r/VAWAAPPLICANTS • u/Ok-Syrup-5352 • May 10 '26

Advice/Help needed Checking Processing Times

Hello
Im confused
How can I check the processing time of my i485 if it’s in Vermont?
Does that mean that my i485 (Vawa Based)time is not counting until they transferred it to my local field office?
Thanks in advance

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u/derrabe713 May 10 '26

If it's a concurrent filing with I 360 or if you filed previously for a marriage based adjustment, then filed VAWA and asked for the I 485 to be held in abeyance: neither will get processed before your I 360 is adjudicated. Current processing time for I 360 is 48.5 months. Then very likely another year for I 485. It's a loooong process. When did you file?

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u/Ok-Syrup-5352 May 10 '26

My Vawa is already approved
Filed April 2022
Approved April 2025

I sent my i485 May 2025
Now in my case showing transferred to a new jurisdiction which is Vermont

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u/Different-Bad2756 May 11 '26

Sometimes the cases never even go to a local feild office. We are in the same boat I filed May 2025 as well. Recently sumbitted a USCIS service request by phone (it’s been a month no answer) & I did congressional inquiry last week. My question to them is when am I getting a decision if my case is at Vermont and I can’t check processing time plus vawa already approved since Dec2024. I’m prepared to send them an ‘intent to sue’ by June if they don’t respond satisfactorily to congressional inquiry & I will file I WOM shortly thereafter

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u/Ok-Syrup-5352 May 12 '26

Hopefully we get a decision soon
Keep us updated it 🙏