🔺 r/USCISuDizzy-Eye4312·46 days ago

GREENED! Raleigh FO

Hi all! I just received my green card today and still cannot believe it. I couldn’t have gotten through this without this subreddit. I will share my timeline below. I did overstay my visa from 2021 and I also worked without authorization. I am from Canada. PD: 10/10/2025 Biometrics: 11/05/2025 Interview: 12/10/2025 I-130 approved 12/15/2025 This was followed by months of radio silence. In April, I submitted a congressional inquiry. USCIS came back with the answer for normal processing times. I-765 approved 07/25/2026, received EAD about a week later. I-131 approved 07/29/2026, received Advanced Parole document about a week later. At this point, last API update on I-485 was on 05/30/2026 Without my knowledge, my congressman’s office reached out to USCIS again on 07/14/2026 regarding my I-485. On 08/13/2026, they let me know that USCIS responded that an officer is working on the case and to reach out if we have not heard anything in 120 days. 08/13/2026: I received an interview notice for 9am the next day. I was frantically printing out new evidence, but confused as our initial interview went very well. We arrived at the Raleigh FO and the supervisor let me know that it was a clerica…
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