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✅ EB-3 Skilled Worker Approved - India PD Feb 2014
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✅ **Case Status: Approved**
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An I-485 was approved on June 9, 2026, despite the applicant's priority date becoming retrogressed as of June 1, 2026. The case involved an EB-3 concurrent filing with a later EB-2 interfiling, and the approval appears to have been a USCIS processing error. The applicant is now navigating complex questions about immigration status and how to report the error.
This case involves a concurrent EB-3 I-140 and I-485 filing made in October 2020, with a priority date of February 2014 from an earlier EB-2 I-140. The applicant later interfiled to EB-2 in June 2022. After a medical RFE in May 2026, the I-485 was approved on June 9, 2026 — eight days after the applicant's priority date became retrogressed in the June 2026 Visa Bulletin. The case went through multiple office transfers, fingerprinting updates, EAD/AP renewals, and a final medical RFE cycle before the erroneous approval. The applicant now faces questions about how to report the error to USCIS, what their immigration status is during the interim period, whether the EB-3 EAD/AP remains valid, and how to plan for non-immigrant visa renewals in the near term.
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Cases approved after a priority date retrogresses are treated as administrative errors by USCIS and are typically revoked or rescinded. If you are in a similar situation, USCIS guidance generally requires the applicant to notify the adjudicating office in writing. During the period between erroneous approval and rescission, immigration status can be ambiguous — consulting an immigration attorney immediately is critical. Note that once a green card is physically issued, non-immigrant status is effectively abandoned, which complicates re-entry into H-1B or other NIV status. The EB-3 EAD/AP may still provide a bridge, but its validity after an I-485 approval event is legally uncertain. Cases with EB-2/EB-3 interfiles can face priority date exposure at the final adjudication stage if there is a retrogression between RFE response and approval — this case illustrates that risk acutely.