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One green card application on its own, or the four applications filed with it. Your own report uses your case's real steps, dates and office.
Sample report with made-up case data. Checked Aug 10, 2026.
Sample report: one case
Case overview — IOE0XXXXXXX02
Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status (I-485) · Submitted: Mar 3, 2026
- USCIS updated your case record on Jul 28, 2026 without a new public event (a silent update).
Your background check results are in, and your record changed on July 28 with no new status.
USCIS scheduled your biometrics (IMAG, March 13), took your fingerprints and photo (FNB, March 27) and received your background check results (FTA0, April 1). The public tracker says "USCIS Is currently Processing the Case". On July 28, the day your work permit was approved, your record changed again with no new status or event: a silent update. The record doesn't say what changed. Nothing is asked of you right now.
What your USCIS record shows
updatedAtTimestampnoticesconcurrentCasesHow cases like this one are doing
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Cases like yours: how long each step took
214 I-485 cases in ELIS (IOE receipts) with a filing date within 45 days of yours.
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What happens next
A sample of 1,904 I-485 cases at this event. Your report uses cases that were at your current event.
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Case timeline (newest first)
- Silent API UpdateCurrent StageYour record changed on this day with no new status or event. The public tracker doesn't show this, and the record doesn't say what changed.Source: updatedAtTimestamp
- Database Checks Received • FTA0FTA0USCIS has the results of its background database checks. Received isn't the same as a decision.Source: events
- Case Was Updated To Show Fingerprints Were Taken • FNBFNBFingerprints and photo taken at the biometrics appointment.Source: events
- Biometrics Appointment Was Scheduled • IMAGIMAGBiometrics appointment scheduled. The notice lists the date and the support center.Source: events
- Case Was Received • IAFIAFUSCIS logged your application and sent the receipt notice (Form I-797C).Source: events
- Application filedFiled on paper at a USCIS lockbox.Source: submissionDate
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What your record shows
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Silent updates
Days when your record changed with no new status: activity the public tracker doesn't show.
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