Edward and Jaycel

I am not a lawyer so my answer will be based on my own opinion which is rooted in my extensive research of the immigration process since starting this journey with Jaycel I would file immediately after submitting the withdrawal and include a short letter with the new filing explaining the situation and that you have requested withdrawal of the original I-130 and are now re-filing because you did not want to fall out of status before filing the I-485. I have found at every stage of this process where we have had a doubt or a questionable situation, we were completely honest with either USCIS or the consular officer and it has worked in our favor.

Yeah they are not playing... which is why my risk tolerance is pretty much zero

What you should do depends on your risk tolerance... If you feel adamant about getting the I-485 filed before your I-94 expires (this would be me because I do not tolerate much risk in this process) and you do not receive the receipt in the mail in the next few days, then I would do the following: 1. Have your husband write a letter to USCIS referencing the receipt number for the I-130 and telling them that he wishes to withdraw the petition and asking them to stop processing it. 2. Upload that letter to the Unsolicited Evidence section of the petition on his my.uscis.gov portal under the category "Withdrawal Request Letter". 3. Also send the letter to the Service Center that is currently processing the request - My assumption would be it's the NBC. He can find out for sure by going to the "Ask Emma" chat on USCIS.gov and selecting the option to chat with a live agent. 4. File a new package with both applications in the same envelope concurrently The downside to this is that you lose the filing fee paid on the original I-130 The Second option is to file an E-Request for Non-Delivery of Notice with USCIS and ask for the receipt notice that was not delivered at https://egov.uscis.gov/e-request/ndn Once that is received, then file the I-485 with the replacement letter. Unlawful presence is forgiven from a spouse of a US Citizen when Adjusting Status however.... Downside here is that you are deportable in between the time your I-94 expires and you file the I-485 AND they may or may not get the replacement I-130 Receipt Notice to you expeditiously or even at all and you've wasted time waiting. Those are the two options for you as I see it...

1000% this.... Don't risk everything you have worked for to get to this point. Like @Crazy Cat said, CBP can deny her entry at the Point of Entry. The visa being approved and issued by the embassy simply allows her to "Apply for admission at a Port of Entry". It does not guarantee that entry.

Zero effect

We did the same for Jaycel - She stayed in Manila to pick up the visa and then we scheduled her CFO appointment. She wanted to do hers in Cebu though because the TikTok groupies said it was "Less Strict" and there was no appointments the remainder of that week so we booked it for the following week, two days before her flight here. She went home to Mindanao and packed up what she was going to take with her, flew to Cebu the day before the CFO and had no issues. @top_secret is correct... all she needs is the GCP session. Jaycel did the morning session for the GCP and flew out to Manila later that afternoon, spent the evening with her sister that lives there and flew to the US the following morning. It was a tight enough schedule that it made me nervous but our beautiful Filipinas seem to thrive on this kind of chaos Best of luck and let us know how it all goes!

Today's stats: June 1, 2025 23:15 MDT November 2024 Filed I-485 Stats • Approved: 7,668 (+240) • Denied: 1134 • FingerprintScheduled: 87 • InterviewCancelled: 315 • InterviewScheduled: 10,479(-174) • Processing: 21,202 (-91) • Received: 600 • Rejected: 104 • RFE: 427 • Terminated: 183 • Withdrawal: 31 • Others: 37 Grabbed the stats each day but did not have a chance to post until this morning, so this will be post 2 of 2 from the last two days

Today's stats: May 31, 2025 23:15 MDT November 2024 Filed I-485 Stats • Approved: 7,428 (+177) • Denied: 1123 • FingerprintScheduled: 87 • InterviewCancelled: 300 • InterviewScheduled: 10,653 (-102) • Processing: 21,293 (-82) • Received: 600 • Rejected: 103 • RFE: 430 • Terminated: 180 • Withdrawal: 31 • Others: 38 Grabbed the stats each day but did not have a chance to post until this morning, so this will be post 1 of 2 from the last two days

