Hello! Today my wife and I had our interview. We are in a peculiar situation with this, I wonder if anybody has seen or heard of this before? (We are adjusting status from within the US)
The interviewer told us that he couldn't pull up the i130 that we filed (online), but he could see that it was approved based on our IOE number. He said that he can't make a decision without seeing the i130 but that he requested it from the State Department. He said he will approve us once the i130 gets to his desk but because he doesn't have access to it right now, he cannot approve us or tell us that we are approved. He gave us a letter basically stating that a decision has not been made at this time and there is nothing we have to do, just wait and they will get back to us.
Has this happened to anyone else? We're happy because he said he will approve it once it gets to his desk but also we are a little anxious because technically we are not yet approved. The letter that he gave us says to give them at least 120 days before making any inquiries. Just seems like a real strange spot to be in!