EAD expedite/processing times

[sjfoley1 11]

Hi all, I know things at USCIS are still a bit of a mess due to COVID. We had originally applied for AOS for my husband in 9/2019, which was denied due to a birth certificate error on our part, and we reapplied 3/2020. They utilized his previous biometrics and we received the courtesy letter about needing his medical exam. Our processing center is NBC for his EAD and until about 2 weeks ago the processing time was on target for 6-7 months and they were processing applications from 2/2020. Suddenly the processing time has now jumped to years and it says they are processing apps from 08/2017. I know this has happened with other processing centers from posts I have seen on facebook. Are we really going to have to wait 2-3 years now for his EAD? My husband has been out of work since August 2018 when he came and stayed in the US with me through December 2018.

 

He returned to Canada with every intention of getting a new job, saving up and having a more "normal" progression of our relationship, eventually getting married. Well, he applied for jobs for 2 months, never getting anything despite having a solid work history aside from the few months he was in the US with me. We decided he would come and visit again for a few months over the summer and about a month into his stay he found out he would no longer have a place to live if he returned to Canada. We made the decision to get married and apply for AOS so he could stay in the US.

 

So, it's been 2 years since he has been able to work and he's going a bit stir-crazy with nothing to do all day (I'm a nurse manager with a crazy schedule) and he is really itching to get back to work and help provide for us. I make a decent amount of money, but covering everything for both of us has definitely stretched things thin. I know it's difficult to get an EAD expedited on financial hardship alone and that it's more likely to go through if there's also a job offer - can he have a job offer from anywhere, even if it's from the grocery store down the road until he finds something better? Are they picky about what kind of job it is, or does it just have to be "a job"?

[geowrian 22,336]

You can request an expedite with any job offer. What they will approve is considered on a a case by case basis based on the evidence in front of them.

No harm requesting an expedite based on a job offer.