EAD Expedite via Congressman--Timeline after first response?

[tiantian2 18]

Hi guys, I requested expedite through congressman recently based on financial loss. Could anyone who also chose this route share some experience about the timeline? 

Below is what I have so far:

Day 1: Congressman submitted request

Day 5 (the 3rd business day): Congressman forwarded USCIS reply: 

"We have requested the file and it will be reviewed by an officer once we receive the file.  Your constituent should receive a decision or notice of other action within 30 days of the date of this notice."

Then what? Have you received similar message? How many days after that did you get any progress?

[Cyberfx1024 7,978]

18 minutes ago, tiantian2 said:

Hi guys, I requested expedite through congressman recently based on financial loss. Could anyone who also chose this route share some experience about the timeline? 

Below is what I have so far:

Day 1: Congressman submitted request

Day 5 (the 3rd business day): Congressman forwarded USCIS reply: 

"We have requested the file and it will be reviewed by an officer once we receive the file.  Your constituent should receive a decision or notice of other action within 30 days of the date of this notice."

Then what? Have you received similar message? How many days after that did you get any progress?

My question to you is why would you expedite through a Congressman for only so called financial loss? You literally went from 0-10 without going through the steps in between. 

[tiantian2 18]

Just now, Cyberfx1024 said:

My question to you is why would you expedite through a Congressman for only so called financial loss? You literally went from 0-10 without going through the steps in between. 

Hi, could you explain a bit further? What do you mean by "the steps in between"?

[Cyberfx1024 7,978]

1 minute ago, tiantian2 said:

Hi, could you explain a bit further? What do you mean by "the steps in between"?

You could have called the NVC directly and tried to have it expedited that way instead of going directly through to a Congressman. 

[tiantian2 18]

Just now, Cyberfx1024 said:

You could have called the NVC directly and tried to have it expedited that way instead of going directly through to a Congressman. 

OK, I saw what you mean. I originally was planning the phone call route, thinking I have two months to sort this out. Then one day unexpectedly, I got boss pressuring me to get it immediately coz he can't stand the potential uncertainty. Plus ongoing medical treatments and bills. I got really scared and called local congressman, and his office was more than encouraging, they suggest I act immediately, and took my request and submitted right after. 

[Nouchigang 200]

 

Read this post it has all the steps you are looking for and very good info

[Cheschirecat 176]

11 hours ago, tiantian2 said:

OK, I saw what you mean. I originally was planning the phone call route, thinking I have two months to sort this out. Then one day unexpectedly, I got boss pressuring me to get it immediately coz he can't stand the potential uncertainty. Plus ongoing medical treatments and bills. I got really scared and called local congressman, and his office was more than encouraging, they suggest I act immediately, and took my request and submitted right after. 

If it is working the way you did it and the congressman was eager to help then congrats! Good Luck! 

[Pitaya 2,576]

On 6/5/2019 at 5:36 PM, tiantian2 said:

Hi guys, I requested expedite through congressman recently based on financial loss. Could anyone who also chose this route share some experience about the timeline? 

Below is what I have so far:

Day 1: Congressman submitted request

Day 5 (the 3rd business day): Congressman forwarded USCIS reply: 

"We have requested the file and it will be reviewed by an officer once we receive the file.  Your constituent should receive a decision or notice of other action within 30 days of the date of this notice."

Then what? Have you received similar message? How many days after that did you get any progress?

Believe that the response you note on your Day 5 is the same canned response from USCIS that everyone gets. 

[debbiedoo 2,339]

without a concrete job offer, it is unlikely to be expedited.  ours was approved within 3 weeks of the initial call but we had a job offer in hand.

[tiantian2 18]

12 hours ago, debbiedoo said:

without a concrete job offer, it is unlikely to be expedited.  ours was approved within 3 weeks of the initial call but we had a job offer in hand.

Thanks for your reply! I did have the job offer and other bills all submitted via congressman. In your case, did the senator help out in any way?

[debbiedoo 2,339]

7 hours ago, tiantian2 said:

Thanks for your reply! I did have the job offer and other bills all submitted via congressman. In your case, did the senator help out in any way?

I dont know if it made a difference or not. other than the initial correspondence we had with them to submit it/help expedite, we havent heard from them. 

[zindagi123 0]

On 6/5/2019 at 8:36 PM, tiantian2 said:

Hi guys, I requested expedite through congressman recently based on financial loss. Could anyone who also chose this route share some experience about the timeline? 

Below is what I have so far:

Day 1: Congressman submitted request

Day 5 (the 3rd business day): Congressman forwarded USCIS reply: 

"We have requested the file and it will be reviewed by an officer once we receive the file.  Your constituent should receive a decision or notice of other action within 30 days of the date of this notice."

Then what? Have you received similar message? How many days after that did you get any progress?

Hi - I am in a similar situation. My congressman replied with the same update. Did you receive a decision on your expedite in 30 days?

[Ontarkie 13,915]

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