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✅ EB-3 India I-485 Approved - India PD 10/2013
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✅ **Case Status: Approved**
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An EB-3 India principal and derivative applicant with a October 2013 priority date filed I-485 in November 2025 and received approval on April 7, 2026. The case involved an in-person interview at the San Antonio Field Office after initially being transferred to a non-local field office with interview waived status. Both principal and derivative were approved the same day.
EB-3 India case with a priority date of October 2013. I-485 application was mailed on 11/12/2025 and delivered 11/14/2025, with receipt notice issued 11/18/2025. The case underwent multiple silent timestamp updates between November 2025 and February 2026. Initially, the case was transferred to Hartford Field Office (non-local) and marked as interview waived, but a subsequent FJ event in late February 2026 scheduled an interview at the local San Antonio Field Office for both principal and derivative. The interview on 3/30/2026 lasted approximately 40 minutes and was described as straightforward, with the officer requesting recent paystubs and 2 years of tax returns, then sending for supervisor review with a 4-6 week estimate. Final approval came on 4/7/2026 — just 8 days after the interview — for both principal and derivative simultaneously.
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This case reflects a pattern seen in some EB-3 India long-backlog filings: initial routing to a non-local field office with interview waiver, followed by reassignment back to the local FO for an in-person interview. The interview-to-approval turnaround here was very fast (8 days vs. the 4-6 weeks estimated by the officer), suggesting supervisor review was completed quickly. Applicants with similar interview notices at local FOs should prepare recent paystubs and 2 years of tax returns. The derivative EAD/AP approval preceding the I-485 approval is common and does not affect the I-485 adjudication. Total I-485 processing from filing to approval was approximately 4.7 months — notably faster than historical norms for this backlog category, likely reflecting the priority date being current.