✅ EB-3 Derivative Approved Before Principal - El Paso Field Office PD 2025-10

✅ **Case Status: Approved** --- A derivative I-485 was approved one day after the principal's I-485J was approved, with the derivative card produced within days. The principal I-485 remains pending despite the derivative's approval, raising questions about processing sequence at the El Paso Field Office. Principal and derivative I-485s were filed concurrently in October 2025. Both cases were affected by the 39-country adjudication hold in December 2025. In August 2026, the principal received an I-485J approval along with a backend FTA0 event. The following day, the derivative's Resident Since date was set, and the day after that the derivative I-485 was approved with a backend H008 event. The derivative green card was produced and delivered within days. As of posting, the principal I-485 remains pending at the El Paso Field Office, where the principal's interview has been waived. --- **[📎 View Original Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/USCIS/comments/1wno478/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.*