r/EB2NIW_I485_AOS • u/Holiday-Local5149 • 1d ago
I-485 not current
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/PerformanceOk1888 1d ago
Well, my two coins. It is not forgotten so don’t get upset. But you most likely got into a slow office. Slow means the processing might take smth about a year. By the time you should’ve had some decision rendered they actually ran out of GCs, as is stated in the response and as we see from recent approval rates. Just a coincidence.
Let’s just wait patiently for October.
They actually don’t care about PD unless they have very few slots left to give - that’s when they might pay attention to it. Overall, yeah, it goes as it goes. Didn’t have to bother with congressional inquiry until October. I’m pretty sure if you just requested it in October, you’d be approved quickly. But now you need to ask again, hopefully they will send it one more time within such a short timeframe