**EAD approved**
L2 EAD Renewal – Vermont Service Centre
EAD expiry date was in 2nd week of February
Day 1: PD: 8th Nov 2017
Day 6: Received application receipt : 13th November
Day 77: 1st Service request at Call Centre USCIS: 23rd Jan 2018
Day 78: SR denied : 24th Jan 2018
Day 82: Raised Service Request Online : 28th Jan 2018
Contacted Congressman: 28th Jan 2018
Contacted Ombudsman: 28th Jan 2018
Day 84: Raised 3rd service request at Call Centre : 30th Jan 2018
Day 85: 3rd Service request denied,
For 2nd (online) service request, Received automatic reply on mail saying “we cannot promise a time frame”
Day 86: Informed Employer about my status: 31st Jan 2018
Also received email from Ombudsman saying they have forwarded my case to USCIS
Day 87: Employer also sent a letter to the Congressman (explaining how it is going to be financial loss to them) : 1st Feb 2018
Day 91: Ombudsman response that USCIS does not have a time frame. Also, Raised 4th Service request online – 6th Feb 2018
Day 92: Status Changed to CARD IS BEING PRODUCED – 7th Feb 2018
Helpful Links:
1) Service Request:
https://egov.uscis.gov/e-request/displayONPTForm.do;jsessionid=abcZ1Teq1_CynbjTFxXfw?entryPoint=init&sroPageType=onpt
2) Congressman : Find who is the congressman in your area and then you can fill form on their website
3) Ombudsman:
https://www.dhs.gov/case-assistance
Suggestions: 1) Do reach out to Ombudsman and Congressman with all the job offers and if possible, letter from the Employer.
2) Do not just sit and wait. Start taking actions from day 75 (specially Nebraska and Vermont filers)
3) Contact employer and ask if they can raise a expedite request with Congressman on your behalf, Employers/Companies also have contacts with Congressman. (I was not aware about this, the Visa/Immigration department of my company also helped)
4) Apply 180 days in advance because 90 days is not a guaranteed time period now (This was my mistake as I applied only 100 days in advance)
5) Before reaching out to Ombudsman, you should have reached out to Congressman, raised service and expedite requests. Ombudsman form requires you to provide Request Ids.
6) Also Fax documents to Ombudsman and Congressman
7) Service requests do not provide any help. Reach Congressman and Ombudsman