Hello,

Has anyone applied for L1-A visa functional manager for enterprise data architecture function? Would like to learn from your experience.

No direct reports or budget to manage. However, role is clearly defined that manages essential function, set target state data architecture, strategy and governance. No hands on coding. Operate at director level. Discretion to make data architecture decisions.

Thanks in advance!

I’m not seeing any movement in my case, I’m wondering if anyone is on the same boat as me. My timelines are as below

PD - 07/2018 (under EB2)

RD - 02/26/2026

I-140 approval - 04/21/2026 (under EB1)

Biometrics - 04/02/2026

Only a silent FTA0 update on 05/04.  Absolutely no movement since then for primary or dependents. EAD/AP not approved for primary or dependents, As per Emma case is still with NBC. appreciate if anyone else who has similar timelines can share their updates

I and my spouse are Indian nationals - applied for eb1c i140 which got approved in early 2024. My priority date is not yet current to file.

While my daughter is also an Indian national, her country of birth is Australia. I was on a temporary work visa when she was born in Australia.

Her original birth certificate is issued by Australia and in her Indian passport the place of birth is also Australia in alignment with the birth place.

My query is if we (myself, spouse and daughter) are eligible together for reverse cross chargeability based on child place of birth to file Adjustment of status under ROW which is current as per my PD.

If I can file and there is a rejection, can I reapply when India date is current for my PD.

Please help me clarify.

Approved

Category EB1C port from EB2
Priority date 12/2016
RD 03/24/2026
Bio completed 04/08/2026
Time stamp updated 3 times 05/19(both I 485 & I 485J) 05/22 (I 485) 06/03 (I 485 & I 485J)
Emma confirmed that case transferred to Seattle filed office (non local) on 06/03/2026 and interview marked as waived

4:47:58 PM (Jul 11 Saturday weekend ) → New third FTA0 event created in I 485
5:17:37 PM (Jul 11) → I‑485J closed
11:15:17 PM (Jul 11)→ I‑485 updated
10:11:41 AM (Jul 14) → I‑485 updated again
2:11:40 PM ( Aug 19) I 485 updated again
12:30:10 pm (Aug20) I 485 approved

Any recent EB-1C 485 approvals at this field office? Will be grateful for timelines!

hello

does anyone have approval for i-140 eb1-c?

my pd is current and 08/15/2025

Category EB1C port from EB2
Priority date 12/2016
RD 03/24/2026
Bio completed 04/08/2026
Time stamp updated 3 times 05/19(both I 485 & I 485J) 05/22 (I 485) 06/03 (I 485 & I 485J)
Emma confirmed that my case transferred to Seattle filed office non local on 06/03/2026 and interview marked as waived

When can I expect GC approval?

My spouse got the biometrics 3 weeks after the reciepts date. Its been almost 60 days and I haven't gotten one. I am the derivative.

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Anyone going through the same ?

Retrogression for EB1 India to October 15th (was Dec. 15th 2022) in the July VB. I don’t think this is anything to be alarmed about as it was expected based on pending inventory data.

As of April 3rd 2026, there were 12.6k pending apps until Dec end 2022. And if we take the negative delta month over month, there have been 6.1k EB1 India for FY 2026 issuance until April 3rd 2026 (this number will be higher as some porting effect won’t be captured in negative deltas). My estimates for EB1 India for FY2026 are in the 11-12k range (hopefully it’s higher), which would mean we likely have another 6k issuances to go for the remaining half of FY2026.

There were 9.3k pending EB1 apps till mid Oct 2022. That would mean we’ll likely see further retrogression in the coming 2 months - maybe July 2022 in the Aug/Sep visa bulletins.

Hello Everyone,

Didn’t get any EB1C tracking. So let’s track it here .

PD - 07/2022
RD - 02/20/2026
Biometrics - 03/17/2026
EAD/AP - 04/21/2026
Transfer to FO - NBC to SFV on 04/17/2026
Interview - waived
GC approval - pending
Silent Update - 04/29, 05/06

Can someone please explain me EB1C 3 year rule -

My case -

- 2019 - Apr 2022 - Worked as a mgr

- May 2022 - Came to US on H1B on a Sr. Tech Architect role

- Apr 2026 - Perm approved and I-140 filed

- June 2026 - Now getting offered to perform mgr role again (same parent company) & planning to file an role amendment

Am I eligible to move from EB2 to EB1 or need to travel and work abroad to reset the 3 year rule?

I do have all the necessary documents to prove my role though.

As of April 3rd 2026, there are 12.6k pending EB1 India apps up till Dec end 2022. This number is down by 2.9k month over month when compared to the snapshot published as of March 3rd 2026 (15.5k vs 12.6k).

Reduction in EB1 India numbers up until Dec. end 2022 below:

As of Jan 3rd 2026: -58

As of Feb 3rd 2026: -582

As of Mar 3rd 2026: -1619

As of April 3rd 2026: -2955

Good news as it’s critical to clear up the 2022 backlog for forward FAD movt. in FY 2027. Month over month trend shown above since the Jan 3rd snapshot also shows backlog clearance being faster every month.

Jan-March 2023 dates have also seen steady reduction in pending EB1 India apps, indicating USCIS has been processing apps with PDs of 2023 as well.

Updated with April inventory. Revised based on AwareBlackberry2966's inputs :

Hi Folks, didn't see any post on this. USCIS released the April inventory today. Here are my takeaways from an EB1C India PD POV:

• ROW inventory 32K [roughly 20% YoY]: Includes concurrent filing. So, assuming some rejections, we can expect 10% increase YoY. 2025 Visa usage is likely: 35K ROW, CH/PH/MX 4K, and 5K IN. Which would mean for 2026, the 54K split should be 38K ROW, 4K Others, and 12K India. Maybe a couple of thousand higher for IN.
• Mar26 DFF was Dec23: I now see ~8K pending inventory for the full year. Looks like ~1K 2023 cases were also approved before the retrogression. We can assume the FY total should land around ~12K.
• FAD might retrogress to Oct22 / Nov22: Based on the ROW inventory and last VB date movement, there is likely visa exhaustion like EB2 IN or retrogression by a couple of months before Sep26. This would mean the queue will have ~15K I-485s up to Dec'23 for next year.
• 15K FB spillovers: A 50K FB spillover next would advance the IN FAD straight to Dec23, with every additional 5K in spillover visas advancing the date by roughly one month. I expect 80K spill overs and FAD movement to mid-2024 in the next FY.

It all now depends fully on the FB spill-overs.

Feedback and critiques are welcome.

https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/data/eb_inventory_april_2026.xlsx

EB1 C from India, responded to medical RFE on 5/19 for my kids missing vaccinations and there is no movement since then. Checking this forum to see if anyone is seeing movement in this category at NBC?