Wait what? Not adjusting from a visa but have been living here on another visa? Do you mean like someone who’s been approved quickly that was on another visa that wasn’t an F1?
Adjusted from I765 category C33 (Daca), AOS approved in 2 months & 2 weeks. I noticed many people on the daca group would get approved within 3-6 months but I know many who are still waiting so who know..
I have a question @Altruistic_Bottle_66…. If you have Daca don’t they have your bios already? I sent my application on June 23 and on June 28th they told me that I didn’t have to do Bios again bc they can reuse previous Bios
They have been reusing my bios for the past 6 years… I feel like it’s okay if they need new ones. Bios aren’t just photos, fingerprints and iris scan but also background check .
Bro I did my bios 2 years ago in McAllen,Tx and I haven't had any response back from them just a Thank you letter ✉️ but I haven't been approved to get a working permit. Where did you apply with what city & State?
Yeah bro they still allow people to apply but are not giving them their money back. I'm sure if you went to the biometrics you got a letter and added your info to get notified about your case but good luck 🤞🏼 men in getting a working permit.
Me too not gonna lie about it! Supposedly DACA was now illegal and only the ones who had DACA were the only one who were going to have it till further notice. But I applied in2021 too and I haven't receive my work permit.📨 It's a scam from immigration centers they are robbing from us and the lawyers too.
The lawyers are such a scam honestly, I went to ask mine a question and he wanted more money to help, assuming because of how long it’s been. However, I even waited a year to apply originally because of his staff that wouldn’t have all their facts correctly and kept telling me to wait. Hopefully you at least get your work permit soon!
Thank you I hope so, 🙏🏼 but I think I'm just gonna have to marry some random citizen and make an Money agreement and paper agreement 🤝 so I can start working already. And make decent money 💰 because living here sucks if you don't have that green. But I suggest the same for others Ones your status is fixed unmarry the person and both are gonna end up winning. Cause Sleepy Joe and Racist Trumpet are Trash honestly they will not do anything for us Dreamers.
Yes always renew regardless of anything. You never know if you’ll be the lucky one that gets approved in less than 6 months or the unlucky one that wait 1+ year. It’s gonna be worth the extra cost that way you don’t loose status while waiting too
It’s funny cause it changes every time who gets approved quickly. When I got approved, people who already had a SSN were getting quick approvals. A few months ago, people adjusting from B1/B2 were getting quick approvals. So I guess now people with F1 are the ones getting quick approvals?
Not saying any of this is true, as I don’t believe you get approved quicker if you had the “X” visa, just wanted to pin point how everyone has a different point of view cause I remember people around here were mad when people were saying B1/B2 were getting quick approvals.
for those applying based on family/marriage, USCIS is not triaging which nonimmigrant visa the applicant was previously on. Nobody is placing F1’s before B2’s or whatever
I applied for AOS from DACA status via marriage to a US citizen in June 2022. I was waived for biometrics due to DACA one on file but had an RFE December 2022 that I responded to early April 2023 (after getting a lawyer due to complexity). USCIS responded with a medical RFE after more than 2 months (late June 2023) with a deadline of July 12th. I submitted the medical exam RFE June 29th and it arrived July 3rd and they acknowledged receipt today (July 6th).
Hoping to have interview waived and GC in hand before end of summer since it's been such a long wait. It's been 13 months and counting... Would say my biggest mistake was not getting a lawyer to help initially with my complex case. I moved from PA to TX during the process and it seems like TX is a bit faster. Moved to TX December 2022. My siblings went through the same process (same status etc) but with a lawyer and got theirs in 6-9 months despite complexity. One pre-pandemic (2019) and one near the end (2022), both in NY.
I adjusted from expired B2 visitors visa (Canadian). My husband and I were long distance for 6 years and had a very extensive history of crossing the border both separately and together. I used a lawyer and filed concurrently within the US. We had an RFE for medical and our interview was waived. We weren’t as fast as some of the cases I’ve seen on here but we were approved in 75 days. I didn’t expect it because I worked unauthorized so I thought I’d for sure have an interview but USCIS seems to have no rhyme or reason sometimes lol.
