Should I withdraw I-130

[dkslc]

Hi,
I received my US citizenship in October 2007. My mother has been visiting US for the last 10 years every 6 months.

She arrived in US on 17-Apr-08 with an I-94 date of 16-Oct-08. I applied for I-130 petition on 10-May and we got a letter that they have received the application dated 22-May-08.

We didn't realize that we could apply I-485 together with the option for the adjustment for status and we thought that the I-130 gets processed immediately because she is an immediate relative.

Then we saw on the processing times for the California Service Center that on 15-May-08 they were processing cases from 17-Nov-07 thats a lag of 5 months.

Now we are worried that her I-130 won't get processed before 18-Oct-08 and we won't be able to apply her I-485 before that date.

We have two questions
1. We don't understand at what stage we can apply for I-485, Do we have to wait for all the I-130 process to complete or can we apply earlier?

2. Can we withdraw the I-130 application and resubmit with everything together?

Please help

dkslc

[PraetorianXI]

You can apply for I-485 RIGHT NOW, with a copy of the I-130 receipt. Send all together to the Chicago Lockbox.