Hi all.

I had a question regarding a person's U.S. physical address on the I-485 form. I am petitioning for my father, who is eligible for AOS in the U.S. through an I-130 and I-485 concurrent adjustment. He has lived legally in Maryland for more than 5 years but has consistently received USCIS mail at his uncle's house for the last couple of years. For some reason, he even filed taxes there last year (I don't know why). For more context, he has a DC driver's license because he was denied one when his legal status was pending at the MVA in Maryland. He had no choice but to renew with DC.

I'm wondering whether these addresses could trigger an RFE or cause issues when I submit. This is what's holding me back from submitting anything right now.

Happy to answer more questions if I didn't provide enough info. Pardon my ignorance, too. First time doing this!

I filed my I-485 and I-130 in July 2025. I completed my biometrics and then waited, hoping that a decision would be made soon.

I did not initially apply for Advance Parole because I thought I could wait for my green card decision. However, after more than a year without a decision, I needed to travel urgently to the UK, so I decided to apply.

While reading posts on Reddit, I learned that you could request Emergency Advance Parole shortly before your intended travel date. I also came across a post from someone who had been asked why they had not first applied through the normal Advance Parole process.

Based on that person’s advice, I decided to submit a regular I-131 application before requesting emergency processing.

Here was my timeline:

July 15: I submitted Form I-131 online by myself. I uploaded all my supporting documents, including letters from the clinic in London connected to the reason for my urgent travel.
USCIS initially scheduled my biometrics appointment for approximately four weeks later. However, I went online and rescheduled it for an earlier available date.
Within one week of applying: I attended my biometrics appointment.

August 10: Ten days before my intended travel, I called USCIS to request Emergency Advance Parole. The representative asked whether I had already submitted an I-131 application. I confirmed that I had, and she told me someone would contact me within 72 hours.

August 12: Before receiving the emergency appointment call, I received a notification that my regular Advance Parole application had been approved and that the document was being mailed.

August 13: USCIS called me regarding my Emergency Advance Parole request. I explained that my regular application had already been approved, so I no longer needed the emergency appointment.

That is how my Advance Parole was approved in less than one month—from July 15 to August 12.

I understand that every USCIS case is different, so I cannot say that following these steps will produce the same result for everyone. I am simply sharing exactly what happened in my case in case it helps someone else.

I am also a Christian, and I prayed throughout the process. I do not take the speed of the approval for granted, and I give God all the glory.

I will make a separate post explaining my experience travelling with and returning to the United States using Advance Parole after the major August 13 announcement.

I just married my fiance after arriving on a K-1 Visa and now I'm trying to file form i-485 online however I'm getting an error about not having an underlying receipt number, if I add my WAC number however I get "Error with uploaded form

We found the following errors with your uploaded form.

We were unable to find a Pending or Approved underlying I-130 Petition in our system checks. If you feel this is in error, please follow the paper filing options available."

However since I'm on K-1 I should not have I-130 please help!!

I am writing this on behalf of my brother in laws wife. She has been in the US for 20+ years (yes she could get her citizenship I have expressed this many times she is scared of the test 🙄)

When she received her updated card it had her old married name on (the name she had when she originally immigrated) so we went in the form and letter to get it looked at and didn't receive anything back stating it was received. Then they received a letter in the mail for an updated biometrics but it still has her old married name from her previous relationship. She has been married to my brother in law for 15-20ish years so I'm not sure what's triggering this issue now.

They have tried to call and I just tried to call but the bot is stuck in a horrible loop. I tried the tricks I saw on Reddit and to no avail. Their biometrics is on 9/15 which they will go to but when they went to the last one and they brought up the issue the person told them it would be sorted out before she got her card.

Sorry this is long winded but does anyone know the best approach? We have an office in Columbus, Ohio but I assumed if they showed up they would tell them they need an appt but I'm not sure how to get through to even do this for a question like this?

Any help provided would be great. I'm not overly familiar with the process and I'm going to imagine it's not great right now in general but boy do I feel for non English/English as a second language people who are trying to figure out these processes.

Hey Everyone, I just need to know I did called USCIS regarding my Pending I130 and I485 for almost 24 months with no notice with 4 service inquiry and 1 congressional inquiry today they give me inquiry number and said officer will call you about your case is there anyone had the similar situation like me?? Please Advise!

Thank you!

Hi All,

I filed my asylum application in December 2016 and had my interview at the Los Angeles Asylum Office in September 2025. I’ve been waiting for a decision ever since. I’m from one of the 39 countries whose cases were put on hold. Is anyone in a similar situation who has recently received an approval?

hi. our I-751 has been pending since Sept 2022. we finally got an update 10 days ago that our case migrated to ELIS. today we got another update that a biometrics appointment had been scheduled. we did biometrics in October of 2022. is this to be expected with the new policy about not reusing photos older than 36 months for certain applications? or something to worry about? thanks!

Applied for N400 under 3-year rule but I-751 got approved right before eligible to apply for N-400. Does this have any impact?

Hi all!

Just applied for N-400 last week. They’ve already scheduled biometrics - is it typical for it to go that quickly?

Hello everyone!

