Work permit

[narayan333 0]

Hello everyone, my wife came in k-1 visa and we got married and all that good stuff. We filled for green card and work permit together. She did her fingerprint on may 14th. I still haven’t heard anything from uscis after that and the lawyer isn’t that helpful. The screen is stuck on “show fingerprint has been taken”. The people who did it days after her already got their work permit but we haven’t gotten any yet. Does anyone know why this is happening? The uscis website keep telling fingerprint taken but nothing else 

[Edward and Jaycel 1,797]

Does her receipt number begin with IOE or MSC?

[narayan333 0]

Starts with msc. Does that come into play? Is that a problem? 

Edited June 14 by narayan333

[Edward and Jaycel 1,797]

I though it might because of the status showing “show fingerprint has been taken”. For whatever reason, and this is not set in stone or an absolute truth, all the reading and researching I have been doing since starting this journey shows that MSC cases seem to take a bit longer than IOE. Like I said, a lot of this is anecdotal and from reading other's accounts of their timelines. Don't sweat it too much, it will happen soon enough!  

[P055UM 316]

9 hours ago, narayan333 said:

The people who did it days after her already got their work permit but we haven’t gotten any yet.

Frustrating as it is, they don’t processes stuff on a first come, first served basis. I know it feels like they should, but they just don’t. It will happen soon enough. Good luck!  

[Boiler 47,277]

You do see odd cases where EAD is approved very quickly, but do not think it is normal.

[OldUser 9,517]

2 hours ago, Boiler said:

You do see odd cases where EAD is approved very quickly, but do not think it is normal.

Agreed, EADs take 3-9 months. It's rare to see EAD issued within a month of filing.

[narayan333 0]

Man I am just frustrated as heck. I haven’t heard anything about it. I did an inquiry and I haven’t heard anything from that too..

[appleblossom 4,216]

9 minutes ago, narayan333 said:

Man I am just frustrated as heck. I haven’t heard anything about it. I did an inquiry and I haven’t heard anything from that too..

 

Not sure when you applied but check current processing times here - https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/

 

And then scroll down the page to the 'Get Inquiry Date' and you can put the date in and see when you will be outside of normal processing times and can send an inquiry. If you've sent it before that date then that's why they won't have responded. 

[narayan333 0]

I did check it said 3.5months and it’s been 4months so we did inquiries but I haven’t heard back from that too. It went to nbc

[appleblossom 4,216]

4 minutes ago, narayan333 said:

I did check it said 3.5months and it’s been 4months so we did inquiries but I haven’t heard back from that too. It went to nbc

 

If you applied 4 months ago and quoted processing times are 3.5 months then I wouldn't think you'd be outside of normal processing times yet (remember the 3.5 months is only for 80% of cases). You need to put the date it in at the bottom of the page and it will tell you exactly when you can inquire.

[narayan333 0]

Hmmm cause my lawyer said he sent in inquiries. I tried to talk to agent online but they said they can’t give me any info 

[appleblossom 4,216]

4 minutes ago, narayan333 said:

Hmmm cause my lawyer said he sent in inquiries. I tried to talk to agent online but they said they can’t give me any info 

 

He may have done but if it was before the date given on the link above, it'll usually just be ignored. What date do you get on there?

[narayan333 0]

It says August 

[appleblossom 4,216]

1 minute ago, narayan333 said:

It says August 

 

OK. Hopefully it will arrive before then, but if not you can inquire on the date given. 

 

Good luck.