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⏳ EB-3 Skilled Worker Pending - India PD Oct 2013
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⏳ **Case Status: Pending**
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India-born applicant with a 2013 priority date that became current in EB-3 on January 2026. Employer filed I-485J in February 2026 to port from EB-2 to EB-3 queue. Despite congressional inquiry and a USCIS acknowledgment of high volume, the case remains pending as of May 2026.
Applicant holds a Priority Date of October 25, 2013 (India, EB-2), which became current under EB-3 on January 1, 2026. The employer filed an I-485J supplement in February 2026 to facilitate the EB-2 to EB-3 portability. Due to delays in receiving the receipt notice (received May 5, 2026 for a February 6 filing), a second I-485J was filed in April 2026. A congressional inquiry was attempted but yielded only a boilerplate response citing high application volume for fiscal year 2026. Medical examination was previously submitted following an RFE, even before the priority date became current. The case is awaiting adjudication with no further action available beyond what has already been taken.
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This case reflects a broader pattern seen in FY2026: USCIS received an unusually high volume of I-485 filings from India EB-3 applicants after the January 2026 Visa Bulletin made many long-backlogged dates current simultaneously. Congressional inquiries in high-volume periods typically yield only form responses and rarely accelerate adjudication. For applicants in similar situations with 2013-era India priority dates, processing timelines in this cohort are likely to extend several months into late 2026, given the FIFO queue and volume acknowledgment from USCIS. Filing a duplicate I-485J does carry a risk of creating confusion in the file — it is worth confirming with the employer's attorney that only one is being actively tracked.