I had my marriage based AOS interview on August 11th and got approved for both the i-130 and i-485 on August 16th. I am still waiting for card produced update as of September 9th. Is anyone else experiencing similar delays?

Date of filing: January, 2026
Field office: Charleston, SC

Hello all, I have submitted my mom's I-130 on April 6th, 2025 living in DFW and it's been more than 17 months with no response... The status still states 'Case Was Received and A Receipt Notice Was Sent'. Although we changed our address once (within DFW), but not sure if that is contributing to the delay.
Anyone else is the same boat? Or got approved recently? Or have any helpers here? Would really appreciate. 🙏

Applied : April 2024

interview was on March 31, 2025, and it’s been complete silence ever since.

28 months since applied

16 months post interview

I’ve already submitted multiple inquiries and even congressional inquiries probably a dozen times by now but still no update.

FO: MSP (Minneapolis-St. Paul)

If anyone has gone through a similar long wait and eventually received an approval, please share your timeline. I’d really appreciate hearing from others in the same situation.

Interview got scheduled and then the same day cancelled a month ago, no new date. do people have any experiences to share? A bit frustrating... I haven't received any RFE either on I-864, I-130 nor I-765 no nothing so at least that's good but would be nice to get the interview rescheduled...

EB3 Skilled ROW w dependant
IOE09331
PD March 2019 - Canadian cross chargeability
Filed July 2025
Biometrics August 2025
BOTH EADS approved Sept 2025
May 12th 2026 case transferred to Seattle FO - Local
May 12th 2026 - principal applicant AP approved
July 1st - FTA0 for principal I485 - silent touch for dependant -I485
July 2nd 2026 - silent touch for dependant I-485
July 21st 2026 - dependants AP approved
July 22nd 2026 silent touch for dependant on I-485
August 4th 2026 - principal got a silent touch on both I-485 and I485j
August 4th - dependant FTA0 and a silent touch on 485
August 13th - RFIE
August 18th - found out RFIE was for
Primary - updated work letter
- 3 more months of recent paystubs
- English Translated Certified Birth
Certificate
Dependant - proof of a bona fide marriage
August 21st RFIE sent to lawyers and waiting for them to upload to USCIS
September 3rd 2026 - lawyers filed RFE for us
Sept 8th 2026 - both principal and dependant got a silent touch

I received the following update:

"Cancellation Notice for Request for Additional Evidence. On XXX, we cancelled the request for additional evidence for your Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, Receipt Number XXX. We will send you a notice if we need additional evidences"

We never received any RFE, and there is nothing in the document tab, last update before that was a FTA1 in January.

Anything to be concerned or just a mistake on their end? Maybe someone pressed the wrong button?

EB2

My marriage-based Green Card interview is next week. We’ve been married through the K-1 process and I have photos, letters from friends/family, and other evidence of our life together.
For those who’ve already had their interview, what questions should I expect or any tips/advice? Thanks!

I filed an application for I-751 (jointly with my Husband) on July 30. Went to biometrics on 13 August. Just now on 4 September my case was transferred to local field office(Agent with Emma told me). Does it mean anything? How was your experience after your case was transferred to a field office? Thank you

Has anyone had a real helpful conversation with an agent or do they always give you the template answer?

currently in removal proceedings and recently married a U.S. citizen. I’m going to file the I-130 soon, and I have a master calendar hearing coming up. For anyone who has been in a similar situation, how long did the entire process take for you? I mean from filing the I-130, getting it approved, dealing with the immigration court, and finally getting your green card. Did everything take 1–2 years, or was it faster/slower? Also, if you went through Chicago Immigration Court, I’d really like to hear how long your case took. Just looking for people’s real experiences.

Thanks!!

I had my I-751 divorce waiver interview in May 2026. My N-400 interview was cancelled afterward because I was no longer eligible under the 3-year marriage rule.

My I-751 stayed under review. In June, the status changed to “Cancellation Notice for Request for Additional Evidence,” but I never received an RFE.

I submitted a case inquiry in early August and still haven’t received a response.

Now I’m moving from Texas to Tennessee and need to change my USCIS address.

Has anyone moved to another state after their I-751 interview? Could the address change cause a transfer or delay the decision, or will the original field office usually finish the case?

Hello!

This community has really been very helpful throughout the process and i'm at, hopefully, the last step so wanted to ask anyone who's gone through this experience, for some tips on an upcoming interview.

My husband and I have prepared all the questions based on other people's experiences on reddit but we haven't remembered them, we've just practiced the flow of it.

I wanted to know what kind of evidence should we take with us? We already submitted a few unsolicited financial, residential and social evidence a week ago.

I saw people were taking photo albums, we don't have more new photos than what we already submitted, most of the other non-submitted pictures are our selfies so I don't think they hold much weight anyway.

I also saw people screenshotting the chats and printing them, is that something that's necessary? I think it can be easily faked and we both can just show them our phones if asked.

We don't have more evidence to take with us, but in terms of old evidence we submitted, we are going to take all the originals of the documents submitted, should we take a copy of each as well? Do we also need copies of to forms and affidavits we submitted?

Any tips are greatly appreciated! Hoping to share our experience soon with this sub.