Don't lose hope 🥹 We know exactly how you feel... Honestly we thought we'd have it by now too but such is life. Des Moines has 16 months listed as their 80% completed by timeline which isn't too bad. Denver is currently running 20.5 months and we found some fellow Denver AOS filers on Reddit that are still waiting also and it looks like for our FO the average wait time between filing and interview is 9-12 months so we have a while to go now. We're hoping that with interviews being the norm now, they can get into a rhythm and streamline that a little. Someone that filed in Sept. 2024 just got their interview notice a couple weeks ago. They are 2 months prior to our file date so hopefully we'll get a notice in the next 4-6 weeks 🤞 Keep the head up and know that it will happen when it's supposed to happen

Her medical from the K-1 would only expire in the middle of July if you didn't file the I-485 before then. The medical is valid as long as you filed within 1 year of her completing it. It doesn't matter how long USCIS takes to process the I-485 at that point. You fulfilled the requirements

Almost done with the hardest part! I just wish Denver field office wasn't one of the slowest in the country We found some fellow Denver AOS filers on Reddit that are still waiting also and it looks like for this FO the average wait time between filing and interview is 9-12 months so we have a while to go now. We're hoping that with interviews being the norm now, they can get into a rhythm and streamline that a little. Someone that filed in Sept. 2024 just got their interview notice a couple weeks ago. They are 2 months prior to our file date so hopefully we'll get a notice in the next 4-6 weeks 🤞

Hey congrats!!! This is great news! 🎉

Also remember that this past Monday was a holiday and lots of employees across the country plan vacations for the whole week or large part of a holiday week because they get a day that they don't have to use a vacation day. Some also use a few days before the weekend. I noticed less movement across November filers for the week and a cursory look back on the week for other months shows the same. In my company of roughly 100K employees, the weeks on either side of a holiday Monday results in a reduction of active workers by anywhere from 15%-28%. (I happen to know because I'm a manager and we have to track staffing levels to make sure we are in compliance with FCC regulations)

Today's stats: May 30, 2025 23:15 MDT November 2024 Filed I-485 Stats • Approved: 7,251 (+131) • Denied: 1111 • FingerprintScheduled: 87 • InterviewCancelled: 294 • InterviewScheduled: 10,755 (-13) • Processing: 21,375 (-131) • Received: 601 • Rejected: 103 • RFE: 444 • Terminated: 177 • Withdrawal: 31 • Others: 38

In reading reports of interviews on some other sites, I do see that some report that their status changes back to “Case is being actively reviewed” if they received an RFE at the interview and they send in the requested evidence and some report it changes to that status if the review after the interview takes a while. (One example was someone who got interviewed and it took almost 4 weeks to get the approval)

Yes that looks like it's an embassy specific requirement. It's not in the DoS reciprocity requirements which is what USCIS goes by

Good catch! I just went by the State Department's Reciprocity guide. Looks like the embassy has additional rules. Then yes get it apostilled for sure

So the requirements for the birth certificate I posted before are from the embassy's supplemental page on the Department of State website for immigrant visa interview requirements and there is nothing on there that I see that says it needs to be apostilled for the interview

Where is the interview going to happen and what country issued the birth certificate?

Great news! I didn't know they still use this status update anymore!

These were my questions and thoughts as well

Today's stats: May 29, 2025 23:15 MDT November 2024 Filed I-485 Stats • Approved: 7,120 (+117) • Denied: 1097 • FingerprintScheduled: 87 • InterviewCancelled: 295 • InterviewScheduled: 10,768 (+16) • Processing: 21,506 (-163) • Received: 601 • Rejected: 103 • RFE: 448 • Terminated: 174 • Withdrawal: 30 • Others: 38

When was this I-130 filed? I will defer to the members more experienced with LPRs filing for their children to chime in here because I do not want to give you bad advice.

What is the relationship of you to the petitioner? Is the petitioner a LPR or citizen? No I-485 filed concurrently?

As I read the instructions, this is the correct interpretation. You would type it out in word and then upload the file in PDF format as the instructions for the Online I-130 state. You can export it directly to a PDF file format right from word so you don't have to print and then scan.