The phrase "achieving the status" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the process of reaching a particular level or condition, often in a professional or personal context.
Example: "After years of hard work and dedication, she is finally achieving the status of a recognized expert in her field."
Alternatives: "reaching the level" or "attaining the position".
Having failed to emulate the grandfather by achieving the status of "great man", what did become of him?
What Cameron said in the Commons is now achieving the status of established fact: "There is no more money left".
Marijuana may be achieving the status of a prescribed medicine in some communities, but in the hands of impressionable teenagers it is still a dangerous drug that wreaks havoc on their lives.
Mr. Tian is not only aware of this, but he seems to relish the idea that he is a legend in the making -- perhaps even some day achieving the status inside China that technology industry icons like William H. Gates or Steven P. Jobs hold in the United States.
Within 24 hours of him achieving the status of the newest star to rise from the pack, he was under attack for his role as a highly-paid consultant to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, government-sponsored financed organisations involved in lending mortgages.
(We made these cocktails for our last trip to the track and so can say with authority that although the Belmont breeze, which tastes like a refined trashcan punch, represents a significant improvement over the nigh undrinkable white carnation, neither has much hope of achieving the status of the mint julep, their Kentucky Derby sister).
We have achieved the status of a minor party".
I am happy that swimming has finally achieved the status that it deserves.
Kim Jong-un has not achieved the status of his father and grandfather as yet.
Unless rejected or modified by Congress, the rules will achieve the status of federal law on Dec. 1 of next year.
Surreally, he achieves the status and presence of a Coriolanus, a martial hero of uncontrolled severity and anger.
