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No, there is no need to do so as this is an employment based petition. 

I'm totally on your side! I've done all immigration myself including my own NIW petition. You filed everything properly based on the dates, it's just some untrained personnel that doesn't care about others.
I would contact a local congressman and have him/her submit an inquiry.
Things to remember: you indeed cannot be approved for a green card until your date is current in the first (original) table. Interview can be conducted at any poibt while you are pending, they can recommend you for an approval but won't approve, that's simple.
Also, send a certified letter to the office which made a decision on your case with the proof of priority date for the month when you applied.
I can give you my email if I can be of any further help.

I'm totally on your side! I've done all immigration myself including my own NIW petition. You filed everything properly based on the dates, it's just some untrained personnel that doesn't care about others.
I would contact a local congressman and have him/her submit an inquiry.
Things to remember: you indeed cannot be approved for a green card until your date is current in the first (original) table. Interview can be conducted at any poibt while you are pending, they can recommend you for an approval but won't approve, that's simple.
Also, send a certified letter to the office which made a decision on your case with the proof of priority date for the month when you applied.
I can give you my email if I can be of any further help.

I'm totally on your side! I've done all immigration myself including my own NIW petition. You filed everything properly based on the dates, it's just some untrained personnel that doesn't care about others.
I would contact a local congressman and have him/her submit an inquiry.
Things to remember: you indeed cannot be approved for a green card until your date is current in the first (original) table. Interview can be conducted at any poibt while you are pending, they can recommend you for an approval but won't approve, that's simple.
Also, send a certified letter to the office which made a decision on your case with the proof of priority date for the month when you applied.
I can give you my email if I can be of any further help.

Update: 
 
   It is in fact our WELCOME TO AMERICA LETTER aka our I-485 approval notice! Yay! Approval date was 03/12/2018. Our interview date was: 2/21/2018.
 
 
 
 

DC is Fairfax

appts are 2 weeks away usually and you need to book them from 12 am to 2 am to get a spot  

we had to go in there with infopass to ask about the case, the lady at the front window got the case and then she looked at the whole thing and 2 days later we were approved

I am sure it is medical, this is the last thing they look at before approving someone. good luck!

USCIS is saying that government shutdown won’t affect AOS. 

We have received a letter last night that we were approved on 12/26. However, they put in a wrong category on the letter, so we will go over to the field office to get it corrected and to get a stamp in the passport in case we have to file I-90 to get it corrected and in that case we will jave to mail an original green card. We also went to the field office on 12/20 to see if there were any updates, it might have helped even though the interview was on 11/28. What a New Years gift! 

We have received a letter last night that we were approved on 12/26. However, they put in a wrong category on the letter, so we will go over to the field office to get it corrected and to get a stamp in the passport in case we have to file I-90 to get it corrected and in that case we will jave to mail an original green card. We also went to the field office on 12/20 to see if there were any updates, it might have helped even though the interview was on 11/28. What a New Years gift! 

should be 2 separate letters for AP & EAD

should be 2 separate letters for AP & EAD

I know the feeling - should be all good though! I wonder who makes a decision on the interview waiver - Baltimore or NVC?

well yes - this is what though i"ve figured out. it takes them 2-3 (TOP) month to get your AOS case fully ready & processed. It is just those interviews that are taking so much time & there is a huge line in there...

well I have heard that even USCIS online case status system is very unreliable now, so I am not surprised. We are going to the office in a few days to see what's going on with our case. When we were in the Baltimore office, officer said that they are in between 7-10 months of submitting AOS, ubt it is only his words...

same here, I woke up at 12:50 and got 12/20 FULL DAY available, so I chose a morning one

same here, I woke up at 12:50 and got 12/20 FULL DAY available, so I chose a morning one

Totally agree!

let's hope they won't call you both for an interview which can make AOS approval within 3-4 months only

Nothing was asked in regards to I-130. Just asked for how long and who she’s visiting. 3 visits a year is OK as long as none of them were long visits. We are going for an AOS interview this month already, almost end of journey. Which citizenship is your spouse?

Yep it was my problems at all

Hi everyone,
I have a question. Would anyone share some experience on traveling to the USA on B1/B2 (was issued a year ago and visited USA three times in the past year) with a I-130 pending? The I-130 was filled for a new last name, the passport still has the old last name.
Do you think that my wife can be denied entry to the USA? She just wants to visit me for a month. She will have a letter from work, a bank statement to present at the border if they ask.
I know that some people can even get B1/B2 when their I-130 is pending, and I know that theoretically she can be denied, but would like to hear different opinions and possibly experiences.
Thank you very much!

we got our interview scheduled for 11/28, no update online though. one thing - it was scheduled on 10/20, but on 10/16 they responded to my SR - so it might have worked, who knows.