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Well, three frickin years after applying (are you kidding me?), my adjustment of status application was finally approved! At this rate maybe I'll be able to vote in the 2032 presidential election... Only consolation is we didn't have to drive almost two hours each way to an interview, and didn't have to file yet another application (and wait another three years lmao) to remove conditions on a 2-year permanent resident card. See signature below for timeline.

The congressperson's office said they would provide periodic updates, so I'll let them know to ask if ours is also a "potential interview waiver application" next time they contact the USCIS. Thanks!

Thanks for the information. We did contact our congressperson last month (I don't know if the Texas senators will care about an immigrant lol), and after they inquired with the USCIS they received the following response at the congressperson's office: If the interview is ready to be scheduled since March, but the case is still in Chicago, does this mean they're considering waiving the interview? Otherwise, wouldn't the case be handled in the San Antonio field office (our closest)?

Yeah if it's free I'll definitely do it; but I don't want to spend $575 if the chances of AP being approved before February are pretty low anyway. Edit: You're right, it is possibly free! The table under Filing Fee at https://www.uscis.gov/i-131 shows $575 for "Advance Parole - Type D (pending Form I-485 or Form I-821)" But then further down the page it also says "You do not need to pay an additional fee for Form I-131 if: You are filing Form I-131 Application Type B or D; (I am) You filed a Form I-485 with a fee on/after July 30, 2007; and (I did) Your Form I-485 is still pending." (it is) So which one is it - $575 or $0?

Hi fellow applicants, My wife (U.S. citizen) and I (formerly F-1 student) applied for my adjustment of status (plus I-130 and I-765, but no I-131) to permanent residency way back in May 2020 (;_;) and we're still waiting for it to be granted... Timeline is below. Latest update from the USCIS is that our interview is "ready to be scheduled", but that was back in March 2022 with no interview scheduled yet. My sister's getting married abroad in February 2023 - so in March we had thought surely the green card will come by February, but no sign of it yet... We had also reached out to our Congressperson last month for any update on our case, and received a reply yesterday: If the interview is ready to be scheduled since March, but the case is still in Chicago, does this mean they're considering waiving the interview? Otherwise, wouldn't the case be handled in the San Antonio field office (our closest)? So now I'm facing a choice: Wait for the green card and hope I can travel in February (which would be 11 months after "interview ready to be scheduled") File I-131 for travel authorization (at an additional cost of $575 to this already-expensive process) which we may or may not get by February...

That's great news! Fingers crossed mine's waived too - but I haven't got an RFE for the 693 medical yet. My sister's getting married in February 2023 and I thought with a 'interview ready to be scheduled' notice from March 2022 I'd be ready to travel by February, but alas ;_; Maybe it's time to apply for travel authorization with an I-131 and hope for the best...

Yup, still stuck at 'ready to be scheduled for an interview' since March 29 (133 days!) ;_;

Still waiting too. "Ready to be scheduled for an interview" since March 29, 2022 (!). That's 111 days ;_;

Seems that way. Our case was updated to "ready to be scheduled for an interview" on March 29 (69 days ago!), and no sign of a scheduled interview yet so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