Interview before I-130 approval

[wingfield 3]

I'm a new member. We filed I-130 (USC petitioning a spouse) and I-485 in May 2021 from B2 based in Reno, NV. When we filed online in May 2021, the case receipt said "Nebraska" so I inquired today because it is out of case processing time for this SC. The agent told me it was moved to Texas which is 14.5 month wait double what Nebraska has!

 

Question: has anyone had an I-485 interview scheduled in their local Field Office without I-130 being approved by the Service Center? I read some cases where the field office is faster in scheduling I-485 interviews so the I-130 is approved after the interview. Is this true?

 

Thanks.

 

 

[Verrou 1,899]

yes. when you filed concurrently, almost all the time i-130 will be adjudicate together with i-485 during the interview

[SalishSea 16,772]

19 minutes ago, wingfield said:

I'm a new member. We filed I-130 (USC petitioning a spouse) and I-485 in May 2021 from B2 based in Reno, NV. When we filed online in May 2021, the case receipt said "Nebraska" so I inquired today because it is out of case processing time for this SC. The agent told me it was moved to Texas which is 14.5 month wait double what Nebraska has!

 

Question: has anyone had an I-485 interview scheduled in their local Field Office without I-130 being approved by the Service Center? I read some cases where the field office is faster in scheduling I-485 interviews so the I-130 is approved after the interview. Is this true?

 

Thanks.

 

 

You won't be approved for AOS without approval from the petition on which it is based.

[Adventine 3,187]

29 minutes ago, Misscloud said:

yes. when you filed concurrently, almost all the time i-130 will be adjudicate together with i-485 during the interview

 

This is correct. When my I-485 interview was scheduled, my I-130 petition hadn't been approved yet. The officer verbally approved the I-130 at the interview. I saw the status change the next day on the USCIS website. My I-485 was approved a month later, after I responded to the RFE (missing info on my medical report).