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📋 EB-3 Skilled Worker RFE Received - India PD 2013-Oct
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📋 **Case Status: RFE Received**
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An India-born applicant with a priority date of October 2013 received an RFE on their I-485 after already responding to a prior medical RFE. The applicant is uncertain whether their case is being adjudicated under EB-2 or EB-3 and is seeking clarity on the category determination given recent visa bulletin movements.
An India-born applicant filed I-485 with a priority date of October 2013 and has been employed with the same employer since January 2013. The case previously received an RFE for medicals, which was responded to and accepted. A new RFE was recently issued, and the applicant is uncertain of its nature. The employer filed an I-485J in February. The applicant's PD became current under EB-3 for India as of January 1, 2026 (EB-3 India cutoff at November 2013, EB-2 India cutoff at September 2013). The central concern is whether USCIS is adjudicating the case under EB-2 (not yet current) or EB-3 (currently current), and what the new RFE may pertain to.
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Cases with India PDs in the 2013 window frequently fall into an ambiguous EB-2/EB-3 overlap zone depending on which preference category the original I-140 was approved under and whether a downgrade request was filed. USCIS does not proactively notify applicants of category switches. If the I-140 was originally approved under EB-2, the case will only move under EB-3 if a valid EB-3 I-140 exists and a written request or concurrent filing places the case under that category. The second RFE — issued after medicals were already resolved — commonly involves employment verification (I-485J/I-9 compliance), updated evidence of job offer continuity, or category clarification. Cases with long-tenured same-employer situations (10+ years) generally perform well on RFEs related to job continuity. India EB-3 cases with 2013 PDs that only became current in early 2026 represent a multi-year backlog cohort; adjudication timelines post-currency have ranged from 3 to 12 months based on field office and service center load.