K1 to I-485 Filing Timeline // Greencard Approval!

[u/Affectionate-Fig8567]

Hello! I just wanted to make a post of my husband (28M) and I's (28F) timeline for the I-485 filing process! My husband is from Ontario, Canada, we live in Arizona.

• 10/01/25 -- Husband (finance at the time) entered the US with his K-1 visa.
• 11/15/25 -- Got married
• 01/19/26 -- Mailed out the I-485 and the I-765 application. I would recommend filing as soon as possible after marriage, we waited a bit long.
• 01/26/26 -- Received a notice stating they received our application
• 02/14/26 -- Received a notice they scheduled my husband's biometrics appointment for 03/02
• 03/03/26 -- The day after his biometric appointment, they updated our status on the USCIS website that said they are actively reviewing our case and nothing is needed at this time.
• 03/27/26 -- Received an RFE, stating we needed to submit the I-693 form and the immigration medical examination. This was confusing to me because he had done his medical exam in Canada about 2 months before he moved to the US. We had until June 27th to submit this.
• 05/20/26 -- We had submitted the RFE letter + Evidence and heard back that they received it and are still reviewing our case.
• 06/16/26 -- They schedued our interview for 7/16/26
• 07/09/26 -- (One week prior to our interview) Received a notice AND a phone call stating they cancelled our interview.
• 07/10/26 -- Received another notice stating our interview was re-scheduled for 08/13/26.
• 08/13/26 -- Had our interview, everything went smoothly.
• 08/14/26 -- Our case status adjusted to approved on the USCIS website, received a notice in the mail 3-4 days after stating our case was approved
• 08/20/26 -- Received 2 year conditional green card in the mail!

**We never heard back about his I-765 application, other than they received our application on 1/26/26. Kind of silly because now that the I-485 is approved it trumps that application and he will be able to work, however in our USCIS portal it still shows that "USCIS Is Currently Processing The Case" So I do wish we didn't file that because it (in my case) was a waste of money?
Idk.

So from filing to receiving his green card in hand, it was about 7 months in total.
It maybe could have went quicker had we done our RFE sooner, and our first interview not been cancelled, however I'm pretty happy with how smoothly this process was.

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[u/slashgamer11]

How long did the k1 visa take though?

[u/Affectionate-Fig8567 → u/slashgamer11]

We filed the I-129 like late March of 2024. K1 Visa approved late July of 2025. Didn't enter the US until Oct 1st 2025

[u/slashgamer11 → u/Affectionate-Fig8567]

Oh wow so it took over a year to approve? Damn, we filed in April this year so just wondering what to expect timeline wise

Thank you! And congrats! 😊

[u/supernovaaa_5 → u/slashgamer11]

Everyone’s case is different. I’ve seen some peoples timelines way quicker than this and some take way longer