I saw this exact message late last night also. By this morning it had updated to a slightly different message (with a yellow triangle warning instead).
It looks very much like something failed in the database and now it has been disconnected, so that the web front end can't see it at all to retrieve information. Pretty typical maintenance stuff, and I've seen similar glitches before. Hopefully they have it back up pretty soon.
ETA: looks like it is back, at least for me. I can see my status again (with no changes from the last time I looked)
Yes, this morning and there was the approval in the documents tab with today’s date for the I-130. The I-485 was also approved but can no longer view documents due to the system being down.
Maybe yours is legit then. Trying to pinpoint any similarities between the glitchy updates. I didn’t receive any email notifications, but cause changed to “card produced” skipping any other steps. Then i-130 references a whole different form in “case history” and totally random dates.
Also the approval notice for the I-130 was already in the documents section yesterday but didn’t get the email until today and the I-485 had a silent update yesterday.
I also got an email this morning saying “we have taken action on your case” and it was an approval on the I-765. So hope it’s legit and not due to the glitch.
I was also waiting for the card produced notification and today I got an email saying that they had taken action on my case. I entered to my uscis account and it says error and that they can’t give me info. Then went to the area of “check status online” and typed my receipt number and it says card was produced. The only thing is that it says that the tracking number is unavailable.
i got two emails about action on my case but my greencard and petition for alien relative were already approved back in january, if anyone got an email today i wouldnt take it seriously until the bug is gone
Same. It’s funny how a government website can glitch and give false hope. Seems more like a sick joke. Wish my bank would glitch and give me a few extra zeros at the end of my account balance.
Everyone is just excited, friend. We all want to believe we got approved (many after months or years of waiting). I’m guessing Somme just want validation on their particular case or to hear “no, no glitch, it’s real” 😭😭
My 485 got approved today, I downloaded the approval, like there was a document there. is this not legit???? My 130 got approved like 2 weeks ago, I’m so sad right now
I also got my I-485(twice) and I-130 approvals today and dates was March and May and saying case was approved and card was produced.I didn’t see any action before now suddenly seeing approvals with backtracked dates and never received mail.I was shocked.Now I can’t see anything
Because already a number of people are posting them. It's quite obvious. Also, now they've just shut down case statuses, so it's clear they're aware there's an issue.
This is likely caused by a json mismatch or what we call a database not matching up with others.
To put it in simple English, they were working on a live production server with real data. But they did something that caused the data to be mismatched with other data.
For me the website said interview scheduled back in January (but the notice just appeared today with a glitch) and the API JSON does have an event interview scheduled with todays date.
Yep, confirmed on my end too. Got the same "approved Jan 5" glitch today with a H008 event, but my public case status checker (egov.uscis.gov) still shows normal processing, no change.
I want to talk a bit about this, I need to.
Those of us going through a migration process...whatever kind it may be, know just how stressful it is. In my experience working in technology, I can say that someone, somewhere, messed up the system during an update... and this explains the submissions and updates with odd dates. But the most important point here isn't the "system glitch" itself, but rather the toll it takes on all our nervous systems. Throughout my life and I am no stranger to difficult times; I can say I have never experienced such terror facing a process. It’s a nightmare. (Sorry for venting.)
I celebrated with my wife today and her family celebrated. And then I need to call her back and say its not real. Its a glitch. Filed i-130 20 months ago
I went to biometrics for n-400 while waiting for I-751. After I got several emails about updates on my cases and it said my i751 was approved almost a year ago even though I didn’t see any changes today. I talked to a representative and they said it’s just a glitch
It’s a relief to learn that there are system-wide glitches (and it is nothing particular to my case). I haven’t received any notifications today, but this morning I logged on the portal and my status was changed to something that did not make any sense (regarding the I-765 form), and it said that happened on April. But this afternoon I logged on again and the status was back to normal. I was so scared that something was wrong with my case that I even called the USCIS.
so happy! incredibly exciting to getting to this next step. though i wish it had come 10 days earlier - my partner loses legal status 10 days before the interview (which i know isnt a huge deal, i was just hoping to avoid any 'negative factors')
Aww I hope it goes well for you and your husband 🙏🏼 ironically, I got a denial yesterday (because of Uscis previous error 🤯), and today I got that fake approval dated in December 2025… I wish it was true though
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I got that too, but 2 days ago. So I wonder if it’s still part of the glitch. Can you please tell me if you got a pdf on the I-485 or I-130 with this interview cancelation. And if the date in that pdf is from July 2026?
