Filed I485.. how much time i have to add my wife to my I485 case

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arssa2020

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hello all
below is my status
H1B since 2004, reside in WA, Nebraska service center

filed I140 with substitute labor certificate on July 2007 (received receipt)
(priority date for a previous case in 7/2004)

Filed I485, I131 and I765 on August 13th 2007 (got all receipts by Sept 25th 2007)
EAD card was approved and received yesterday, all other cases are still pending.


now, i understand this isnt straight forward, but theoretically how long do i have until my I485 is approved?

i am not in a rush, but once my AP is approved, i want to go home in the summer and propose to my long time Girl, and then get married around Christmas time 2008...

so what is the time-line for amending the I485 and adding my future wife?
i dont want for her to wait 5-7 years... however if there is no rush to get married i can take my time..

did i mention she might say no ? :)
Regards
 
hello and thx for your reply
i am EB3, ROW (syria, so security clearance might take a while)
but they filed substitute labor for me, so priority date for a previous case in 7/2004 i think
 
Although the current visa bulletin points to Aug '02 for EB3 ROW, it is likely to move forward in the upcoming months once all the receipting mess is done with. If you get your namecheck (& other procedures) cleared by the time EB3 becomes current for you, you might get your GC approved that month.
 
thx again for your reply, so from the historic i485 processing dates
and since i am almost 2 yrs from being current, is it safe to assume its not going to get approved until 1 year from now?

thx
 
you can add your wife before you get your GC approval. But it is always safe to add her along with you. Otherwise you need to maintain your H1 and not to use AP or EAD.
 
All predictions are futile right now since we don't have a visa bulletin that came out after the receipting flow normalized. I think a guestimate may be better made around January VB.
 
hello and thx,
you can add your wife before you get your GC approval. But it is always safe to add her along with you. Otherwise you need to maintain your H1 and not to use AP or EAD.
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how do i maintain my h1 status? i still have my h1 (valid for another 3 years) and i received it here (from F1-OPT), and didnt travel outside the country
because getting the h1b stamp requires going to syria and the embassy there is notorious for being hard...
so my options is no use my AP this summer and apply for H1b stamp at the embassy in syria (i cant go to mex/Canada) ? this will ensure that my h1 status is valid?
 
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