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1 minute ago, HRQX said:

What matters is that Form I-765 was properly filed on time. The priority date for Form I-765 will not change.

I hope so! I will ship my I-131 application on next business day and see what happens. Thank you.

Thank you for your reply. My main concern is to get a combined card with the priority date of my new I-131 application not the priority date for my current I-765 application. This will cause I receive the new card later than the 6 month auto extension period of my current card and I may loose my authorization to work for several months!

Hi everyone. My I-485 application for Green Card based on marriage to a US citizen is pending and my combo EAD and Advance Parole card is about to expire in a few weeks. I submitted my EAD renewal application without I-131 form about 3 months ago. I only submitted I-765 and I did not know that I-131 will be required at that time. Today I noticed that submitting the I-131 form is necessary to renew a combo card and I'm going to submit it as soon as possible. My question is how this will effect the priority date for my EAD renewal application? Will I receive a combo card or two separate cards? If I receive a combo card will it be based on the priority date of my initial I-765 application or this later I-131? I appreciate any information or experience you can share with me about this case. 

On 11/9/2020 at 6:38 AM, JulienR said:

Interview October 28. Approved October 29. Card sent November 3. Card received November 6.

Overall it took 9 months, not bad considering it was delayed by the pandemic.

Would you please briefly explain what documents they asked for and what questions they asked?

6 minutes ago, GRASGM said:

Hey EAD filers,

I''d love to get some thoughts on how I might best proceed with my case based on the experiences people have had recently expediting their requests. I've outlined my situation below:

I chatted last week with a USCIS agent about expediting my EAD request based on financial hardship and they have requested further evidence to be faxed -- For context, my husband has gone from earning a very good salary that could comfortably support us both to now being signed on to the $400/week Covid unemployment 'stimulus' allowance. He is a contract worker and his job got shut down in March and has not restarted. I appreciate this situation of relying on the government's Covid stimulus package for income is not uncommon for many people right now! We are now struggling to make ends meet in the way that we were once able to. Whereas I do not have a written job offer from a company ready to employ me, I am a designer and could easily get work as a freelancer if I had my EAD. I mention this as I see a lot of people who have recently been approved for an expedited request have all had written job offers to support their case.

Secondly, there is a chance that my husband's contract work *may* get restarted at the end of September. Whilst this is good news for sure, as it would mean we would no longer rely on the unemployment stimulus for income, this would end this period of financial hardship and therefore not support my case for expedited processing. The KEY issue is: my husband's contract is in New York (we live in LA). He works within the film industry and there are extremely strict Covid precaution guidelines to restart movie filming, which mean that I would not be allowed to travel to New York. The close proximity of crew and actors mean that he has to quarantine for the duration of the production and have no visitors. This would mean that I stay alone in LA for several months, unable to work, unable to drive (as in California, I need an EAD to get my Driver's license), and we would enter new financial hardship where I would be unable to support myself without being employed, both financially and have no mobility. 

I would value any input or advice anyone may have on how they think I should progress my request and evidence to provide? Should I lead with our current situation, relying on the Covid stimulus, but me not having a job offer? Is that a strong case? OR should I mention in advance that my husband's work is about to restart and due to me not being able to accompany him due to Covid, I will need to begin work to financially support myself while he is gone, as well as being able to get a driver's license. 

Thanks in advance, sorry about the long post! 

We tried to expedite my wife’s EAD based on financial hardship because I lost my job and I’m receiving unemployment benefit payment, also a letter from an employer that interviewed my wife and stated that they are interested in hiring her when she receives her work permit, and the result was they rejected our expedite request. It looks the chance of getting approved will reduce to minimum when you don’t provide an official job offer with your request.

47 minutes ago, SJ2020 said:

My AP status online never changed since "Case was Approved" (didn't even reflect fingerprints taken etc) but I received an EAD card which says on the bottom "SERVES AS I-512 ADVANCE PAROLE". I believe if you applied for both you should also receive them together even if AP hasn't updated online. I hope this makes sense.

That makes sense. Thank you 

On 8/22/2020 at 9:32 PM, SJ2020 said:

7/7 EAD/AP Approved 

Did you receive the update for your AP case on same day? Today my i765 case changed to "we ordered your new card" but there is no any update on my i131 (AP).

13 minutes ago, Bars&Saqi said:

Hey we have very similar timelines, but we applied for AOS from K1 for my husband.

We applied January 15th, 2020 and did biometrics February 4th, 2020.

Case is ready to be scheduled for interview since mid-March

I wish you get some good news soon. We are still waiting for my wife's EAD and it's already been about 2.5 months later than other people here and we are very disappointed. I wish at least the green card processing goes a little faster. please keep us updated here.

