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    January 2019 - AOS Filers (merged)

    in Adjustment of Status Case Filing and Progress Reports

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    32 minutes ago, nikki1992 said:

    Thanks for sharing!

     

    How long after you submitted evidence did you hear anything? Is there a way to track the status of the expedite? I submitted my evidence for expedite on Wednesday (22nd May), but haven’t heard whether they received the evidence yet. Did you get any notification like that or nothing until it was approved?

    So it was around 9 working days before I heard anything back and that was only the approval. I didn’t have anything on the case tracker app/USCIS case track site to suggest my case was being considered or anything so I was quite surprised to click on and see an approval yesterday. As far as I know there’s no way to even track the progress of the expedite either. 

     

    If you posted your evidence on Wednesday I would imagine you should hear back around the 1st week of June (judging by my timescale). I really hope it is good news for you - the entire process is so hard and exhausting. 

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    January 2019 - AOS Filers (merged)

    in Adjustment of Status Case Filing and Progress Reports

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    Hey! I’ve been somewhat of a silent reader here and thought I’d share my experience, in case it might help anyone in any way. 

     

    I filed for an AOS in January, after arriving to US & getting married in November. After a lengthy wait (and reading everyone’s experiences) I realised I wasn’t going to hear anything back anytime soon. My processing time is 120 days today since my NOA1. I searched the internet for some guidance and reasoning on why some people were getting responses so quickly, as it simply defied logic. 

     

    A lot of people had mentioned expedites and I still struggled to trust that this was working for everyone after reading the USCIS expedite requirements. I kept asking myself surely everyone is suffering financial loss to some extent, so how are some people getting priority over others? A lot of articles seemed to dissuade people from filing for an expedite, stressing approvals were like hens teeth. 

     

    After weighing up the options I figured I had nothing to lose by applying for an expedite. I called USCIS and explained my situation, and highlighted that I’m no more special than anyone else but I was struggling in a variety of ways. I didn’t have a job offer because I hadn’t formally applied for anything, as most applications ask about rights to work in the US from the offset. The lady I spoke to on the phone was extremely empathetic and submitted an expedite request for me. Several days later I got a letter in the post asking me for some further evidence as the request had been submitted under financial hardship. 

     

    I responded to this on May 12th and faxed through a cover letter outlining my case. I tried my best to just appeal to the officer dealing with my case, and expressed how long I had already been waiting and how the delay was causing a lot of pressure. I tried to again stress that I wasn’t any more special than anyone else, and I fully understand that via my affadavit of support we outlined that we were prepared to deal with a period of unemployment. I kind of just wanted to get my case in front of someone for consideration at least. 

     

    Fortunately my case was approved for my EAD yesterday, so around 9 working days after I filed for the expedite. 

     

    I really hope this helps some people who are on the fence about filing for expedites. I’m really not a fan of the whole ‘screw you me first’ culture this process is accommodating, however I truly feel like this is the only way to deal with the flawed system. 

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