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The officer did state that we appeared to be taken out of order as they were processing November cases and we filed in January.  We didnt ask about it too much, it just came up as we discussed our application and she told us she wasnt sure why we jumped the queue. Even then, the USCIS Processing times online are garbage. They may as well take it down because it doesnt help anyone at all. 

Well our green card arrived in the mail today, so from mailing the application to receiving the card in the mail was 117 days.  Looks like New Orleans has been moving faster recently. When I did my Naturalization there I was one of the last in my months "filers thread". 
 
 

I assume its the vaccination records, required for the I-693 Medical Exam

Well our green card arrived in the mail today, so from mailing the application to receiving the card in the mail was 117 days.  Looks like New Orleans has been moving faster recently. When I did my Naturalization there I was one of the last in my months "filers thread". 
 
 

Well our green card arrived in the mail today, so from mailing the application to receiving the card in the mail was 117 days.  Looks like New Orleans has been moving faster recently. When I did my Naturalization there I was one of the last in my months "filers thread". 
 
 

Just a small update, after our interview on Tuesday (5/1) we received the approval notice in the mail today (Sunday 5/6) Hopefully the GC arrives shortly, although the approval letter states it can take up to 3 weeks.

Hey folks, 
 
Just checking in after having our interview at New Orleans on Tuesday. Overall a very positive experience. Our appt was 1pm and we were called in right at 1. We had some small chat with our officer as she remembered me as she was the officer that interviewed me for my N400. She checked our ID but didnt ask us to raise our right hand etc, which I remember I had to do back when I was going through everything. 
 
 We then quickly ran through the I-485 and I-130. 
 
The officer then asked us to describe how we met and we told our story about meeting through our work. She then asked if we had any additional paperwork in addition to the evidence that we sent with our application packet. We didnt have too much extra. She then told us all looked great and that we should expect the GC in the mail in 10-14 days. 
 
We were back outside in less than 10 mins after we went in. Overall a very smooth and efficient process. It may be worth noting that our situation is slightly different as we have already been married for 2.5 years and have 2 children together, so we are not the typical couple trying to prove our relationship is not fraudulent.
 
We checked our case status online, however it has not been working since the beginning so I expect we will not know for sure until the card arrives in the mail. 
 
Good luck to all those still waiting! I feel your pain! When I did my AOS 10 years ago i had a super long wait in Dallas. 

Update!!!
 
We got our interview notice in the mail today!! We have our interview on 5/1 in New Orleans! Can’t wait! We are really surprised because New Orleans is typically slow. 
 
We we thought that something was happening with our application because a few days ago the online case numbers started showing as invalid! We were really concerned but I guess it was just a glitch once they started processing our application. 

No, our case online never changed from "we have received your application". 
 
Im not sure what is going on in New Orleans, they have traditionally been slow. I did my N400 there and I was one of the last to get an interview out of all the people in my months application thread, so my wife is super happy that things are moving faster for her. 

Update!!!
 
We got our interview notice in the mail today!! We have our interview on 5/1 in New Orleans! Can’t wait! We are really surprised because New Orleans is typically slow. 
 
We we thought that something was happening with our application because a few days ago the online case numbers started showing as invalid! We were really concerned but I guess it was just a glitch once they started processing our application. 

Hey January filers!
 
Today was our Biometrics appointment in the New Orleans Field Office, with this out of the way hopefully things move quickly!
 
B2 to AOS
Jan 12 - Package (485/130/131/765)
Jan 16 - Package delivered to Chicago
Jan 24 - Checks cashed by USCIS
Feb 01 - NOA1 Received
Feb 02 - Biometrics Appt Received (2/16)
Feb 16 - Biometrics Complete