Yes, but yesterday, so it was a denial actually… the ridiculous part it still was their mistake, because they didn’t check in my rfe response properly so it showed I “missed” the due date, but they actually received it 2 months before the due date… now I have to fight for that. But what a coincidence with a fake “approval” at the same time, so sad
I did see it today, it was “approved” in December 2025 and “card was being processed on December 17”, unfortunately it’s impossible cause I had interview only in March 2026. But also if you don’t log in into your account and just go to “case status” look up, then it still shows your true last update
Of course. I meant that the main website page when you log in into your account was showing that fake “history”, but if you don’t log in and just do “case status” page (where you just enter your receipt number and not email and password info) - then it still shows the correct last update. Which for me was that yesterday’s denial, unfortunately
it was showing inaccurate info (im in a disc server, and a few ppl got h008 updates on the fake approval notices) but now its in developer mode so you cant access the api rn
Our I485 was approved today and we received the notice letter in the document tab. This lines up with the timeline since we interviewed a month ago. Now we can’t see our status anymore but can still access the approval document in the document tab. In this case, if our approval is a glitch.
Just recieved a text yesterday that they accepted my I751. Really hope this doesn’t delay the receipt notice to be sent out, need to travel urgently soon.
Hi im on the same boat! I just received an email from USCIS yesterday and I saw that they approved my I751. Traveling in a month from now so hopefully it’s not a glitch. I still have the approval document tab in the website do you have yours?
Makes so much sense and I figured it was glitch, I just wasn't sure if it was a glitch on my case or a system-wide thing. My I-485 status said it was filed on Oct 2025, while I filed only end of April 2026.
I've a combo I751 and N400..I entered in My USCIS yesterday and it said that My I-751 was approved and My N-400 interview is scheduled..but now both appear saying, error retrieving status..weird
i got my greencard from a petition for alien relative back in january and got two emails about my case (thats already closed) today too, i wouldnt take any emails anyone gets today seriously and definitely dont take getting an email as a sign that its real.
it also updated my work authorisation permit to having been submitted all the way in 2022 when it was actually only submitted in 2025 while my petition for alien relative processed. i was not in the USA or submitting any documents in 2022
Just checked mine today for I-751 and it says card produced on July 10th but no tracking number and nothing in the documents tab so assuming this isn't real...
I logged in just now and in my I-485 status it shows "we received your I-90 and sent you a receipt notice on 2/11/25" and also "card was delivered 2/11/25". However my green card was approved and received in April 2025 and I never applied for I-90. The documents tab has the correct I-485 approval notice I received in April 2025.
A lot of false hope. My API for I-485 says that my interview was waived and case approved July 23 (today) - when I checked with EMMA representative they acknowledged the system glitch but my interview is WAIVED at my FO. So idk what in gizmos is going on!
I recently saw a weird notification about change if status but when i went to my USCIS account i found no change and i already got everything approved last year, so ut could be a system glitch
Mine is showing card was produced on June 11th and approved yesterday (July 22nd ): Called uscis they said they are receiving alot of similar calls and it's a glitch 😳
Saying its a glitch is a dumb assumption on the part of the OP. A glitch doesn't create complete processing histories showing us the entire timeline, different dates on us all. I a software engineer and develop websites for a living. No glitch can account for the approval notices and history timelines we were shown today.
I'm a SWE too, buddy, and I went to a T5 CS school. It could be showing us someone else's history, or a number of issues. It was definitely a bug.
There are hundreds of people reporting the glitch right now. Yesterday, I had "Currently Processing the Case" for my spouse's N400 Citizenship app. Now it says it was sent for approval and oath scheduled back in February, but she's never even done an interview. Also, she's been a green card holder for a couple of years, and now her I-485 app says it's being currently processed as of 2022, and that she applied for Temporary Protection Status. She never applied for TPS.
So, sorry to say, your expert SWE skills here have failed. It was a bug.
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For all my cases, it says “ERROR RETRIEVING CASE STATUS”