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Hello Everyone - I am new to this group and just filed for my AOS (married to USC) this month - my time line below in my signature. I understand, since I am from Houston my case will progress slower compared to other locations due to the backlog in my city.
My question is - what else impacts the processing times? The range for Houston I-485 processing times on USCIS website is 14 to 25.5 months. It is either 1 year or 2 years - this is huge to be able to plan life, visa status, job, relocation etc around. Just wondering if anyone out there can share what puts people in the lower and upper end of this processing time range?
My current visa status is L1B - have 1 more year before that expires. My company maybe able to extend that by a few months (for the time I spent outside US in the past 5 years). We filed joint tax return starting from 2018 tax year (when we got married). I have filed individual returns since 2015. I included all the evidence per suggestions on this forum on my concurrent filing. Is it now just a lottery whether my processing will take 1 or 2 years? Wish USCIS could give a bit more break down on processing times within I-485 - such as AOS category (IR1, EB1 etc), existing visa status (L1, H1B, K1, B1 etc) and other criteria.
Perhaps wishful thinking and anxiety on my end - even though it has hardly been a month
Thanks to everyone in this forum for their inputs. And others in my category (L1B to IR-1 AOS or Houston based filers) please do share your timelines with me. Cheers.
My question is - what else impacts the processing times? The range for Houston I-485 processing times on USCIS website is 14 to 25.5 months. It is either 1 year or 2 years - this is huge to be able to plan life, visa status, job, relocation etc around. Just wondering if anyone out there can share what puts people in the lower and upper end of this processing time range?
My current visa status is L1B - have 1 more year before that expires. My company maybe able to extend that by a few months (for the time I spent outside US in the past 5 years). We filed joint tax return starting from 2018 tax year (when we got married). I have filed individual returns since 2015. I included all the evidence per suggestions on this forum on my concurrent filing. Is it now just a lottery whether my processing will take 1 or 2 years? Wish USCIS could give a bit more break down on processing times within I-485 - such as AOS category (IR1, EB1 etc), existing visa status (L1, H1B, K1, B1 etc) and other criteria.
Perhaps wishful thinking and anxiety on my end - even though it has hardly been a month
Thanks to everyone in this forum for their inputs. And others in my category (L1B to IR-1 AOS or Houston based filers) please do share your timelines with me. Cheers.
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