EAD Expedite Timeline After Fax Request

[JenniCheng 1]

Hi everyone,

 

I called USCIS and also contacted a congressman to expedite my EAD. Here's my timeline:

 

July 10 - Online case status changed to "request is completed"

July 10 - Congressman office forwarded me USCIS email saying they will work on it and will request more evidence.

 

Here's my problem, I never received any emails from USCIS. I mean, from the beginning, even tho I submitted G-1145 form for every case, all I got are only mail notices.

 

So July 11 - I called USCIS and the lady on the phone read me the fax number and attn. info for faxing more evidence, I did it on the same day. Still no emails.

July 15 - today - I called them to verify my email address, they said it's correct, and said that it doesn't necessarily come with email. I asked, don't I need to attach the email notice as part of the fax? She said she's not sure...

 

So what can I do now, except for waiting?

 

[Ruby13 4]

5 minutes ago, JenniCheng said:

Hi everyone,

 

I called USCIS and also contacted a congressman to expedite my EAD. Here's my timeline:

 

July 10 - Online case status changed to "request is completed"

July 10 - Congressman office forwarded me USCIS email saying they will work on it and will request more evidence.

 

Here's my problem, I never received any emails from USCIS. I mean, from the beginning, even tho I submitted G-1145 form for every case, all I got are only mail notices.

 

So July 11 - I called USCIS and the lady on the phone read me the fax number and attn. info for faxing more evidence, I did it on the same day. Still no emails.

July 15 - today - I called them to verify my email address, they said it's correct, and said that it doesn't necessarily come with email. I asked, don't I need to attach the email notice as part of the fax? She said she's not sure...

 

So what can I do now, except for waiting?

 

You can update the notification in uscis.gov if you have account with them

[KandN 38]

2 hours ago, JenniCheng said:

Hi everyone,

 

I called USCIS and also contacted a congressman to expedite my EAD. Here's my timeline:

 

July 10 - Online case status changed to "request is completed"

July 10 - Congressman office forwarded me USCIS email saying they will work on it and will request more evidence.

 

Here's my problem, I never received any emails from USCIS. I mean, from the beginning, even tho I submitted G-1145 form for every case, all I got are only mail notices.

 

So July 11 - I called USCIS and the lady on the phone read me the fax number and attn. info for faxing more evidence, I did it on the same day. Still no emails.

July 15 - today - I called them to verify my email address, they said it's correct, and said that it doesn't necessarily come with email. I asked, don't I need to attach the email notice as part of the fax? She said she's not sure...

 

So what can I do now, except for waiting?

 

Not sure if this helps but I never got an email either. Instead I received the fax instructions via USPS about 6 days after the status changed to "request is completed". They do specifically instruct to attach the notice with your fax so I'd give it a couple days in case they sent the notice by snail mail.

[oztousa 50]

16 hours ago, JenniCheng said:

Hi everyone,

 

I called USCIS and also contacted a congressman to expedite my EAD. Here's my timeline:

 

July 10 - Online case status changed to "request is completed"

July 10 - Congressman office forwarded me USCIS email saying they will work on it and will request more evidence.

 

Here's my problem, I never received any emails from USCIS. I mean, from the beginning, even tho I submitted G-1145 form for every case, all I got are only mail notices.

 

So July 11 - I called USCIS and the lady on the phone read me the fax number and attn. info for faxing more evidence, I did it on the same day. Still no emails.

July 15 - today - I called them to verify my email address, they said it's correct, and said that it doesn't necessarily come with email. I asked, don't I need to attach the email notice as part of the fax? She said she's not sure...

 

So what can I do now, except for waiting?

 

Some people get letters requesting the evidence via regular mail rather than an email. 

[oztousa 50]

On 7/13/2019 at 7:08 PM, Mrijex said:

Just received an email (on Saturday?!) with the official approval notice of my expedite request so here to share a successful timeline so far:

 

June 6th: expedite requested (1st time) based on financial loss (I had a job offer in writing)

June 12th: asked to fax evidence

June 13th: faxed job offer and cover letter 

June 18th: received RFIE for birth certificate

June 19th: overnighted birth certificate

June 22nd: called to 're-activate' expedite request

June 26th: received e-mail that expedite was on hold because of missing biometrics, biometrics immediately got scheduled 

July 3rd: Walk in biometrics

July 8th: called to 're-activate' expedite request again (added the category of benefits for the US because the job offer was for a non-profit, unsure if this helped?)

July 13th: Received email that expedite request was approved, status online changed to 'card is being produced'

 

Good luck everybody.

 

Do you mind sharing what team/division you were asked to fax your evidence to?

[Mrijex 23]

22 minutes ago, oztousa said:

Do you mind sharing what team/division you were asked to fax your evidence to?

No problem! Just checked out your timeline in your signature it looks like a carbon copy of mine lol, I hope you hear something soon!

 

USCIS requested me to fax the evidence to Division 5 Team 1

[oztousa 50]

2 minutes ago, Mrijex said:

No problem! Just checked out your timeline in your signature it looks like a carbon copy of mine lol, I hope you hear something soon!

 

USCIS requested me to fax the evidence to Division 5 Team 1

Yeah that's why I was curious haha. I also sent my evidence to Div 5 Tm 1 and on the day your status updated to "Card in Production" my husband got an email saying they anticipated a delay in completing our case due to "workload factors unrelated to your case"... Oh well. I've pretty much given up at this point. 

