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⏳ EB-3 India Backlog - EAD Delays and Category Downgrade Frustration - PD 2013
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⏳ **Case Status: Pending**
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An EB-3 India applicant with a 2013 priority date is experiencing severe processing delays including a stalled EAD application and unresponsive expedite requests filed in early February. The applicant originally filed under EB-2 in 2013 but is now in EB-3, watching EB-2 dates potentially move past their original priority date in the April bulletin.
An EB-3 India applicant with a priority date from 2013 is dealing with multiple simultaneous USCIS processing issues. Their EAD has not been approved despite an expedite request filed February 3rd, while a dependent's EAD was approved. A second expedite request for Advance Parole was filed February 10th with no response. The April Visa Bulletin showed EB-2 India potentially advancing past the applicant's original 2013 priority date, raising questions about EB-2 downgrade or portability options. The applicant estimates EB-3 India will see no significant movement for the remainder of FY2025.
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This case highlights a common issue where dependent EADs are approved faster than principal applicant EADs — USCIS processes these separately and there is no guaranteed parallel processing. Expedite requests for EAD/AP typically see response times of 30-90+ days with no guarantee of approval. For EB-3 India with a 2013 PD, EB-2 portability under AC21 245(k) remains a potential strategy if the EB-2 date advances, but requires the underlying I-140 to have been filed under EB-2 originally and that the case meets portability criteria. EB-3 India movement has historically been minimal in Q3-Q4 of fiscal years due to annual per-country quota exhaustion.