth cert for I-485 form with receipt number MSC...., on which we received a receipt notice with the date and time stamp. Its been 2 months after the interview and the date when I submitted the request for evidence (my original birth cert) and I still don't have an answer. Its worth mentioning that I do have DUI (and nothing else on my record, not even a parking ticket). The officer did ask a couple of questions about my DUI but everything seemed to be ok, I had all the court documents submitted already with my case and the disposition was one-year supervision and court costs, they never suspended my license. I know sometimes it takes months to review the case and get an answer, but I'm kind of worried now. Does anyone have an idea why I don't have the answer yet? Should I do an info-pass or wait a little longer before I do it? Anyone in a similar situation as mine?

[Enub4]

I have seen that they can take some time to approve cases. Even if you had the original at the time of the interview, there are people that have to wait for a few months until the approve the GC without any RFE and good interviews. I don't know if you can do anything, they most likely will say wait. I hope you get your GC soon. Good luck.

[AngelaPhelan]

I was in a very similar situation. Went to interview and got an RFE for original birth certificate. Sent the required documents in 3 weeks following the interview, and I waited 103 days for an approval. Green card is on the way now finally.

[Eric_1]

Hi all,
I submitted my case on Oct 10th 2018 with an overnight mail, receipt date shows Oct 11th, 2018. Went to biometrics on November 15th, got my I-765 Employment Authorization Card somewhere in April 2019. Right after I received it, I received another mail with the actual interview date - May 8th, 2019. The interview went alright, 15 minutes tops, the only thing we were missing was my original birth certificate. My attorney attached a copy of my birth cert and an original notarized translation of it when submitted all the paperwork to USCIS. The officer said shes gonna approve the I-130 PETITION OF ALIEN RELATIVE on the spot (and I received a notice of approving 3 weeks after the interview) but she will wait on the original birth certificate so she can close the case. The officer gave us the options to bring it the same day, fax it or mail it to the USCIS office within a week and also mentioned that she has to send a "REQUEST FOR EVIDENCE" to my home address but if we have already submitted the evidence, just to disregard that. I live very close to the USCIS Office, so I went back home right away, took the original birth cert and drove back within 30 minutes and submitted the original birth cert. My attorney filled out a form that shows we are submitting an original birth cert for I-485 form with receipt number MSC...., on which we received a receipt notice with the date and time stamp. Its been 2 months after the interview and the date when I submitted the request for evidence (my original birth cert) and I still don't have an answer. Its worth mentioning that I do have DUI (and nothing else on my record, not even a parking ticket). The officer did ask a couple of questions about my DUI but everything seemed to be ok, I had all the court documents submitted already with my case and the disposition was one-year supervision and court costs, they never suspended my license. I know sometimes it takes months to review the case and get an answer, but I'm kind of worried now. Does anyone have an idea why I don't have the answer yet? Should I do an info-pass or wait a little longer before I do it? Anyone in a similar situation as mine?

Hi there, it seems that the original copy of your birth certificate is not in English language. If so, I was wondering why they asked for the original copy since presumably they don't read your native language. Any thoughts to share? And also, may I ask what language your original copy of birth certificate is in? Thank you, and best of luck!

[Eric_1]

I was in a very similar situation. Went to interview and got an RFE for original birth certificate. Sent the required documents in 3 weeks following the interview, and I waited 103 days for an approval. Green card is on the way now finally.

Hi there, congratulations on your success of getting your green card! I have a question. If your original birth certificate is not in English language, I was wondering why they asked for it since presumably they don't read your native language. Any thoughts to share? And also, may I ask what language your original copy of birth certificate is in? Thank you very much.

[AngelaPhelan]

Hi there, congratulations on your success of getting your green card! I have a question. If your original birth certificate is not in English language, I was wondering why they asked for it since presumably they don't read your native language. Any thoughts to share? And also, may I ask what language your original copy of birth certificate is in? Thank you very much.

I actually brought my original birth certificate to the interview (with certified translation too), it was from the hospital I was born at, even with my mom's fingerprint and my little footprint on it. But it wasn't the format USCIS could accept, they need the birth certificate notarial that's issued by government and translated by either government or certified translators (if it's not in English). I didn't know this as I filed everything by myself without a lawyers help, and I got RFEs..

By the way, my original birth certificate from the hospital has hand-written names on it, my parents' names and my name was all handwritten, so it makes sense that they couldn't accept it...

[applicant485]

I have filed I-485, I-765 and I-131 together to Phoenix lock-box facility and was delivered on 05/31/2019 but have not yet received any notice. It has been 41 days. Did any of you had such an experience?

[AngelaPhelan]

I have filed I-485, I-765 and I-131 together to Phoenix lock-box facility and was delivered on 05/31/2019 but have not yet received any notice. It has been 41 days. Did any of you had such an experience?

Is it family-based? I sent to Chicago lockbox and got receipts within 2 weeks.
https://www.uscis.gov/i-485-addresses just make sure you didn't send the package to the wrong office..it shouldn't take that long to get receipts

[applicant485]

I filed it at the correct address. I called USCIS and they asked me to e-mail the Lockbox to get an update.

[applicant485]

I got my fingerprints done in August, when should I expect the status update on USCIS website for the interview to be scheduled?