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Well this is weird, I received the physical copy of the 48-month extension, but do not see any digital copies online. Feeling somewhat relieved nonetheless. Hoping to get the access code letter and biometrics letter soon. 

Well this is weird, I received the physical copy of the 48-month extension, but do not see any digital copies online. Feeling somewhat relieved nonetheless. Hoping to get the access code letter and biometrics letter soon. 

Personal checks are always preferred for this reason. 
 
For all filers in Jan 2024 who are yet to submit their I-751: pay with personal check! Credit cards often get declined as fradulent charge and cashiers checks cannot be tracked.

Good to know thanks! Mine was to Arizona actually. Fingers crossed and will update if I get anything! Did you get a digital letter on myUSCIS?

People are getting copies of digital letters in their USCIS accounts. I doubt many filers from Jan 2024 received physical extension letters yet!

NOA on 4-5 days? Really? The USPS part alone can take 4-5 days to deliver letter from USCIS to your address.
 
When I submitted mine it took like 6 weeks to receive NOA by mail.
 
Also, were you trying to send a message in January 2024 thread?
 
 

It was exactly the same for me today! Approved on the spot after a 20-minute interview. The agent was serious and to the point until he told us we were approved and would get our card in a week or 2. Then he became very friendly and started chatting with us about the fact that we traveled a lot (we had provided the flight tickets of the 40 occasions on which we had met before our wedding. We love travelling😊) etc… And our status changes to « card being produced » as we went out of the office! 

Got the EAD now, just after my post of desperation! Relieved. Hope the same relief goes out to everyone else who hasn't received it, the struggle is real!

YES! The EAD status was updated to producing card. OMG, I have been getting worried that the biometrics went wrong, since they had so much trouble getting my fingerprints. I'm one of those people that always has trouble with getting viable fingerprints. I'm gonna go get some ice cream, this requires celebrating.

Hello again!
 
We just got our EAD approved but no change in ready to be scheduled part.
 
But I heard EAD expiration date for recent ones are 2 years so hopefully that's the case!
 
Have a great weekend guys!

My case is now showing that I’m scheduled for an interview since today! Haven’t received the official letter yet, should arrive very soon.
my bio took place on August 5th 
case ready to be scheduled for an interview approx. 1week later

Thanks, we just waited the 80 min for an agent and seems like we have to wait until Monday or Tuesday to get a call back for an emergency interview.  So sadly "emergency" in USCIS means about a week or two.  IDK if it will be possible to even go by then. 

1 month has gone by since we put in an expedite request, and still no bios appointment.
 
Is anyone else still waiting for their bios appointment as well?  Its starting to feel like we have been left behind.

Hey, did you get any update saying your finger print has been taken? 
 
After my biometrics yesterday my case status changed to "Case is being actively reviewed."
 
This might mean that things are pretty close for me at this point. 

Thank you, we were surprised as well! I did not request any expedites

Yes, I was scheduled for an interview: 

Update again, completely unexpected but: 
04/05/2021 Refiled EAD for missing signature. Case was received.
06/03/2021 Biometrics letter received
07/02/2021 Biometrics done!
07/03/2021 Case status changed to "Case Is Being Actively Reviewed By USCIS" 
07/16/2021 Interview scheduled for 08/13/2021

So the first thing you need to do is find out who is your representative, use this tool:  https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative.  after you find your representative , you should be linked to the representative website where you'll be able to fill up a congressional form that will be  forwarded to one of  the congressperson staffers who usually manages those kind of  external agencies affairs, it'll be under the discretion of that person to approve your congressperson expedite request form or not, is for this sole reason that you have to write down a very compelling reason why you're requesting the expedite. i.e.: you're under financial stress and got a job offer etc.  (write down an essay style with over 300 words explaining the reason). this form is pretty straightforward. 
 
in my case the congresswoman reached back  and request documents to back up my claim, so i prepared a dissertation type document  that proved that we are under financial stress.
 
this document included all my bills (with highlighted expenditures) , the job offer and at the end I created an excel sheet with my total expenses and my total income (I took a 3 months sample) showing that in fact i was in negatives, you don't have to do all of this, i did it all  cause my  congresswoman requested it to play it safe to the USCIS, it all depends. some people just submit the form to their congressperson and they submit the same one to the USCIS and they get approved, etc

I sent you a private message with the steps in how i did it!

My fingerprints were applied a day after doing my biometrics, I am loving and appreciating the speed of things hopefully this will continue. 

Even weirder...it now says interview scheduled? This seems super fast!

So my timeline as of today
 
PD  Feb 5 
NOAs March 16
May 15 RFE (medical)
EAD Expedite request thru emma June 09 (triggered bios) [last update shown in the USCIS  portal]
Bios July 19
EAD expedite request thru congresswoman July 19
 
 

I just got my biometrics scheduled! 🙀  Thanks @miserygame for the prompt to chat with Emma lol, may relief come to those who are still waiting too!

I just got my biometrics scheduled! 🙀  Thanks @miserygame for the prompt to chat with Emma lol, may relief come to those who are still waiting too!

There's a trick to expedite your EAD and hopefully 'trigger bios' 
Connect w/ a live agent,  provide EAD receipt number  and request the EAD to be expedite DO NOT mention that you don't have bios(super important point), then provide your expedite motive,  it should work, if not try a couple times those live agents are 24/7 grumpy.  

Yeah I was really hoping it was some movement, I guess not! I am one of the few left who hasn't received any biometrics yet, feeling quite left out. I really hope they have not missed out my application.