Hi everyone. My wife got a job offer today which is lower than the market rate and she don't want to accept it. my question is can we use this job offer to expedite her EAD process while she is going to reject the offer? Will USCIS officer check with the job offer issuer employer? 

5 minutes ago, Montrealy said:

So I finally got the expedite approved (almost 2 weeks since I asked for it). How long does the next step (approval of the EAD) usually take now? 

Congrats! Was your request base on financial loose and job offer or other categories?

7 hours ago, Montrealy said:

Anyone from January still didn’t get their EAD/AP?

We are still waiting for my wife's EAD/AP. The NOA date for her I-765 was 1/6/2020 and the case will be Outside Normal Processing Time (6.5 months) in a few days and we will file for a Outside Normal Processing Time case . Also we requested to expedite processing EAD on 6/23/2020 but we haven't received any response yet. 

7 hours ago, Montrealy said:

Does anyone here have a filing date of 1/16 or earlier and didn’t get approved yet for EAD/AP? I see a lot of people with later dates have. Is this something to worry about or just business as usual, that things progress like this?

My filing date was 1/4/2020 and my EAD/AP is still pending and we are very concerned about it.  It’s still not too late for your filing date I think 

Is anybody here still waiting for EAD approval without receiving any RFIE? I’m 1/4/2020 filer and haven’t received any updates after my fingerprints done in February. The cases that applied 2 weeks after me are getting their EAD approved this week. I want to see if there is anybody in same situation from December filers?

2 minutes ago, minails said:

Same. Filed Jan 20. Fingerprints Feb 21. No update since Mar 5. 

All the cases I checked here in visajourney timelines got approved for EAD in 146-152 days from the day that they applied. You are on day 148 and it’s still not late for you

My NOA date was 1/6/2020 but I haven’t received any updates after the fingerprints update on 2/3/2020 and my EAD, AP is still pending. I tried to file out of date cace but it says up to 8 months wait time is normal. Is there anyone else that applied on December or early January with pending EAD, AP? And is there a way to get the updated status of the case? 

15 minutes ago, Wilson & Hannah said:

I just checked again and just received “Case is ready to be scheduled for an interview”! I guess I’m a bit behind, haha.. that RFIE set me back a bit.

 

anyone know how long the average waiting times are for the actual interview?

 

xx

Good news that your I-765, I-131 got approved. Congrats! 

Actual interviews wait time is different for each local field office and it depends on the number of similar cases that they are processing, but I heard they putting green card requests on hold for a while to focus on naturalization cases. you can read about it here.

5 hours ago, Kells427 said:

Got notification of my husbands work authorization (I-765) today that the card is being produced. 

Good News! How is his timeline? when did you ship the package?

On 4/17/2020 at 8:54 AM, Snut31 said:

UPDATE: My I-765 is being produced!!! 

Good news! Thank you for sharing the update.

53 minutes ago, DVT said:

Thank you! That's great to know since I can also churn credit card sign up bonuses and earn cashback to offset the cost of all these forms. Is it possible to pay all the forms with a credit card?

Yes It's possible, even you can pay fees for different applications with different credit cards.

1 hour ago, DVT said:

Thank you! These are the forms I have saved so far. I will be attempting to fill these out when I have time later this week. Please let me know if I may be missing anything else. 

 

You also have option to pay the fees by credit card and that requires form G-1450

Hi Seattle filers. We applied for AOS from B2 visa for my wife. Following is her timeline. 

Jan/4/2020 - Mailed package to Chicago lockbox

Jan/6/2020 - Package received in Chicago

Feb/3/2020 - Biometrics Done

Me and my Canadian wife also sent her AOS package on Saturday 01/04/2020. We are preparing for longest wait time because Seattle office which is our regional office has slowest processing times for all immigration cases in the country. 

Me and my Canadian wife also sent her AOS package on Saturday 01/04/2020. We are preparing for longest wait time because Seattle office which is our regional office has slowest processing times for all immigration cases in the country. 

1 hour ago, kylat4n said:

Mine as now it says estimated completion time 2 months  January 2020

but estimated wait time 18 days.

I am wondering whether I will get my scheduled for interview when my wait time going down to 0 day. 
I know they give you 1 month in advance till interview dated.
 

was your estimated completion time December 2019?  Did you get your notifications for interview after your wait time down to 0 day?

thank you again

I already received my interview notice for interview at December first week. In my case I received the notice in my online account after about a weeks from the day that my counter became zero. During that weeks it was showing we are taking longer than expected to process your case message.

Does anyone have any current information about oath ceremony times in Seattle field office? I have 12:30pm interview and I want to know is it possible that I have oath ceremony on same day or not.