#I 485 processing time update
The crazy part is that the update for this case is incorrect. Specifically, it will now tell you if your I-485 is put on hold due to visa number retrogression. USCIS is now showing new case status updates relating to pending I-485. Update June 28, 2022Īlso see USCIS posts alert about “Transfer the Underlying Basis” and creates inflated expectations over EB I-485 applications Update May 17, 2022 However, there is no way to know for sure until you either receive the approval or the RFE (at which point, you may have to submit another medical exam). USCIS may have recently recognized the problem and issued a clarification asking applicants not to submit Form I-693 unless they send you an RFE asking for the form.įor those who jumped the gun, it’s still possible that USCIS can link the missing I-693 to your pending I-485. Yes, the details underneath the headline were correct but most only see the call to action and may have contributed to many submitting the missing I-693 prior to receiving the RFE. The correct message is “send in the medical forms ASAP when requested“. We noticed countless posts on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram in recent months with a bold headline asking applicants to “send in the medical forms ASAP”. USCIS has created a lot of confusion in its social media drive about the I-693, Report of Medical Examination and Vaccination Record. If you have not submitted the I-693 as part of the I-485 filing, please do not submit it until you have received an RFE specifically requesting it. USCIS is focusing only on using up all the available visa numbers before the end of this FY () without considering when I-485 was filed. Cases filed in 20 may be adjudicated ahead of those filed much earlier. Unfortunately, USCIS is not following FIFO. All have been transferred to National Benefits Center prior to approval. Some examples of recent approvals between April and July 2022 showing the most common processing timeframes. In short, there is no similar timeline for similar filers. That case was approved in Texas in 2021 and was never transferred to NBC. What’s important to note here is that another I-485 filed around the same time by a different beneficiary from the same company had received approval much faster – in just 3 months. See here for more info about transfers to NBC.
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The 3 to 4-month timeframe seems reliable. From NBC to approval, it took about 3 months. Case was transferred to National Benefits Center in April 2022. With regard to applications for ancillary benefits, the USCIS will conduct prima facie review of all I-140s concurrently filed with I-485s prior to adjudication of employment authorization applications (Form I-765's) or applications for advance parole (filed on Form I-131).Here’s another sample I-485 EB approval which was filed in July 2021.If there are any doubts regarding these documents, the USCIS may request the original documents. The USCIS may also conduct a check of the authenticity of supporting documents against DOS descriptions contained in that agency's Foreign Affairs Manual.Concurrently filed petitions may also be checked against files already in existence for the petitioner and/or beneficiary to determine whether the information in the petition is consistent with previous statements made by either party in papers already on file.Background (name) checks are conducted against a multi-agency database containing lookout information on persons who have a history of past immigration problems or may pose security threats.A filed petition is checked against a USCIS fraudulent petition index in which a record is kept of prior petitions filed in which some element of fraud was involved.USCIS conducts several checks in determination of I-485 application: What checks are conducted by the USCIS concerning an I-485 application? The table below illustrates these scenarios. In all cases, a Form I-693 signed by a civil surgeon more than 60 days before the applicant files the underlying benefit application is insufficient for evidentiary purposes as of the time of its submission to USCIS.
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