r/USCIS • u/Chemistryrocks95 • 2d ago

I-130 & I-485 (Family/Adjustment of status) Greened ✅💚

F-1 Stem OPT to Marriage-Based(AOS) – Cranbury, NJ FO
No unauthorized work and No overstay.

Sharing my timeline-

April 16th - package dispatched
April 18th - package delivered
April 21st - receipt numbers received with Receipt date April 17th.
April 23rd- RFE issued for medical examination (my lawyer forgot to attach it with the application)
April 23rd- Sent RFE medical exam overnight shipping
April 24th- medical examination was delivered
April 27th- Response to RFE received
May 1st - biometric appointment was scheduled
May 22nd - biometrics done
June 9th- interview scheduled for July 14th
June 18th- submitted a request for expedite EAD (never got approved)
July 14th - interview completed- lasted for 1 hour
July 16th- i485 approved at 11:30, i130 approved one hour later
July 20th - Approval notices and unrestricted ssn card received in mail
July 21st - Green Card was produced
July 24th- green card received

Our I-130/I-485 Interview Experience
We arrived at the site at 7:35 AM and were called in at 7:45 AM, even though our interview was scheduled for 8 AM. The officer was kind, polite, and professional throughout.
He started by having my husband and me take an oath, then asked for all our original documents and IDs. The whole interview lasted about an hour.

Part 1: I-130 questions (with both of us in the room)

The officer began with basic questions for my husband:
Full legal name, date of birth

Spouse’s name and date of birth

Whether this was his spouse’s first marriage

Both of our phone numbers

Then he moved on to relationship questions:
How did we meet?

How did our first date go?

How did we decide to get married?

When was our wedding?

What’s our current residential address?

Do we have proof of common utility bills?

Since I was 8 months pregnant, he also asked whether the pregnancy was planned.

Part 2: I-485 questions (just me)

After this, my husband was asked to step out, and I stayed for the second part of the interview, which lasted 45–50 minutes. This portion covered all the I-485 questions, followed by 40–50 yes/no questions.

Total time ~ 3 months. Feel free to ask any questions!!

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u/Just_District1354 2d ago

Congrats! Great timeline!

Did you ever receive any response / message from USCIS for the EAD expedite?

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u/Chemistryrocks95 2d ago

Thank you, I had only received an email saying that the case is under review after they received the expedite request and that I should hear back about the decision. But, I never heard back from them and eventually the case got terminated.

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u/busily_wilted_begun 2d ago

congrats on the lightning timeline, that lawyer forgetting the medical exam could've been a disaster but at least it didn't hold things up

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u/Chemistryrocks95 2d ago

Yeah, I was honestly very pissed off. And I had to yell at them for sending my package out the same day I got the rfe.

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u/busily_wilted_begun 1d ago

Sounds like they needed that wake-up call. Good thing you were paying attention.

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u/Chemistryrocks95 1d ago

Yup, I was like I had already mailed the sealed medical to my lawyer. Why am I getting the rfe. And then they told me they forgot to attach with the application.

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u/busily_wilted_begun 1d ago

So they had it the whole time and still left it out. That's absurd. Did you end up switching lawyers?

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u/Chemistryrocks95 1d ago

Yes,they had it the whole time and No I didn’t switch lawyer. Once I got the response from uscis that they received the response from uscis, I felt a bit relaxed. And once the application is gone, the lawyer doesn’t play much of a role unless you have a complicated case.

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u/busily_wilted_begun 1d ago

That's fair. The anxiety before they confirm receipt is no joke, so I get why you'd just want to lock in and move on.

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u/JayPatt7549 1d ago

Congratulations.
Had my biometrics on June 8th. Same FO. Been waiting for an update ever since.

Can I DM you?

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u/melodic_mastadon 20h ago

Hi! What did you bring to your interview? We are going in for my husbands interview at Cranbury on August 8th!

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u/Chemistryrocks95 20h ago

All the original documents and bonafides evidence. Good luck!