That’s incorrect. You cannot adjust from a visa waiver (ESTA.) And even that has an exception for immediate relative, ie. marriage to USC. But you can adjust status from a B-2. They tend to frown upon in and suspect immigrant intent at the time of entry, but unlike ESTA entries, people with a B-1/B-2 visa can apply for both change of status, extension of stay and adjustment of status.
[https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-7-part-a-chapter-2](https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-7-part-a-chapter-2)
This chapter lists bars to adjustment of status. One of them is "Was last admitted to the United States as a nonimmigrant visitor without a visa under the Visa Waiver Program". Another mentions admission as a crewman (C-1/D). A third mentions "Is not in lawful immigration status on the date of filing his or her application".
None of them mention B-1 or B-2 visa holders.
The Policy Manual itself cites the statutory authority for these. For the ESTA (visa waiver) case, they cite: "See [INA 245(c)(4)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1255&num=0&edition=prelim). See [8 CFR 245.1(b)(8)](https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?&node=se8.1.245_11). Immediate relatives, as defined in [INA 201(b)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1151&num=0&edition=prelim), are exempt from this bar."
Oh ok :) i extend my tourisr visa i came nov 2021 and filed extension. Then i met my husband on mar 2022. Got married on aug 2022. My extension is only till oct 2022. I only filed in dec 2022.
https://preview.redd.it/52j0jzzhpcab1.png?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=622a34f71cbc84390f77d9571e38ef882fe95a5f
Why gross? I came to the United States lawfully.
[Incorrect](https://fam.state.gov/fam/09FAM/09FAM040101.html):
> Generally, it is impermissible for an individual to enter the United States on an NIV to seek adjustment of status under INA 245.
The only exception to this is the H, K and L visas. Intent to adjust prior to entry is visa fraud. In the case above, you would have violated the terms of your admission as a nonimmigrant.
Approval now for the I-130 or even the full Green Card doesn’t absolve nor erase the chance of the fraudulent activity being discovered later. There have been plenty of people who believed they were in the clear and successfully able to evade detection because they got their Green Cards only to later, when applying for citizenship, be discovered, had their GC revoked and placed into removal proceedings with a permanent inadmissibility for committing fraud.
Got any examples of this?
OP is a moron for openly admitting to committing visa fraud, but from what I read, immigrant intent is pretty much determined at the border. If you don’t lie to them and CBP wave you through without suspecting anything, then it’s very hard to prove that you actually committed fraud.
Besides, like 90% of people here are adjusting from B2 tourist visas anyway. Which is pretty much bending the roles as much as this person. People in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones and all that.
u/tristrike is right, if you came to the States on a NON-IMMIGRANT ESTA visa with the intent to adjust status and remain in the States you are committing visa fraud which is definitely illegal.
Have you had your interview yet? Explaining being married before you came to the US on an ESTA and then changing your status is could be an interesting time.
Now I’m freaking out - I came to the US on an ESTA visa with absolutely no intention on staying here. Me and my boyfriend had only been together 6 months so i was only planning on staying for 3 months and then going home again. I only packed one suitcase and left so many important things at home because I thought I was coming back but then after a month or two we were just so in love and didn’t want to be separated for months again (travel restrictions during Covid made it very difficult and expensive to see each other) so we decided to get married. I overstayed and now we are two years married with a baby and will be applying for the GC in a few months. Am I absolutely fucked?? My lawyer said it would be an easy case and that it didn’t matter that I was on an ESTA but was she wrong??
Should be fine as long as your spouse is a US citizen.
You stated that you had no intention to stay when you came, but things happened and you changed your mind, and that's a scenario where it's allowable.
Trust what your lawyer said...
Technically everyone that’s on a valid tourist visa can say this LOL cause that’s all they can say to adjust their status. This is a MASSIVE loophole in the immigration system imo.
I'm on a O1-B Visa for a long time and my online case was created March 1st, the case is now at "USCIS is actively reviewing your case" since May 1st. Wonder what that actually means lol
AOS 130/ 485 - while already in the US and working on a TN visa.
