I*765 Taking A Long Time To Process

[KK_Shanks 18]

Mailed in I-765 - Jan 20

USCIS received - Mar 3 (I have no idea why it took so long to recieve it)

Case reviewed- Mar 25

 

Current status says application is under review with expected decision in 3 months. 

 

This seems out of the ordinary with a lot of others getting there EAD within a month of mailing it in.  

 

Is anyone else getting a similar estimate of time to get a decision.  

 

Edited April 7 by KK_Shanks

[OldUser 10,392]

One month approvals? These must be rare cases. EADs take 6-9 months easily

[MalloryCat 801]

ours is the same

had biometrics march 18th

been at "case is under review" since

 

with the current administration im sure USCIS has received even more cases and has caused a significant delay, unfortunately you can't really rely on the estimate, it is pretty inaccurate. 

[OldUser 10,392]

25 minutes ago, KK_Shanks said:

Current status says application is under review with expected decision in 3 months. 

 

 

Same estimate said 3 weeks until decision for me on day of my oath.

Same estimate said 7 months until decision on day @Edward and Jaycel had EAD in hand.

 

Back in the days my EAD took 5.5 months and it was the norm

Edited April 7 by OldUser

[KK_Shanks 18]

5 minutes ago, OldUser said:

One month approvals? These must be rare cases. EADs take 6-9 months easily

Not sure where you are getting your 6-9 months from and I certainly didnt make up my numbers. I was looking through the link below and there are plenty of cases where the timeline is a month or close to. In fact the first couple of pages are mostly around a month from filed to approved. I'm 3 and a half months since I filed and its still estimated 3 months left till decision. 

 

I do know that the estimate is just that and not overly reliable, but I'm asking if others are getting the same indication of time, not if it is accurate or not.  

 

https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/eadlist.php?cfl=&op1=app&op2=&op3=&op4=1&op5=4,7,11,12&op6=&op8=All

 

 

[appleblossom 4,893]

10 minutes ago, KK_Shanks said:

Not sure where you are getting your 6-9 months from and I certainly didnt make up my numbers. I was looking through the link below and there are plenty of cases where the timeline is a month or close to. In fact the first couple of pages are mostly around a month from filed to approved. I'm 3 and a half months since I filed and its still estimated 3 months left till decision. 

 

I do know that the estimate is just that and not overly reliable, but I'm asking if others are getting the same indication of time, not if it is accurate or not.  

 

https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/eadlist.php?cfl=&op1=app&op2=&op3=&op4=1&op5=4,7,11,12&op6=&op8=All

 

 

 

They’ll all vary hugely depending on the category they’ve applied under, and where. Best thing to do is look at the USCIS processing times page which will give you a much better idea for your specific case type/service centre - https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/

 

Good luck. 

[2022 8]

On 4/7/2025 at 8:20 AM, KK_Shanks said:

Not sure where you are getting your 6-9 months from and I certainly didnt make up my numbers. I was looking through the link below and there are plenty of cases where the timeline is a month or close to. In fact the first couple of pages are mostly around a month from filed to approved. I'm 3 and a half months since I filed and its still estimated 3 months left till decision. 

 

I do know that the estimate is just that and not overly reliable, but I'm asking if others are getting the same indication of time, not if it is accurate or not.  

 

https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/eadlist.php?cfl=&op1=app&op2=&op3=&op4=1&op5=4,7,11,12&op6=&op8=All

 

 

 

Hi, I'm now in a similar situation. 

 

What happened in your case? Did you do anything to get your card faster or just wait it out till it came in the mail??

[KK_Shanks 18]

3 minutes ago, 2022 said:

 

Hi, I'm now in a similar situation. 

 

What happened in your case? Did you do anything to get your card faster or just wait it out till it came in the mail??

Once they finally acknowledged receipt of the application on 3rd March, I recieved approval on 30th April and the card turned up in the mail on the 9th May.

Thats 8 weeks from USCIS recieving the application to approval.

 

[TBoneTX 47,923]

Situation is resolved happily, so this thread is now closed.  Congratulations on the approval!