i-765 i-485 Expedite

[Londonbroil 0]

Just a little about my situation. I have lived here for 21 years ironically and am going through all of this all over again. I have an attorney who has been paid in full! (bad move) and will do nothing. I have had documentation in the system since August of 2016,

 

I-130 - Approved 1-26-2018

I-765 and I-485 filed concurrently. Receipt date 3/23

I-485 ready to schedule interview 6/5 nothing since

 

I requested that my I-765 be expedited on 6/22 100 days into the process due to financial circumstances which involved my husband having a major accident in his Semi. Sent all of the docs, to both my local senator and USCIS on 6/22 Had a job offer which was retracted due to time unknown time restraints which was originally 90 days! 

 

I need some help and advice here. My husband and I were interviewed last November in Orlando, and approved for I-130. Can I take my I-765 and I-485 and expedite through an info pass interview and plead my case. I feel it would be better face to face vs talking over the phone to be told what we can already see online. Any advice would be truly appreciated. 

[Roel 7,192]

They won't do anything like that on appointment. 

 

You said you requested expedite  ..5 days ago? You need to wait longer than that for an answer.  

[Mollie09 1,543]

Why didn't you apply for I-130 and I-485 concurrently?

Agree with @Roel, 5 days is definitely not long enough to hear back, and it hasn't been 90 days in a long time.

[Londonbroil 0]

I only expedited the I-765 and to be honest I followed the direction of my immigration attorney so I'm not really sure why the I-130 was not filed concurrently. I do know when we went for that interview I was glad I had my documents as my attorney did not!  I was more concerned when I saw the change in times for Orlando that went up to as far as 19 months out was the reason why I asked if expediting the I-485  Thank you for the advice though it is really appreciated.  Just feeling a bit lost trying to figure things out right now. 

[Boiler 44,878]

You have been here 21 years?

 

And now need an expedite?

 

Under what status?

[Londonbroil 0]

Hi Boiler good question I was married for 14 years of that. I got divorced and in fact left the country and came back in in 2008 with no problems. I remarried in 2010 and it was in 2012 I found out that they had a deportation order for me. It transpired that USCIS had failed to send any notifications and the judge dismissed it and revoked that. So that's why I am back to square one. With starting the whole process again. 

[Boiler 44,878]

So you had a GC and were deemed to have abandoned it?

[Londonbroil 0]

I didn't renew my green card correct,  I had moved USCIS were aware of my change of address, so yes I believe that would be correct that I appeared to have abandoned it. The immigration judge did not see it worthy of pursuing a deportation considering I have lived here so long and there were more pressing issues at hand. I entered legally and was given the right by the judge to apply for the appropriate I-765 and I-495 

[NancyLyz 58]

This sounds complicated. For the incompetent attorney, you can always file a complaint to the State BAR association or State's lawyer discipline agency. It's probably not the most urgent issue you need to deal with now tho.

 

Your I-765 is processed at National Benefit Center since you're filing adjustment of status thru marriage, which takes 4-6 months without expeditions (based on USCIS processing timelines). Your receipt date (which I assume is the Priority Date) is 3/23, then you should expect to receive your EAD between 7/23 and 9/24. For an expedition request, USCIS does not provide a certain timeline. From posts I've read about and my own experience, it can take anywhere from 3-4 weeks to 2 months. My own EAD expedition got approved exactly at 1 month mark after I submitted the expedition request on 5/25. You should get a response from USCIS anytime soon (within a week). Please be patient with them since they don't guarantee anything about expedition requests...

 

If you just need to work and to travel, I think you don't need to expedite your I-485 case yet. It's always easier to just expedite EAD instead of the entire case.

 

Best of luck!

 

 

[Londonbroil 0]

Thank you NancyLyz I appreciate your feedback. I just don't understand why the attorney didn't submit the I-131 so I could travel when I receive the EAD, it baffles me and from what I've read even if I do put one in now I could wait 4-6 months for that also. :-)