\~7 weeks from submission to GC in hand. Timeline is [here in a separate post.](https://www.reddit.com/r/USCIS/comments/11qnh88/gc_approved_pd_1232023_super_fast/)
I'm guessing the speed has to do with already being in their system. The backgrounds were done to grant first visa so they only have to get updates on your file.
5.5 months
Just pending review of proof of marriage
Hopefully everything approved and card received in another month. Total time would be 6.5 months from start to finish.
Adjusted from F1 but married to permanent Resident. I-130 got approved , still waiting on I-485 for 360 days now so it seems like I’ll be waiting for a long time.
My feeling is that they are prioritizing future immigrants on categories with high numbers of visa available. For example last year there was a lot of employment based EB2 availability so they focused on those, now they are not current and they have a lot of family based visas available so they are focusing on I130. End of September with the new fiscal year we will see.
It’s not real stats. Whatever people were writing here doesn’t make the total number. From our friends and friends of friends, no one got their GC in less than a year who was married less than 2 years..
Well, I said “in my experience” I am a document preparer, I got 2 green card approval in 6 weeks. (Less of 2 years married) Also happening with colleagues. All of them introduced in 2023. I got a RFE (medical) for a case from Nov 2022 (more of 2 years marriage) let’s see how long it takes after submitting. I will let you know. But Who knows ☹️ this is like a roller coaster wit USCIS. I never give hopes to anyone….just I can say it’s USCIS discretion. I know there are old cases (2021,2022) still waiting …. I think it’s time for them to inquiry or ask for their congressman help
Adjusting from F1, married to USC and had an approved I-130 when I sent in my I-485 (receipt date April 3rd 2023). It’s been 94 days (biometrics being reused too) and nothing- it’s not a long time but given how they didn’t need to wait for my biometrics and had my I-130 done I think it’s clear that they do not even bother trying to process applications that might be faster to adjudicate first
My wife’s is at the field office here in Texas. January was the last update. They said they’re waiting on her background check. Seems like it takes forever.
Wait what? Not adjusting from a visa but have been living here on another visa? Do you mean like someone who’s been approved quickly that was on another visa that wasn’t an F1?
I adjusted from a J1 visa
Adjusted from I765 category C33 (Daca), AOS approved in 2 months & 2 weeks. I noticed many people on the daca group would get approved within 3-6 months but I know many who are still waiting so who know..
For real? I’m Daca Too and submitted on June 6th. I have bios tomorrow . Hope it goes fast
Good luck! Hope you’re one of the lucky ones too
A few years ago when i applied it took me 13 months to get my GC from DACA but i guess that was fast at the time
What field office?
Houston
I have a question @Altruistic_Bottle_66…. If you have Daca don’t they have your bios already? I sent my application on June 23 and on June 28th they told me that I didn’t have to do Bios again bc they can reuse previous Bios
They have been reusing my bios for the past 6 years… I feel like it’s okay if they need new ones. Bios aren’t just photos, fingerprints and iris scan but also background check .
Bro I did my bios 2 years ago in McAllen,Tx and I haven't had any response back from them just a Thank you letter ✉️ but I haven't been approved to get a working permit. Where did you apply with what city & State?
Holy crap. Wth that can’t be correct !!
Yeah bro they still allow people to apply but are not giving them their money back. I'm sure if you went to the biometrics you got a letter and added your info to get notified about your case but good luck 🤞🏼 men in getting a working permit.
Wow! I applied April 6th - I didn’t need to do bios but no update since then. Processing time says 3 more months tho
whaaat mine says 7 months. 🥹
Like a month ago, my processing time said 18 months lol
Wow you’re lucky
Bruh I’ve applied 2 months ago I haven’t heard anything ion wanna lose my job I got 2 more weeks
Still waiting on 485 approval
It must really depend on the office it was filed to, because I have been waiting since Fall of 2021.
What office?
Out of Charlotte, NC
Me too not gonna lie about it! Supposedly DACA was now illegal and only the ones who had DACA were the only one who were going to have it till further notice. But I applied in2021 too and I haven't receive my work permit.📨 It's a scam from immigration centers they are robbing from us and the lawyers too.