[Mrijex 23]

12 minutes ago, oztousa said:

Yeah that's why I was curious haha. I also sent my evidence to Div 5 Tm 1 and on the day your status updated to "Card in Production" my husband got an email saying they anticipated a delay in completing our case due to "workload factors unrelated to your case"... Oh well. I've pretty much given up at this point. 

Oh no! I'm sorry that really blows... I don't even know what you would be expected to do in such a situation? The point of an expedite request is that they don't let these 'other factors' delay your process (because regular non-expedited request are already delayed by this!) right? Ughh. Did they tell you how long to wait for or something at least?

[oztousa 50]

27 minutes ago, Mrijex said:

Oh no! I'm sorry that really blows... I don't even know what you would be expected to do in such a situation? The point of an expedite request is that they don't let these 'other factors' delay your process (because regular non-expedited request are already delayed by this!) right? Ughh. Did they tell you how long to wait for or something at least?

Nope. Nothing at all. I've read on here that it could take up to 60 days but I've never actually heard that from immigration directly so who knows. 

[Mrijex 23]

3 minutes ago, oztousa said:

Nope. Nothing at all. I've read on here that it could take up to 60 days but I've never actually heard that from immigration directly so who knows. 

Does the online status under case-history say that the expedite request has been completed? An open ending is maybe even worse than a denial

[JenniCheng 1]

On 7/15/2019 at 4:10 PM, JenniCheng said:

Hi everyone,

 

I called USCIS and also contacted a congressman to expedite my EAD. Here's my timeline:

 

July 10 - Online case status changed to "request is completed"

July 10 - Congressman office forwarded me USCIS email saying they will work on it and will request more evidence.

 

Here's my problem, I never received any emails from USCIS. I mean, from the beginning, even tho I submitted G-1145 form for every case, all I got are only mail notices.

 

So July 11 - I called USCIS and the lady on the phone read me the fax number and attn. info for faxing more evidence, I did it on the same day. Still no emails.

July 15 - today - I called them to verify my email address, they said it's correct, and said that it doesn't necessarily come with email. I asked, don't I need to attach the email notice as part of the fax? She said she's not sure...

 

So what can I do now, except for waiting?

 

So weird, like I mentioned above, On July 10, my case status changed to “your request to have your case expedited was assigned to an officer for response”“we sent a response to your request to have your case expedited”“your request to have your case expedited was completed”

 

And today, July 17, I have these statuses all over again! What's wrong...

[oztousa 50]

1 hour ago, Mrijex said:

Does the online status under case-history say that the expedite request has been completed? An open ending is maybe even worse than a denial

Yes, it's had that history three times now. When they first send me the email requesting evidence, when they sent email confirming they received my fax, and then last Friday when they sent an email saying they were too busy to approve or deny my expedite request (yet they somehow had time to pull my file, verify they don't need any more evidence and send me that email). But as of right now the last update is at "Case was completed". My actual Case Status is still at "Case was Received" 

[oztousa 50]

15 minutes ago, JenniCheng said:

So weird, like I mentioned above, On July 10, my case status changed to “your request to have your case expedited was assigned to an officer for response”“we sent a response to your request to have your case expedited”“your request to have your case expedited was completed”

 

And today, July 17, I have these statuses all over again! What's wrong...

Did you get an email today? or did your case status update at all?

[JenniCheng 1]

10 minutes ago, oztousa said:

Did you get an email today? or did your case status update at all?

I never got ANY emails from them.....from day 1

[Shell0118 1]

On 7/3/2019 at 3:51 PM, Anne_3089 said:

Hi... any updates on your expedited processing???

Hey Anne and everyone here, sorry I was just quite busy these days so I totally forgot to come back here to reply. So GOOD NEWS I RECEIVED MY EAD CARD TODAY AND MY INTERVIEW IS SCHEDULED ON 08/12!

Below is my timeline and feel free to let me know if you have any questions  I'll try my best to help!

 

(Located in MA, USA)

01/18   got married with US Citizen

03/30   AOS package sent out (I-485, I-130, I-765, I-131)

04/08   Case was received; Fingerprint Fee was received 

04/09   text messages received regarding four receipt numbers 

04/16   Biometric appointment letter received (appt scheduled on 04/29)

04/22   RFE letter received

04/27   Response to RFE package sent out

04/29   Biometric appointment done

04/29   USCIS received response to RFE

04/30   Fingerprint review completed

05/20   Reached out to senator's office regarding my expedite request for EAD

05/23   Senator sent out the request on my behalf to USCIS

06/01   Senator sent an email to me, including a letter from NBC saying they received the expedite request and it was routed for expediting process

06/14   old EAD (under F-1 student OPT) expired

06/26    I-485 case is ready to be scheduled for an interview

07/01   reached out to Senator again to ask for help; Senator sent out an inquiry on the same day

07/08   I-485 Interview is scheduled

07/09   Senator sent me USCIS' reply for I-765 saying they were working on this but don't know how long it's gonna take 

07/10   I-765 NEW CARD IS BEING PRODUCED

07/12   CARD WAS MAILED TO ME

07/15   received two notices with one saying they approve my EAD card and the other way saying my interview is scheduled on 8/12

07/17   RECEIVED MY EAD CARD IN MAILBOX

 

It's such a relief to me and I can finally be back for my position in the company I worked before. I hope everything will go well for my interview too  I'll update you guys after my interview and will definitely share my experience on this forum. 

And also fingercross to those who are stilling waiting for their EAD cards, hang on there and please do not give up! Bless all of us here!