We have a custom approval workflow for journal entries, so the Approval Routing for Journal is checked in the Accounting Preferences. However, we are trying to import journals and force them to have approved status but we couldn't see the Approval Status field in the CSV mapping page. Why is that the case? Even if I turn off the Run Server Scripts, etc., the Journal is still imported with Pending Approval Status. Are we forced to add a logic in the WF to automatically approve all journals created with CSV context?

manage the form on import. Show the Approved checkbox and make sure you workflow is not running against the csv import.

We are using Approval Routing. So, it's not an Approved box but an Approval Status field.