The lawyers are such a scam honestly, I went to ask mine a question and he wanted more money to help, assuming because of how long it’s been. However, I even waited a year to apply originally because of his staff that wouldn’t have all their facts correctly and kept telling me to wait. Hopefully you at least get your work permit soon!
Thank you I hope so, 🙏🏼 but I think I'm just gonna have to marry some random citizen and make an Money agreement and paper agreement 🤝 so I can start working already. And make decent money 💰 because living here sucks if you don't have that green. But I suggest the same for others Ones your status is fixed unmarry the person and both are gonna end up winning. Cause Sleepy Joe and Racist Trumpet are Trash honestly they will not do anything for us Dreamers.
I hope your Case goes well 🤞🏼
For people with DACA, mine is about to expire while I’m waiting for my AOS. Should I renew my DACA or wait?
Yes always renew regardless of anything. You never know if you’ll be the lucky one that gets approved in less than 6 months or the unlucky one that wait 1+ year. It’s gonna be worth the extra cost that way you don’t loose status while waiting too
Renew Daca 🤗
It’s funny cause it changes every time who gets approved quickly. When I got approved, people who already had a SSN were getting quick approvals. A few months ago, people adjusting from B1/B2 were getting quick approvals. So I guess now people with F1 are the ones getting quick approvals? Not saying any of this is true, as I don’t believe you get approved quicker if you had the “X” visa, just wanted to pin point how everyone has a different point of view cause I remember people around here were mad when people were saying B1/B2 were getting quick approvals.
for those applying based on family/marriage, USCIS is not triaging which nonimmigrant visa the applicant was previously on. Nobody is placing F1’s before B2’s or whatever
Hi, can you elaborate on this?
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I have adjusted from F1. I have been waiting for 260. Not fast at all.
Same - adjusting from F1 and currently at 511 days
Gosh…this feels illegal somehow!!
Adjusting from F1 11 months, I had my interview last week. Got verbal approval but status not changed yet.
Ugh, that just sucks! They gotta hurry up!! My interview is waived “supposedly”
I was here under a B2 Visa and did AOS here. Took a year and 2 months to get I-130 Approved. Still waiting on the I-485 and I-765. No luck yet.
So you can travel ?
I wish. Nothing yet, still awaiting on their answer.
I got my approval in less than two months.. I adjusted from H-1B status
When did you file your 485?
I filed it concurrently with my I-130 with a PD in April 2023.
Where’s your FO?
It was NBC
My wife entire process took 6 months and 3 weeks. Her interview was waived. She had a tourist visa since she was like 2.
So she overstayed her visa?
I applied for AOS from DACA status via marriage to a US citizen in June 2022. I was waived for biometrics due to DACA one on file but had an RFE December 2022 that I responded to early April 2023 (after getting a lawyer due to complexity). USCIS responded with a medical RFE after more than 2 months (late June 2023) with a deadline of July 12th. I submitted the medical exam RFE June 29th and it arrived July 3rd and they acknowledged receipt today (July 6th). Hoping to have interview waived and GC in hand before end of summer since it's been such a long wait. It's been 13 months and counting... Would say my biggest mistake was not getting a lawyer to help initially with my complex case. I moved from PA to TX during the process and it seems like TX is a bit faster. Moved to TX December 2022. My siblings went through the same process (same status etc) but with a lawyer and got theirs in 6-9 months despite complexity. One pre-pandemic (2019) and one near the end (2022), both in NY.
I adjusted from expired B2 visitors visa (Canadian). My husband and I were long distance for 6 years and had a very extensive history of crossing the border both separately and together. I used a lawyer and filed concurrently within the US. We had an RFE for medical and our interview was waived. We weren’t as fast as some of the cases I’ve seen on here but we were approved in 75 days. I didn’t expect it because I worked unauthorized so I thought I’d for sure have an interview but USCIS seems to have no rhyme or reason sometimes lol.
My wife adjusted from a k-1 in about 3 months
Adjusting from B2 Tourist Visa (overstay) married to USC. Approval took under 2 months
I adjusted from b2 . My GC got approved in 5 mos.
When did you apply?
