Chelleyandaaron

Funny that.

I'm about to have an expired conditional green card extension and an aneurysm. 🙄

I wouldn't worry.  He is cray-tweeting from his throne in the West Wing bathroom again.

We had our GC interview on January 9th at 8.45am.  I got the approval message at 5pm that day and received my Green Card in the mail on January 15th.
 
My medical was March 6th 2017.  I applied for AOS in September 2017.  I was not asked for a new medical.

We had our GC interview on January 9th at 8.45am.  I got the approval message at 5pm that day and received my Green Card in the mail on January 15th.
 
My medical was March 6th 2017.  I applied for AOS in September 2017.  I was not asked for a new medical.

FINALLY!!! Congratulations!!!! I am very happy for you both. Set alerts on your phone for 90 days before your green card expires. That's when your window to file the I-751 opens up.
 
All the best,
 
USC4SPOUSE

As you may know, there are different types of parole. To expedite, you would call the main USCIS number and explain that you are calling to expedite your advance parole application. I would limit it to "humanitarian reasons". Your daughter's illness. I would then present evidence of that when they request it. 
 
The advance parole you would get via Infopass is Emergency Advance parole. You would bring the I-131 application filled out along with the $575 fee. Again, I would limit the reason to humanitarian reasons - your daughter's illness. The criteria is very specific and your father's birthday/financial hardship do not fall under any of the criteria. Including them would take away credibility from your daughter's illness. 
 
I would start by calling USCIS and placing the request to expedite. You may also enlist the help of your Senator. Both are seeking re-election on November 6th. They will be more than happy to help you - I am sure. 
 
Note: the best time to secure an Infopass appointment is right at midnight. I would enlist the help of your husband and use two computers or several computers and phones. Do not use chrome. Use firefox. I am not sure why it works best, but it does. 
 
All the best,
 
USC4SPOUSE

These are the instructions for DACA-based AP, not AP obtained due to a pending I-485 application.

I called USCIS and talked with a Tier 1. I asked for the expedite based on financial loss. After 5 days, I received a letter asking for evidence. I sent my job offer letter and a past due bill from internet services. You have a lot of chances of approval, I know many cases that have been approved.
 

I requested an expedite for EAD last month, and they approved me both EAD and AP.
 
Good luck!

They told me to send it 90-120...I went with 90 since I want my EAD/AP to be valid as long as possible. You would think they handle renewal quicker than original application.
We have been waiting for our green card interview for over a year, so yeah reapplying for what we did is not a top priority and is really a waste of everybody's  time. 
So upsetting they force us to go through this again.

Unfortunately this is the Internet, where there is no shortage of "experts" to tell us how stupid we are, etc.  They often run up high post counts with little or no experience in the actual subject.
 
The best approach is to focus on constructive replies, acknowledge the polite ones, and ignore the rest.
 
On another note we did get our 180 automatic EAD extensions.  They are wonderful examples of bureaucratese.  I'll parse it in more detail when I have time, but I can see why some authorities (e.g. driver licensing) are reluctant to accept them.
 

There is an option to expedite if I can demonstrate that not getting the AP in time would cause financial hardship or humanitarian hardship. I did the math and on top of the cost of the flights ($1600) it would also cost me around $2000 to take unpaid leave to travel when my AP does come through (and the cost of the flights again / so an estimated $5000-$6000 in total. 
My daughter has had some health issues and is likely to take it very badly if I can’t make it for Christmas - it would undoubtedly affect her health / but it would be a lot of hassle to get a doctors letter to that effect. I am hoping that gathering enough evidence will help get it expedited. I wonder how successful others have been / or if anyone else is in a similar situation? I am annoyed that my PD date is nearly two and a half weeks AFTER the date of receipt of my application. This buys USCIS more time. When I applied the first time, processing time was supposed to be 90 days so I was shocked to discover that it is now 4/6 months. I sent my application 5 months and three weeks ahead of my travel date - you would think that should be long enough?
thanks for your feedback. On another forum someone was just downright rude and told me I should have sent it sooner and that I had only given myself four months and that wasn’t enough time. 

don't lose faith there is still more than a month for the EAD to get there.
Maybe give them a call or make an appointment with your office to see if y ou could get a stamp of some sort?

