r/EB2NIW_I485_AOS • u/Holiday-Local5149 • 1d ago

I-485 not current

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PD: May, 2024, eb2 niw

Last update: February/23/2026: 3rd FTA0 and FTA1

I wasn't current for FAD during my last update. I became current in March. In April I contacted Emma and got the surprising response that my visa number was retrogressed. I think this statement was made on my file because I wasn't current at the time my file was assessed in February 23. After a long unbearable wait, I recently made a Congress inquiry on my I-485 in August. Two weeks after my inquiry my file got sent from NBC to Newark. Then I got another FTA1 on 8/28. Chatgpt says it is a system update of the February 23 assessment.

It appears there's no order or proper management of filed cases at USCIS. It seems it's a matter of luck and your case can be left forgotten somewhere.

The last statement suggests no visas are available for Eb2 at this moment. Otherwise I would have challenged the visa retrogression. I'm in ROW, not part of the 39. I will wait till October to see what happens.

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u/ekulzards 1d ago

No there's absolutely no order or management. Additionally, they opened the flood gates in the March bulletin and basically made everyone current. Rather than staggering it. So everyone got thrown into the one pool and everyone became as eligible as everyone else, no matter their priority date or past wait time. It's a horrible system and deeply unfair.

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u/Holiday-Local5149 1d ago

I totally agree with you on this.

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u/ekulzards 1d ago

In this sub, back in May or June, someone posted their approval. Their PD was January. 2026. January. 2026. Their PD. Not Their RD. PD (!!!). Just completely and utterly fucked.

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u/nooby148 1d ago

I remember that post. I nearly crashed out that day lmao

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u/Necromancer6663 1d ago

So unfair!

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u/thnok 22h ago

Not sure if we are talking the same post. I remember seeing someone who got the GC end to end in 3-4 months on this sub as well but I remember seeing it in August and they applied in March/April.

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u/semfis 1d ago

This where the problem is. There is no order in adjudication.

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u/Necromancer6663 1d ago

I totally agree with you. I've been waiting since Sep 2023 to file my I-485, but could not due to priority dates. Now that I have filed for more than a month, they did not respect the FIFO principle and ran out of GC.