✅ EB-3 Adjustment of Status Approved - Derivative Before Principal

✅ **Case Status: Approved** --- A derivative I-485 applicant received approval before the principal EB-3 applicant. This is an unusual but documented USCIS processing pattern where family members filed as dependents are adjudicated out of sequence from the primary beneficiary. In this EB-3 case, the derivative applicant (spouse or child of the principal EB-3 beneficiary) received I-485 approval prior to the principal applicant's case being adjudicated. This ordering anomaly can occur when USCIS field offices or National Benefits Center process cases from the same petition separately, sometimes routing them to different officers or queues. The principal's case was still pending at the time the derivative received approval. --- **[📎 View Original Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/USCIS/comments/1wpg5rc/derivative_i485_approved_before_principal_eb3/)** *Source: Reddit EB-3 search* --- *This post was automatically curated from online sources to share real case experiences with the community.*