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Unless you came here with the intent to adjust status you should be fine to adjust now. Going home and doing spousal visa means long distance relationship for 1-2 yrs. Staying here means being out of work for a few months and not being able to travel for about a year or so until AP approval or GC. 

Unless you came here with the intent to adjust status you should be fine to adjust now. Going home and doing spousal visa means long distance relationship for 1-2 yrs. Staying here means being out of work for a few months and not being able to travel for about a year or so until AP approval or GC. 

Yep. My personal opinion is that USCIS is indeed improving reviewing times of certain applications but all that is at the expense of leaving the old backlog the same and taking care of new ones first... My mother's I-765 for approved in 23 days and I-131 in about 75. I have a feeling that I-130 and I-485 won't take longer than 6-9 months at best based on IR-5 approvals that I have seen recently. IR-1s seem to be following suit as well.

Yep. My personal opinion is that USCIS is indeed improving reviewing times of certain applications but all that is at the expense of leaving the old backlog the same and taking care of new ones first... My mother's I-765 for approved in 23 days and I-131 in about 75. I have a feeling that I-130 and I-485 won't take longer than 6-9 months at best based on IR-5 approvals that I have seen recently. IR-1s seem to be following suit as well.

Yep. Be aware USCIS isn’t about that FIFO life. So, some people get approved fairly quickly while other cases are left behind for a year or so… Hopefully most people get a quick approval. 

I have been trying to monitor I-130s and I-485s in the recent months. Literally every day I see at least 5 cases that are within 50-100 days from submission get approved. It is crazy.. I see these approvals on different forums and platforms.

It is never guaranteed but you live nearby I don't see harm in trying.

Seems most likely

A guardian also can not sponsor a child.

Immediate Relatives of US citizens (IR-5, for example) cannot have derivatives.  

Possible?  Maybe.  The nature of his incarceration is important.  I would take to an immigration attorney.  You can search for "prison" or "incarceration" here on VJ.  Good luck on your journey.

It does but they let us in anyway. Granted our situation was different since we went earlier than the scheduled date.

You can try just showing up at the center where they take biometrics and explain what happened. They may let you in and get it done.

I see, thanks. So if she decides to get a DL she should first think about where she wants to be a resident. If she decides the other state then she would need to file address change with the USCIS.

There is absolutely fantastic case number status analysis and tracking going on at this site.  https://www.casestatusext.com/forms/I-485/IOE-LB

Strange. Thanks for sharing this info! Great insight.

its unrelated with the case number. 
it really like roll the dice and got pick up by the officer or not. 
 
i helped 5 people filing AOS between september 23 - Jan 2024
1. filed Sep 2023, got EAD in 30 days, approved GC in 70 days - Nov 23. B2 overstayed for 5 years
2. filed Oct 2023, crickets ( no EAD) adjust from EB-2
3. filed Oct 2023, crickets(no EAD) adjust from b2-asylum-removal proceeding terminated
4. filed Nov 2023, biometric Feb 2024 ( dont know why appointment it's late), 2 weeks later, Feb 2024 EAD produced - adjust from J1 overstayed for 4 years.
5. filed Jan 2024, crickets, no EAD even after biometric. adjust from B2 overstay 5 years
 
obviously the number is just an ongoing number, unrelated with approval. 
but i noticed, the people ( that i helped) that adjust from B2 overstay, got their EAD/GC faster compare to people that has "past" immigration history. i.e : asylum, EB2 etc
 

I'd also be curious about the case number.

I'd also be curious about the case number.

Fantastic, congratulations!
 
Any chance you could share your case number with for I-485, excluding the last 5 digits? This would give an idea of what USCIS is processing now without comproming your privacy.

Some are poorly scanned as same pages show up a few times (at least for me). My guess is that whoever the third party contractor they are using is just jamming papers into the scanner without checking it again. If pages are stuck together and that is how it scans they let it happen. This is not to say that they do not have what you sent but everything is possible with the USCIS.

Update: My mother whom I added as an authorized user on 3 of my CCs got her SSN a week or two ago. I called CC companies and added her SSN to her profiles. Her FICO score shows 770 now and she got approved for the highest CC tier the next day with high CL. I figured I'd share this if it helps someone else down the road.

Update: My mother whom I added as an authorized user on 3 of my CCs got her SSN a week or two ago. I called CC companies and added her SSN to her profiles. Her FICO score shows 770 now and she got approved for the highest CC tier the next day with high CL. I figured I'd share this if it helps someone else down the road.

Wife can change her name on AOS paperwork and request your name for her green card. Her name won’t change in her country passport though. 

Unless you have sufficient savings USCIS will most likely reject your I864 as insufficient because of your last 3 tax returns. I would get a joint sponsor for ease of process. 
 
Things will likely be fine but I would maybe consult with a few immigration lawyers to look over your wife’s prior paperwork to double check her ability to adjust. I don’t know if we can advise you correctly without knowing if her prior EWI will be an issue or not. either way you should disclose the history on her i485 paperwork. 
 
Maybe request a FOIA so you know what her history in the US says. 

Use the expedited service. After exactly one week from the delivery of her documents reach out to your senator and fill out the constituent form. I have done a lot of research on this and works like a charm. I had my passport and the naturalization certificate delivered to me via UPS on day 9. You must pay for fastest service and delivery possible.
 
I was in a bind after I naturalized to get the passport and read a lot on this. Many others reported luck with senator's help.
 
I would avoid going the route which you described.