mstein

That happened to me, i filed the I-130 with an attorney and they put him as agent, i went straight to the payments too, i did not have to wait a week to make the payments.  

Thank you  I'm sure you will be approved soon. Good luck!

We got our approval letter today. NOA1 was December 6th and notice date was August 9th. It's been a few business days but my online status still says Case Received. I have been stalking other cases using the USCIS app, but there were very few approvals and a ton of RFE. Now I wonder how many are actually approved and just not updated online. Just wanted to give an update. There's light at the end of the tunnel guys!

We got our approval letter today. NOA1 was December 6th and notice date was August 9th. It's been a few business days but my online status still says Case Received. I have been stalking other cases using the USCIS app, but there were very few approvals and a ton of RFE. Now I wonder how many are actually approved and just not updated online. Just wanted to give an update. There's light at the end of the tunnel guys!

I think you can apply for AOS once you enter US with h1b visa. Officer may ask you about your immigrant intent at port of entry because of i 130 application. They can also deny you entry although H1B is dual intent visa.
 
 

This looks similar to your case but it was in 2007.
 
 

As stated, H-1B is dual-intent, so you can have both running concurrently. If you happen to receive the H-1B first you can enter the country and then file for AoS based on the I-130.

You can file an I-485 based on the pending or approved I-130 at any point before receiving the immigrant visa.