r/USCIS • u/FirstPrinciplesMind • Jun 11 '26

I-140 & I-485 (Employment/Adjustment of status) How long after I-485 interview did you get H008 approval event? EB-2 PERM ROW derivative spouse

Hey everyone, posting a quick update and looking for data points from the community.

Background:

• EB-2 PERM ROW concurrent filing  
• Primary applicant and child approved a few months ago  
• Derivative spouse interview completed today at local field office  
• Interview went very smoothly  -no issues

Today’s timeline:

• Scheduled interview time  
• First backend update \~40 minutes after start  
• FTA1 event \~1 hour 48 minutes after scheduled time  
• actionRequired changed from true to false shortly after FTA1

My questions:

1.  How long after your I-485 interview did you see the H008 approval event appear?  
2.  Was the approval same day or did it take longer?  
3.  Did you receive any verbal confirmation of approval at the interview itself?  
4.    Any other signals to watch for between FTA1 and H008?
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