Question about different ND/WAC for me and my wife

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the_gc_wait

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Hi,

My WAC# is WAC-02-267-XXXXX, and wife's is WAC-04-145-XXXXX. Both of us
got our fingerprinting (my second, her first) on the same day (june 8th).

Since we got married and I added her to my I-485 almost 1.5 years after mine, will she get her approval a year and a half later too?

Both our last touch has been updated with the finger print receive date of 6/14.
Can I read anything into the second fingerprint LUD.

Thanks for any info.
 
Your spouse's approval will be, on the basis your approval... so, she will get her GC approval on the same period of yours!
 
saphr485 said:
Your spouse's approval will be, on the basis your approval... so, she will get her GC approval on the same period of yours!
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Not true. GC card validity is always 10 year. Once I-485 is approved, derivative GC is not tied to primary GC applicant anymore. Even divorce does not make derivative's GC invalid.
 
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the_gc_wait said:
Hi,

My WAC# is WAC-02-267-XXXXX, and wife's is WAC-04-145-XXXXX. Both of us
got our fingerprinting (my second, her first) on the same day (june 8th).

Since we got married and I added her to my I-485 almost 1.5 years after mine, will she get her approval a year and a half later too?

Both our last touch has been updated with the finger print receive date of 6/14.
Can I read anything into the second fingerprint LUD.

Thanks for any info.
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Normally, if any I-485 is filed later, the approval comes later (well...theoritically...ignoring recent approvals in random order by USCIS). Therefore, it's possible that your wife's approval will come (much) later than you. It's not necessarily exactly 1.5 years - may be sooner, may be later. It depends on how USCIS keeps the adjucating speed.
But there are some incidents I saw where derivative applied 4 or 6 month later, but he/she still got approval almost same time as primary applicant. But's that's rare (and obviously luck).

BTW, my wife applied 2.5 months (not year) after me. She was approved very recently - 2 year (not month) after my approval.
 
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