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✅ EB-3 NIW Approved - ROW PD 2025-07
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✅ **Case Status: Approved**
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An EB-2 NIW applicant (ROW) filed I-485 in July 2025 and received approval in April 2026 after approximately 8 months of silence. The card was in hand within 10 days of approval.
Category: EB-2 NIW, Country: Rest of World (ROW), Receipt Block: IOE093321xxxx, Field Office: NBC (no interview required). I-485 filed July 29, 2025. Biometrics scheduled August 8 and completed August 27, 2025. Followed by roughly 8 months of inactivity. Final adjudication sequence in late April 2026: internal status moved from FTA0 to FTA1 on April 18, case touched again April 22, H008 codes appeared April 23 followed by same-day approval. Card production initiated April 29 (LDA event), card in hand May 1, 2026. Total processing: approximately 9 months from filing to approval. Card delivered within 7-10 days post-approval.
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This case reflects a pattern seen with IOE093321xxxx block cases being actively adjudicated in April 2026. The internal code sequence FTA0 → FTA1 → H008 is worth tracking — H008 has been consistently associated with same-day approval. For ROW NIW filers in the July–August 2025 filing cohort, this suggests active movement with no interview required at NBC. The 8-month quiet period followed by rapid final-week adjudication is typical for NBC-processed cases. Approved-to-card timeline of 7–10 days aligns with current USCIS card production averages.