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EAD renewal after 9 months and an Expedite
For the renewer's out there, here is my experience.
I applied in late July 2018 for my second EAD, an NYC application submitting to NBC.
At the 6.5 month mark I was 'out of normal processing' at the time and submitted an SR via USCIS, an expedite request via the Ombudsman 7001 form and contacted my congressperson to help with an expedite request.
I received an answer from all three channels with an identical response that as I had the 180 days extension I was still able to work and I should come back if I get to the point that I have less than 30 days left on the extension.
While this is frustrating and stressful, not knowing if you are going to be able to continue working, I actually found it fair. They should be prioritizing those who cannot work but need to for their family. This was easy to recognize as I was not that far away from being in that situation myself, so I waited.
When it got to the point that I had less than 30 days left on my 180 days extension I submitted a new 7001 form with the ombudsman and contacted my congressperson's office again. My congressperson reached out to USCIS who 8 days later then requested evidence of my need for an expedite.
I submitted my evidence the next day then 3 days later my case was approved ('card sent for production' is actually the first update received) and 8 days after that I received my EAD card. That would make it a total of 20 days from submitting the email to my congressperson to getting my card in hand.
After the EAD had been approved the ombudsman came back to me saying a decision had been made on my case so they were closing the issue. The first time I contacted them they were actually the first to respond but in the second case, maybe as the channels were already opened, the congressperson was the first to respond. Maybe it's just chance?
For those wanting to know the evidence required, it's clearly based on personal circumstances. You need to prove that you NEED the EAD, not just WANT it or it's beneficial for you. For me, my USC wife is in school so cannot work, we have a baby and I am the only earner who also brings in health insurance for the family so if I lose my job we as a family lose our ability to pay rent, lose health insurance and all financial means to live, we would have been in a very bad place if I didn't have an income which is why I think we had our case approved. To prove our case I submitted my letter of employment, my wife's certificate of enrollment, our daughters birth certificate, our rental agreement and our health insurance showing myself as the primary and my wife and child as beneficiaries.
Hope this experience helps.
I applied in late July 2018 for my second EAD, an NYC application submitting to NBC.
At the 6.5 month mark I was 'out of normal processing' at the time and submitted an SR via USCIS, an expedite request via the Ombudsman 7001 form and contacted my congressperson to help with an expedite request.
I received an answer from all three channels with an identical response that as I had the 180 days extension I was still able to work and I should come back if I get to the point that I have less than 30 days left on the extension.
While this is frustrating and stressful, not knowing if you are going to be able to continue working, I actually found it fair. They should be prioritizing those who cannot work but need to for their family. This was easy to recognize as I was not that far away from being in that situation myself, so I waited.
When it got to the point that I had less than 30 days left on my 180 days extension I submitted a new 7001 form with the ombudsman and contacted my congressperson's office again. My congressperson reached out to USCIS who 8 days later then requested evidence of my need for an expedite.
I submitted my evidence the next day then 3 days later my case was approved ('card sent for production' is actually the first update received) and 8 days after that I received my EAD card. That would make it a total of 20 days from submitting the email to my congressperson to getting my card in hand.
After the EAD had been approved the ombudsman came back to me saying a decision had been made on my case so they were closing the issue. The first time I contacted them they were actually the first to respond but in the second case, maybe as the channels were already opened, the congressperson was the first to respond. Maybe it's just chance?
For those wanting to know the evidence required, it's clearly based on personal circumstances. You need to prove that you NEED the EAD, not just WANT it or it's beneficial for you. For me, my USC wife is in school so cannot work, we have a baby and I am the only earner who also brings in health insurance for the family so if I lose my job we as a family lose our ability to pay rent, lose health insurance and all financial means to live, we would have been in a very bad place if I didn't have an income which is why I think we had our case approved. To prove our case I submitted my letter of employment, my wife's certificate of enrollment, our daughters birth certificate, our rental agreement and our health insurance showing myself as the primary and my wife and child as beneficiaries.
Hope this experience helps.
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