EAD (WorkPermit)

11/21/2016 - AOS (I-485, I-485 SUP A, I-765, I-131) Packet Mailed and received by USCIS, 3 NOAs
2/7/2017 - SR raised (78 days since I-785 received date)

My husband applied for his EAD in October and received the receipt notice by USCIS on 11/23/16. His current EAD expires on 2/7/17 ( today). We applied for an expedite request but they denied it stating lack of enough evidence to prove that the loss of job is going to cause extreme financial loss.

So on the 76th day of waiting, I called USCIS and put in a SR to see how long it would take and she filed it under "Nearing outside processing time frame" and asked me to wait for 15-20 business days. But from the looks of the posts here it seems that it can take less than that.

I dont know how the congressman thing works so if anyone can help me I would really appreciate it.

Hi All,

I am a U.S. Citizen married to an non citizen spouse. We have been married for almost 2 years now and we are finally able to AOS.

Our Journey so far:

12/22/2016-Mailed I130, I485, I131
12/27/2016-USCIS received package
12/28/2016-USCIS began processing paperwork
01/18/2017-Receipt Notices I797 was received via email
01/24/2017-Receipt Notices were received via mail
01/27/2017-Biometrics appointment was received in mail
02/06/2017-Biometrics appointment was done

As I receive updates I will keep you all posted.

Hi All,

I am an F1 student currently on OPT, which expired on 30th January 2017. However I already applied for STEM extension and USCIS received my case on 21st December 2016.

My question is: The first time I received my OPT card. there was a document along with the card that said "use this when applying for an extension to speed up the process". So I sent this document along with my STEM application. Will this make any difference? Will my application be processed fast?

Any information will help. Thank you

Hello everyone,

10/20 - Nebraska received my case (485,765,131)
10/28 - Bio done
11/29 - 765 and 131 transferred to California center

last week i did e-request, they replied : "your case is currently being adjudicated"

Anyone knows what does that mean? Do they count the 90 days from the transfer notice?
I'm on 100 days and afraid to do any plans:(

Hi All,

This has been my experience thus far with my AOS application along with EAD and AP..

My AOS was filed in South Florida through an attorney (I strongly recommend using an attorney for this process)

* AOS documentation sent 10 Dec 2016
* AOS documentation received by USCIS on 13 Dec 2016
* Acknowledgement receipt received from USCIS on 31 Dec 2016
* Notice of biometrics came in the mail 16 Jan 2017
* Biometrics appointment attended on 27 Jan 2017 - wait time was short.....the time from when I entered
  the building to when I left the building was 25 minutes (USCIS Kendall (South Florida) office)

I will update as information comes in.....

Guys Guys Guys.. I am so happy today...Expedite was accepted within 7 days and ordered new card.........In total it takes 65 days wow......

PD 25th November 2016 I130, I485, I765
26th jan 2017 raised Expedite request based on job offer on
27th jan 2017 send my docs
27th jan 2017 they recieved my docs
02 feb 2017 new card is being produced.

so that it guys, wishing to get my new card within a week.
 start working on 13th feb ... you must need a real job offer guys....thats all.............special Thanks to immihelp

Hi all, I just wanted to share my super crappy unfortunate experience with all. I'm a NYC filer.
PD 9/2/16

My EAD card was approved on 12/16/16 and was mailed to me on 12/21/16. I left for Moscow for New Years with my husband and upon coming back didn't see a card. Since they tell you to wait a month before freaking out and putting in a service request, I waited until 1/22/17 to send in a service request. After numerous conversations with USCIS operators, someone finally suggested I speak with an immigration officer. While I was in touch with them, I went to my local USPS and tried to locate my card once the immigration officer shared the tracking number. Based on that, it says my card was delivered to my mailbox. Going to USPS didn't lead to anything at all, they refused to write me a letter stating non-delivery of my letter. I wasted many hours at the post office and spoke with too many incompetent people. It was beyond frustrating.

I called the local congresswoman's office and the loveliest case worker heard me cry on the phone and promised to get to the bottom of it. I pretty much had no hope already so I went to the bank, did another money order for $410 to file for replacement. I went to the congresswoman's office yesterday. She called someone and accessed all of the information in less than 2 minutes. USPS claim delivery was made, USCIS don't take responsibility either, so I had to re-file.

I Fedex'd these documents yesterday to NBC:
1) Letter to USCIS with the details of my misfortunes
2) Newly filled out and signed I-765
3) Money order for $410.00
4) 2 passport-sized photos
5) Copy of I-765 approval notice from 12/16/16
6) Copy of my ASC Appointment Notice with stamp confirming completed biometrics
7) Copy of my previous EAD granted for OPT after graduating from my university
8) USPS response to my request to investigate
9) Letter from USPS (that basically says they're not sorry)
10) Tracking information for the letter containing my EAD card
11) Offer letter from my new employer

Now the shittiest part is that I am due to start a new job that I just interviewed for a month for once I found out my case was approved. I received my job offer a week ago and am due to start on Feb 6th. Funny thing is that I spoke with multiple immigration officers (call the customer line, ask to speak to Tier-2; call early in the morning as at 8:30am yesterday the call back wait was over an hour) and they all give me completely different info as to whether I can start working on Monday or not. I let HR know and they asked me to bring everything I have with me on Monday. Worse comes to worst, I will have to take a week / 10 days off until my receipt for replacement arrives and come back to work under the receipt rule and show them my actual card when it arrives.

Also, the USCIS officer I spoke to yesterday legitimately said bye and hung up on me as I was politely asking her about the receipt rule. Unreal.

Anyways, just a heads up that this insanity does occur. Get to the congresswoman as soon as you feel like card should have already gotten to you and do not wait a month. No mail takes a month to arrive. Pray that your employer is understanding and try to negotiate something. Don't rely on USPS for **** because those people are straight up useless. Be prepared to pay the fee again.

Filed at Texas
Office Service: Potomac

20 October: USCIS received I-765
Day 75: Submitted an e-request. Asked me to wait 30 more days.
Day 99: Visited a field office. Total waste of time and $$. They just have access to the same tracking website as we do.
Day 105: New Card is being produced.

Hello all,

Does anyone know what can we expect now that USCIS is no longer bounded to meet the 90-day period?

I was reading a post below where someone commented on the automatic 180 days EAD extension for certain categories and searched more info about it. Below is the link for the actual rule that became effective January 17:

https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2016-11-18/pdf/2016-27540.pdf

Among many things, I noticed that they removed the 90 days requirement (not that it worked very well anyways). So, I'm currently on my day 84 without any news, raised a request on day 76 (from which I haven't heard a peep either) and I was gearing up for contacting the congressman on day 90, but with this new rule, is there any point to it?

My EAD expired December 30, and I have been on unpaid leave since then. I was hoping that I would be back working by mid February, but with this new info now I do not know what to expect.

If anyone has any input or info (or corrections if I misunderstood something), I'll appreciate it.

Hang in there everyone!