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✅ EB-3 ROW Approved - Priority Date January 2024
✅ **Case Status: Approved** --- An EB-3 Rest of World applicant with a January 2024 priority date received verbal confirmation of approval from USCIS officer Emma, but the online case status had not...
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✅ EB-3 ROW Professional Approved - Priority Date January 2024, 2-Month Processing
✅ **Case Status: Approved** --- An EB-3 Rest of World (ROW) Professional applicant received I-485 approval in approximately 2 months after filing. The case had a priority date of January 2024 and wa...
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⏳ EB-3 Derivative Beneficiary Pending - China PD Unknown
⏳ **Case Status: Pending** --- A derivative beneficiary (retired parent) with prior CCP membership filed I-485 alongside an I-601 inadmissibility waiver in February 2026. A lengthy adversarial inter...
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❌ EB-3 I-485 Denied - ESL Program Status Violation Regulatory Dispute
❌ **Case Status: Denied** --- An I-485 applicant was denied adjustment of status after USCIS claimed they failed to maintain lawful nonimmigrant status during a 2022 language school enrollment. USCI...
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✅ EB-3 ROW Approved - AOS (Canada/Tunisia) PD 2023-08
✅ **Case Status: Approved** --- EB-3 ROW applicant with dual chargeability (Canada primary, Tunisia secondary) received I-485 approval in approximately 81 days from filing. The case proceeded withou...
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⏳ EB-3 I-485 Refile Pending Receipt - Chicago Lockbox Delay
⏳ **Case Status: Pending** --- Applicant refiled I-485 after a prior denial due to a missing tax return submitted too early in the year. The package was received at Chicago Lockbox on April 26, but ...
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❌ EB-3 Family Derivative Denied - RFE Response Lost by USCIS - PD Unknown
❌ **Case Status: Denied** --- A U.S. citizen petitioner's husband and son had their I-130/I-485 applications denied after USCIS claimed they never received the RFE response for the son's birth certi...
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📋 EB-3 Unskilled Other Worker Pending Post-RFE - Unknown Country PD Nov 2021
📋 **Case Status: RFE Received** --- An EB-3 Other Worker applicant with a November 2021 priority date has completed two interviews and responded to an RFE, but remains in a waiting state with no fu...
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⏳ EB-3 Unskilled Worker I-485J Rejection - Attorney Error PD April 2026
⏳ **Case Status: Pending** --- A couple filed concurrent EB-3 unskilled worker green card applications on April 22, 2026, but received an I-485J rejection notice before even receiving their receipt ...
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⏳ EB-3 Consular Processing NVC Fee Payment Issue - Dependent Not Available
⏳ **Case Status: Pending** --- Principal applicant's NVC fees were paid by employer over 3 weeks ago, but dependent's fee payment option is still unavailable in the NVC system. This is a common dela...
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📋 EB-3 Skilled Worker RFE Received - India PD 2013-Oct
📋 **Case Status: RFE Received** --- An India-born applicant with a priority date of October 2013 received an RFE on their I-485 after already responding to a prior medical RFE. The applicant is unc...
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❌ EB-3 I-485 Denied - Motion to Reopen/Reconsider (I-290B) - Missing Birth Certificate
❌ **Case Status: Denied** --- An I-485 application was denied due to a missing original birth certificate. The applicant filed an I-290B Motion to Reopen/Reconsider and is seeking information on USC...
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⏳ EB-3 Skilled Worker Pending - India PD Oct 2013
⏳ **Case Status: Pending** --- India-born applicant with a 2013 priority date that became current in EB-3 on January 2026. Employer filed I-485J in February 2026 to port from EB-2 to EB-3 queue. Des...
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❌ EB-3 I-485 Denied - Missing Long-Form Birth Certificate Submitted After RFE Deadline
❌ **Case Status: Denied** --- An I-485 adjustment of status application was denied because the applicant failed to provide an original long-form birth certificate in response to an RFE. The document...
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⏳ EB-3 Other Workers Pending - Unknown Country PD June 2024
⏳ **Case Status: Pending** --- Applicant with EB-3 priority date of June 5, 2024 filed I-485 in May 2026, only to discover USCIS switched from the Dates for Filing table back to the Final Action Dat...
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✅ EB-3 Professional ROW Approved - Rest of World PD 2023-03
✅ **Case Status: Approved** --- An EB-3 Professional (Rest of World) applicant completed the full green card process from PERM filing to green card receipt in approximately 3 years. The I-485 was fi...
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📋 EB-3 Skilled Worker RFE - Philippines PD April 2023
📋 **Case Status: RFE Received** --- A Philippines-born EB-3 applicant with a priority date of April 2023 received an RFE on May 6 requesting proof of current employment. The RFE specifically asks f...
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⏳ EB-3 Skilled Worker Pending - Job Change on EAD with I-485J Timing
⏳ **Case Status: Pending** --- An H-1B holder with a nearly one-year pending I-485 is navigating a job transition that requires EAD activation due to a state-level H-1B filing freeze. The case invol...
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✅ EB-3 Skilled Worker Approved - ROW PD May 2023
✅ **Case Status: Approved** --- An EB-3 skilled worker (Rest of World) filed I-485 in October 2025 after priority date became current in February 2026. Despite receiving I-485J approval, unrestricte...