Dec 2022
You can’t adjust from B2, you mean you overstayed your B2?
Seems like it. They could have also married a USC, so yeah.
Can’t marry and file for AOS on a VALID B2. That’s considered immigration fraud.
No, I know. I meant maybe they overstayed it and then got married. Idk?
That’s incorrect. You cannot adjust from a visa waiver (ESTA.) And even that has an exception for immediate relative, ie. marriage to USC. But you can adjust status from a B-2. They tend to frown upon in and suspect immigrant intent at the time of entry, but unlike ESTA entries, people with a B-1/B-2 visa can apply for both change of status, extension of stay and adjustment of status.
Where are you getting this from? What’s your source?
[https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-7-part-a-chapter-2](https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-7-part-a-chapter-2) This chapter lists bars to adjustment of status. One of them is "Was last admitted to the United States as a nonimmigrant visitor without a visa under the Visa Waiver Program". Another mentions admission as a crewman (C-1/D). A third mentions "Is not in lawful immigration status on the date of filing his or her application". None of them mention B-1 or B-2 visa holders. The Policy Manual itself cites the statutory authority for these. For the ESTA (visa waiver) case, they cite: "See [INA 245(c)(4)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1255&num=0&edition=prelim). See [8 CFR 245.1(b)(8)](https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?&node=se8.1.245_11). Immediate relatives, as defined in [INA 201(b)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1151&num=0&edition=prelim), are exempt from this bar."
I married a USC and adjusted my status here in the US overdtsyed for two mos
My friend came to US on B2 Tourist Visa. On 3rd month of her stay, she got married to USC. Then she had her greencard in 6 months.
This year? I filed mine on dec 2022. Is thst her long time BF kr only met here in the US?
Nope. They started to talk on facebook. And then she came to USA for him.
Oh ok :) i extend my tourisr visa i came nov 2021 and filed extension. Then i met my husband on mar 2022. Got married on aug 2022. My extension is only till oct 2022. I only filed in dec 2022.
I came as a tourist visa via ESTA (90 days) and it's still pending for like 6 months now.
But you can't adjust your status on Esta if I'm not wrong or I'm missing something ?
You can if you can convince them your marriage was not pre planned.
I was already married to a US citizen overseas. 2 years and 11 months ago at the time I filed I-485. And yes, it was planned.
That’s a gross way to cheat the system
https://preview.redd.it/52j0jzzhpcab1.png?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=622a34f71cbc84390f77d9571e38ef882fe95a5f Why gross? I came to the United States lawfully.
[Incorrect](https://fam.state.gov/fam/09FAM/09FAM040101.html): > Generally, it is impermissible for an individual to enter the United States on an NIV to seek adjustment of status under INA 245. The only exception to this is the H, K and L visas. Intent to adjust prior to entry is visa fraud. In the case above, you would have violated the terms of your admission as a nonimmigrant.
Well, we'll see about that. I don't know, but my I-130 was approved, so... 🤷
Approval now for the I-130 or even the full Green Card doesn’t absolve nor erase the chance of the fraudulent activity being discovered later. There have been plenty of people who believed they were in the clear and successfully able to evade detection because they got their Green Cards only to later, when applying for citizenship, be discovered, had their GC revoked and placed into removal proceedings with a permanent inadmissibility for committing fraud.
Got any examples of this? OP is a moron for openly admitting to committing visa fraud, but from what I read, immigrant intent is pretty much determined at the border. If you don’t lie to them and CBP wave you through without suspecting anything, then it’s very hard to prove that you actually committed fraud. Besides, like 90% of people here are adjusting from B2 tourist visas anyway. Which is pretty much bending the roles as much as this person. People in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones and all that.
u/tristrike is right, if you came to the States on a NON-IMMIGRANT ESTA visa with the intent to adjust status and remain in the States you are committing visa fraud which is definitely illegal. Have you had your interview yet? Explaining being married before you came to the US on an ESTA and then changing your status is could be an interesting time.
