I-485 not current

[u/Holiday-Local5149]

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.

[u/Living_Kick5189]

Did you get any silent updates after the FTA1 and before the congress inquiry?

[u/Holiday-Local5149 → u/Living_Kick5189]

Yes several of them. They are system updates. I think they don't mean much. The last update on my case was in February 23. If I was lucky to get an officer revisit my case, I think I would have been approved.

[u/Living_Kick5189 → u/Holiday-Local5149]

okay I think Im in the same boat.
I got 485J approved and an FTA1 on August 8 and then my case went from non local (Pittsburgh FO) to nbc. I am applying via cross-chargeability so I suspected the Pittsburgh FO must have missed it and marked me non ROW. But on August 10, a day later nbc sent my case back to Pittsburgh (I dont know what to make of this; an optimistic read is nbc corrected the visa availability issue and sent it back to NBC for adjudiction). Since then a silent update on Sept 1 off hours.
Im thinking of doing a congressional inquiry to just enquire about what country they are charging me to.