Just an update that now the physical examination report won't expire for 2 years.

My interview is 11/28/18!

That DMV's story goes something like this. It has a track. That makes it a popular spot to do your practical/road test. My husband wanted to be well prepared for the road test, and looked up youtube videos - just to see the sequence of what they make do and mistakes people make, etc. Well, sure enough, he found videos of a former Eagan DMV employee sharing all the atrocities they say about immigrants behind the counter. "I bet this car smells like GOAT TACO, too". Yes, you heard that right. I believe it. I don't think that was just a disgruntled employee. And if it means anything, they were arguing over who would proctor my husband's test. You could tell they wanted to ride in our car.
 
It must have also been the first time they had an openly gay couple because they got his sex/gender wrong on the driver's license. So that's the reason we went to Lake street; to get that changed. By then, my husband had already gotten his EAD, so we showed that and they updated the expiration date. 
I would say go to the Lake Street DMV and have them extend the expiration date. Again, yes, the area looks eclectic but it's all working folks who are minding their business. Alina Health has corporate offices in that building. Believe me, it's fine. You have to pay for parking, of course. The machine accepts credit cards or at least $1.25 in coins. We personally don't like swiping our cards and trusting the city's cyber security measures. Look for the gentleman who looks Persian. He is actually Brasilian. He might look latino to you. The lady at counter looks Caucasian, wears glasses but speaks clear and fluent English, as well as Spanish with a Venezuelan accent. She took us to the gentleman. She figured he would know. And he did.
 
Make sure to sample the food at Midtown Global Market while you are there. 
 
 

We saw this on the old website and it nearly gave me a heart attack.  We created an account on USCIS "My Account" and it started giving us more reliable updates.  However, it still doesn't say anything about our interview being scheduled.

Yes, I have the same problem for couple months, and it changed after they scheduled my interview.

I sent mine last Friday (27th of July) and I received two text messages at night: one at midnight on 1st of August on Wednesday, and another the morning of the 2nd of August. I have yet to receive the paper notifications (it is the 3rd of August now, so that makes sense). I sent it with USPS to the lockbox again as they said, and I got notice of receipt on Monday, so it took another 2 days for them to actually open the packages.
It's possible that they did not use that G145, and you are still waiting.
But I would definitely double check to see if you sent it to the Lockbox as you should have. It is not done by your local office

I sent mine in May 2018 for renew. And I got receipt in 2 weeks.. and In that receipt it says that we have received your application and working on it . Also mention about extension of old ead for 180 days if u don’t get new ead on time. And the. After  a week I got another notice saying we are using ur old biometrtic information. Then after two weeks from this receipt I checked online it says your fingerprint review was completed. Now I m just waiting to get approve and receive and also waiting for interview for I-465.
 
PD DATE 11 sept 2017
Got EAD on 26 November 2017. 
 

Glad I found this thread folks!  We filed for AOS in September 2017.  I guess with the current number of cases (over 5000?) and the current rate of processing, I might need my grave before I get my Green Card!
 

Phewww so I dont need to worry about doing another medical then, thanks for confirming!

Actually, I stand corrected. This is from the I-693 instructions. Page 7/12. Per the instructions, you satisfied the requirements. You submitted the exam from the UK AND a I-693, all within a year of filing your I-485.
 

 
I knew I had seen those provisions somewhere and had not been able to find them. I think you're fine. Kuddos for staying on top of it. You may just have to show proof of your yearly flu shot. I would have that handy at the interview, and provide it if asked, but wouldn't make a case of it. I apologize for ALMOST misinforming you there. 
 
All the best. 

Hi everyone.  Thought I would join this conversation after reading through it.  My husband immigrated from Canada in May of 2017 and we applied for AOS in June.  We got his EAD/AP combo card at the beginning of November.  Looking at the Minneapolis processing times, we are buckling in for a long wait for the green card.  :/
 
Do any of you have international travel plans?  I was awarded a grant to study in Europe for a month this summer and I would like my husband to come with me for half that time (so he would be out of the United States for 2 1/2 weeks).  We hadn't planned on doing any international travel until he received his green card, but my grant has to be used this summer, and we find it highly unlikely that my husband will have his green card by then.  I could go by myself, but we don't want to spend a month apart.  Thoughts/advice?