EAD (WorkPermit)

I just read from the news today...

Asylum cases and H4 visa spouses of H1-B hilders are now being controlled in processing I-765.
As far as I understand the news, these cases have been given lesser control in getting I-765 as compared to those under c-9 cases.

So I guess this explains some of the questions here about why their cases are taking longer.

I can only imagine how they segregate all the cases in their office now...
from C-9 vs Assylum vs H-4 vs H1-B...etc..
Then that's how they do their prioritization. (Just my thoughts)

Best birthday week & gift ever!!
Happy birthday to me (Sept 14)
Also please don’t give up !

New Update-
EAD delivered- Thursday September 12, 2019
Social Security Card Delivered- Friday sept 13, 2019

Priory Date: March 25, 2019
Biometrics Request: April 5, 2019
Biometrics completed: April 23, 2019
Ready for Schedule interview: April 26, 2019
Approval of EAD (i175): Thursday, September 5 2019
Advance parole (i131)-Thursday, September 5 2019
Letter of EAD & AP approval delivered- Tuesday
Sept 10, 2019
Card was picked up by USPS with tracking
 number (to be delivered on Sept 12)-Tuesday Sept 10, 2019
Interview was scheduled-Wednesday Sept 11, 2019

I didn’t expedite anything
My office is NBC
Marriage based
I live in Miami and I’m Jamaican

I've applied for both employment authorization and travel parole. However, when I checked the status today, I saw that it changed only for work permit. It says that a new card is being produced. While there are still no changes with travel parole. Does it mean that I got only work permit and I still cannot travel?

Hello guys! Please if you want to send supporting documents for your EAD expedite request , is it necessary to add your degree certificate or professional license to the list , if you have a Job offer from an hospital/Clinic?? Please I need advice on that thanks! My EAD is based on pending Marriage-based AOS

On Tuesday September 10th the senator’s office submitted an expedite request in my name for my EAD. I still don’t know anything about it and I’m kind of nervous. We live in my Mather in law’s house and we help pay the bills. We don’t have a lot of bills but I sent everything we had. My case is way out of processing time, I’m a March 1st filler and as I have said many other times after 196 days I still don’t have anything.

Can anyone helping me telling me about their timeline?

Thank you!

How much time do they normally give u ,when they book ur interview n the actual interview??? 2 weeks a month maybe ???

Hello all,

It's finally my turn to share my timeline and experience. As of an hour ago, the status of my case is "new card is being produced." Here's my timeline and a few reommendations.

Marriage based AOS, Santa Ana, California.
Assigned to NBC.
I have an immigration attorney (you will see why this is relevant).

Feb. 28: Submitted I485, I130, I131, I765
March 4: Receipt date.
Biometrics appointment beginning of April (don't recall the exact date)
April 14: case shange to "your fingerprint review was completed"

Radio silence for months.

August 16: Lawyer submitted an expedite request for my travel permit. I am a scholar and I needed to travel to speak at several conferences in Latin America, that was the reason to expedite.

**Nothing happened with this expedite request. It showed as "completed" but I never heard anything back, neither did my lawyer. Wasn't asked to submit evidence or anything. The request just got lost in limbo. I called and spoke to Tier 2 and he said evidence should be faxed. Asked me if I faxed it, I said my lawyer was handling and I didn't know. I'm not sure what happened there, my theory is USCIS never followed-up but my lawyer didn't make the effort to reach out to them, either. The date of the conference passed so I didn't insist (naturally I couldn't travel in the end)**

Mid August: I realize I'm outside normal processing time. I tell my lawyer. My lawyer says I'm not (!!!) and that she wouldn't submit a SR. I didn't listen to her and submitted anyway on Aug. 12. I also reached out to my local representatives and senators but they had a waiting time of 45 days. I never got them to help me.

SR was never assigned for processing either.

I chatted with a rep through Emma and called USCIS many, many times during this period. It was never helpful.

September 10: I decide to submit an expedite request for my EAD on my own, not involving my lawyer. I did it by chatting with a rep through Emma. The rep only asked me for the category of the expedite, I said "severe financial loss to person," and she didn't ask me for any more details.

September 12: Status changed to "my expedite request was received"

September 13 (today): My expedite request was assigned to an officer, completed, and "response was sent".

Later in the same day: "My new card is being produced".

This was my journey. It was very painful and stressful. I had to stop working in May because my old EAD expired (F1, OPT). SO I was without income for amny months. It was painful but it is now the past.

Here's my advice: FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHTS. Push USCIS, call them, send SRs, expedite requests, everything in your power to make them DECIDE YOUR CASE. Don't just wait it out, you could be waiting forever. Action is key.

If you have a lawyer, and you're unhappy with their advice, just don't take it. My lawyer didn't really fight for me. Told me not to send SRs, told me I just had to wait it out, didn't even recommend I submit an expedite request, I did it on my own (which in the end is what got me the EAD). In my experience, doing all this won't delay your case. It can't hurt to do it. Just go ahead and try to MAKE THINGS HAPPEN FOR YOURSELF. Be pushy and ignore any advice of inaction that your lawyer may give you (listen to your lawyer in crucial matters, but when it comes to getting your EAD, most of them are clueless, you have to do it for yourself). Seek advice of people who got their EADs approved recently. Look at this forum often (It helped me immensely).

If you're outside normal processing times, SEND AN EXPEDITE REQUEST. In my case, they didn't ask for evidence, but I had it ready just in case. I had all my bills, rent, student loan payments, car payments, a job offer, and a letter from my employer saying they needed to hire me ASAP. You probably don't need all this, but the more you have, the better. Again, I was never asked to submit it. I can't stress this enough: send an expedite request if you're outside normal processing time!!! It will bring attention to your case and, who knows, you may get a good immigration officer like the one I got and he or she will approve your case very quickly.

The waiting is horrible, and it's inhumane what they're doing with us who just want to work in America and be productive. But you gotta fight it. Don't lose hope. I was desperate, and then this happened, and I'm out of the woods. So keep at it, you will get there, but you gotta take action. As my favorite athor said: “Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark in the hopeless swamps of the not-quite, the not-yet, and the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish in lonely frustration for the life you deserved and have never been able to reach. The world you desire can be won. It exists. It is real. It is possible. It's yours.”

I'm happy to answer any questions you may have to help you out with your cases.

Good luck to all.

hello all,
I sent an expedite request on Sept. 10. Yesterday my status changed to "my expedite request received".

This morning, my case history shows the following:
"On September 13, 2019, your request to have your case expedited, referral number T1F**, was completed.

On September 13, 2019, we sent a response to your request to have your case expedited, referral number T1F**.
09/13/2019

On September 13, 2019, your request to have your case expedited, referral number T1F**, was assigned to an officer for response."

What does this all mean? I haven't received anything on my email, my status is still the same, I don't know what's happening.

I chatted with a rep through Emma, but he didn't seem to know much. In a nutshell, he told me that my request had been approved, which doesnt mean that my EAD is approved, just that they will look at my case shortly. He said it looks like they don't need supporting evidence (i filed under "severe financial loss to person" as was ready to submit all the docs), which I find very odd. He also said they approved the expedite based on the notes I provided when I submitted my request, but I didn't provide any! The rep I submitted the request with said I didn't need anything, just to state the cause as "severe financial loss". He also had no idea what the "response" meant, because I didn't receive anything.

Does anyone know what's up?

Can anyone explain to me what tier means ?!

Thanks

Hi Everyone,

My current EAD will expire on Sept 23.

I filed for renewal last April.

My question is: do they wait for the current EAD to expire before they make an approval issuing a new one?

Please share your experiences