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Can you tell me about your experience with I-485 adjustment? What visa did you adjust from? Did you decide not to apply for advanced parole? About to go throug

• bsnnkv 4y ago
  I initially entered the US on an L1 visa. Somewhere along the way I met my wife and we got married, so my I-485 was a family-based petition. I used the same lawyer (privately) that my company used for the L1 petition to file I-485, I-130, I-765 and I-131 concurrently. I-765 was approved for me after 32 days, the day after I went to give my biometrics. This was important for me because the new legal team at my company were dropping the ball quite a lot with my L1 extension at the time (it was later approved with 1 day to spare...) Although I got the I-765 card, the I-131 petition has not even been looked at yet, so although I applied for Advanced Parole, in practice the petition will just be cancelled/voided because the green card will have been issued before the I-131 has a chance to be adjudicated. This seems to be in line with a recent change in USCIS policy to prefer producing individual I-765 and I-131 cards vs. the previous preference to issue combo cards (which took longer). The I-485 and I-130 petitions were approved on the same day after 154 days of processing time, and surprisingly my wife and I were not called for an interview. Hope this helps!