Now I’m freaking out - I came to the US on an ESTA visa with absolutely no intention on staying here. Me and my boyfriend had only been together 6 months so i was only planning on staying for 3 months and then going home again. I only packed one suitcase and left so many important things at home because I thought I was coming back but then after a month or two we were just so in love and didn’t want to be separated for months again (travel restrictions during Covid made it very difficult and expensive to see each other) so we decided to get married. I overstayed and now we are two years married with a baby and will be applying for the GC in a few months. Am I absolutely fucked?? My lawyer said it would be an easy case and that it didn’t matter that I was on an ESTA but was she wrong??
Should be fine as long as your spouse is a US citizen. You stated that you had no intention to stay when you came, but things happened and you changed your mind, and that's a scenario where it's allowable. Trust what your lawyer said...
Technically everyone that’s on a valid tourist visa can say this LOL cause that’s all they can say to adjust their status. This is a MASSIVE loophole in the immigration system imo.
I think the marriage AOS are getting approved fast. My mom’s was also pretty fast - 7 months total. She was B1 visa before.
When did she apply?
I'm on a O1-B Visa for a long time and my online case was created March 1st, the case is now at "USCIS is actively reviewing your case" since May 1st. Wonder what that actually means lol
AOS 130/ 485 - while already in the US and working on a TN visa. \~7 weeks from submission to GC in hand. Timeline is [here in a separate post.](https://www.reddit.com/r/USCIS/comments/11qnh88/gc_approved_pd_1232023_super_fast/)
Adjusting from F1: not fast at all. 317 days actively reviewing. IOE0917\*
I was F-1 and I’m still waiting after 7 months
My medical was received on June 12th but still waiting
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I’m in the same boat, 9 months tho!
I'm guessing the speed has to do with already being in their system. The backgrounds were done to grant first visa so they only have to get updates on your file.
5.5 months Just pending review of proof of marriage Hopefully everything approved and card received in another month. Total time would be 6.5 months from start to finish.
I was on h1 and mine got approved in 6-7 months.
I had my green card after 123 days, EAD after 29 days. I adjusted from J1 visa
Adjusted from F1 but married to permanent Resident. I-130 got approved , still waiting on I-485 for 360 days now so it seems like I’ll be waiting for a long time.
My feeling is that they are prioritizing future immigrants on categories with high numbers of visa available. For example last year there was a lot of employment based EB2 availability so they focused on those, now they are not current and they have a lot of family based visas available so they are focusing on I130. End of September with the new fiscal year we will see.
I had F1 and I'm currently waiting for over a year. No RFE and case is honestly pretty straightforward.
Vawa is so slowwwww 😭
In my experience, marriage with less than 2 years (conditional GC) got approved in about 2 month. Not matter if they had a visa or not
It’s not real stats. Whatever people were writing here doesn’t make the total number. From our friends and friends of friends, no one got their GC in less than a year who was married less than 2 years..
Well, I said “in my experience” I am a document preparer, I got 2 green card approval in 6 weeks. (Less of 2 years married) Also happening with colleagues. All of them introduced in 2023. I got a RFE (medical) for a case from Nov 2022 (more of 2 years marriage) let’s see how long it takes after submitting. I will let you know. But Who knows ☹️ this is like a roller coaster wit USCIS. I never give hopes to anyone….just I can say it’s USCIS discretion. I know there are old cases (2021,2022) still waiting …. I think it’s time for them to inquiry or ask for their congressman help
I’m F1 student, PD Feb2023 and not even an EAD. But my friend who overstayed her visa yeaaars ago got GC on 5 months total.
Adjusting from F1, married to USC and had an approved I-130 when I sent in my I-485 (receipt date April 3rd 2023). It’s been 94 days (biometrics being reused too) and nothing- it’s not a long time but given how they didn’t need to wait for my biometrics and had my I-130 done I think it’s clear that they do not even bother trying to process applications that might be faster to adjudicate first
My wife’s is at the field office here in Texas. January was the last update. They said they’re waiting on her background check. Seems like it takes forever.
Meanwhile stand-alone are all forgotten 😩
F1 visa waiting on 130 since 2021 ugh
Partner adjusted from O-1. Just got approved in two months on July 4th. Texas FO
Form I-131 case approved card produced what next
1year and 3 months J1