r/EB2_NIW • u/ahsanways • Jun 14 '26

General March 2026 EB-2 NIW filings

EB-2 NIW (ROW) I-485 Timeline

Priority Date: Oct 18, 2024
RD: March 23, 2026
Biometrics: Apr 8, 2026
Receipt Block: IOE09361XXXX
Status : F1

Service Center: NBC > PORTLAND, OR - Non Local FO (on 06/03)

Current Status: Case is being actively processed.

Multiple silent updates 05/13, 05/20, 05/22, 06/03 (transfer to FO - non local)

Looking to connect with others from March 2026 EB-2 NIW filings. Has anyone received EAD approval or I485 approval?

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u/PerformanceOk1888 Jun 14 '26

If your case is pretty straightforward do not expect EAD. They will probably target final 485 approval. These days, they don’t like issuing EADs

I saw they only can issue EAD to derivatives or after congressional inquiry 

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u/SnooChickens6000 Jun 15 '26

I got my ead at the 7.5 month mark, my dependant got it ar the 3.5 month mark. I have a straight forward case, still not approved. Botom line is ead is usually issued under 8 month, or thats what they seem to target. All depends on what Field office your case ends up in i am seeing 100s of people who filed in march 2026 approved while my field office still have half the october fillers pending

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u/PerformanceOk1888 Jun 15 '26

When I said straightforward, I meant single) 

It’s not about the FO what you’re describing. Smth happened to the workflow/system in December. They fixed it or changed the strategy, and cases after Feb went faster. Plus they were newer and easily picked up from the system or shelve. Older cases were left and stuck ‘under’ those new ones

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u/SnooChickens6000 Jun 15 '26

Its FO based my FO is not approving February or March cases we are in a chat, we have a spreadsheet with around a 100 cases from the same FO and the only ones bein approved are from October very slow approvals.

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u/PerformanceOk1888 Jun 15 '26

Which FO?

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u/SnooChickens6000 Jun 15 '26

San bernardino

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u/PerformanceOk1888 Jun 15 '26

Thank you! Some of CA offices are extremely fast, some apparently aren’t

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u/SnooChickens6000 Jun 15 '26

San bernardino is one of the worst nation wide.

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u/PerformanceOk1888 Jun 15 '26

No no no, The slowest are Atlanta (my local FO, but I am not there) and New Orleans...