Expediting EAD due to financial loss

[furuzan 0]

I want to share my experience as it seems a bit different than what I read on here. I was on OPT before applying AOS and my work authorization will be expiring in 3 weeks which would be 80 days after filing my concurrent application. It became very depressing quickly being reminded constantly by my HR that my employment will be terminated if I don't renew my work authorization info.

It seemed like if I tried expediting by calling customer service, most likely it would get denied. According to everything I read on here I realized that my best bet is to contact my district's congressman to ask if they could help to expedite my EAD application. So I did not even try calling customer service, I just called my congressman's office. Oh and I am in the reddest state with all republican congressman, but thank God they helped. The case worker in congressman's office asked for a letter (stating severe financial loss as the reason for expediting), privacy act form, a letter from my employer stating that they will terminate my job, I-765 notice. I think that was all and they send in a request last Tuesday. I got an alert today saying that my card went into production. Yay! So it took them 4-5 business days but they automatically updated it to production. I was checking case updates 10 times a day I hope this will help anyone who is struggling to decide what to do. Best of luck guys. Let me know if you have any questions.