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On 11/28/2020 at 11:23 AM, JACKP said:

I tried so many times . Tier 2 officers always tell me that they can't schedule one for me and there is no such thing as expedited BIOMETRICS Request. I understand that the person that helped you was kind enough. But just curious, is there any thing specific you told him other then request to schedule and do you know that all of them have the access to create or only few ?

I am sorry to hear that but believe me, I TOTALLY feel you... as you know, not all tier 2s are helpful. This is the most terrible experience in my life as I almost lose my job. In my case, I really need EAD card to start working so I told them I needed to expedite EAD, which means I had to get biometrics ASAP. I had all evidence for financial loss ready. 

It was actually not clear which officer helped me, because I remember calling them every day for two weeks...Yes, I got up at 8:00am (5:00am when I was in West Coast) every morning to call them. In those days they didn't have this 7-day call back policy from tier2 so I was able to talk to tier 2s everyday. I asked them to schedule for me, even though they also kept telling me they couldn't do it...until one day when I called again, a tier 1 (a friendly male) told me I was scheduled. With that said, I still don't know how exactly I got scheduled, but definitely it is not a magic where I just sit and wait and it suddenly happens... my only advice is to keep trying and keep calling, better than doing nothing. And I have seen other people successfully getting bio app thru tier2, so I wish the best luck to you too!

4 hours ago, Hazhartkd said:

Thanks for sharing your experience. I did my biometric on Monday and requested for another expedite(my previous request was suspended). Today, I got a letter for evidences and I faxed some documents. How long do you think my case may be approved? and what's the chance of denial? 

It’s good that they are asking for evidence! I think it’s very likely they will approve your request if the evidence is sufficient. The tier 1 told me usually it took 5 business days to respond to the expedite request. But I suggest you always follow up with them, just in case~☺️

4 hours ago, nacho2626 said:

I had biometrics 30+ days ago and no EAD

 

Did a service request and got no answer. 

All they told me is to do another service request and wait another 30 days.

30+ days?? Yikes...I don't think the service request is helpful at all. Seems like you are already out of normal processing time, have you tried sending an inquiry?

4 hours ago, KK and UR said:

I have only managed to secure a biometric appointment! EAD is still far from my view I guess and reading about a month delay from you all is even further frustrating. I have no clue why certain cases have been delayed so much. So for you it has been 20 days with no update? What was the timeline they said you might have to wait?

Yep, it has been 25 days since biometrics and there is no update on my EAD. It still shows " Fingerprints were taken". I called and of course they did not give me a timeframe... just told me to wait..

1 hour ago, Chrystie said:

oh wow.. I had bio on 10/22 and it's almost a month now. My 765 still shows that finger prints were taken in the status. PD: 04/06  

I'm in Colorado.

Yeah me too.. and no interview is scheduled either. This whole process is killing me. I even submitted an expedite request but no one is working on it! Expedite request shows "expedite request has been received" for two weeks! I tried calling tier 1 last week and got a rude one not willing to help but finally put me in the queue to get call back from tier 2. Well, 7 business days passed and I got NO CALL BACK.

On 10/9/2020 at 9:51 AM, theredone said:

Hi all,

 

Anyone here done with biometrics but still waiting to hear on EAD card updates? Got pretty lucky and had biometrics on August 14th in San Francisco. Now after almost two months, we still haven't received any updates. I know it's still within the "normal processing time" (7.5 months) but getting worried seeing all the the approved EAD cards. Mainly hopping to see family in December, so no valid reason to ask for it to be expedited. Anything we can do? Haven't called USCIS yet. PD April 17th

Hello, did you get EAD card? I had bio on 10/26 and it has been over 20 days since then. My 765 is still approved. PD: 5/29

On 11/18/2020 at 9:54 AM, RayCal said:

I just finished live chat with an agent. I can't believe that there are no updates either on the expedite request or the combo card itself. She even asked if I sent them a copy of the job offer for the expedite. I faxed a copy on 11/2 and mailed another copy with tracking which was received on 11/4. At least she scheduled a Tier 2 officer to call me in the next 7 days and issued a service number. Just as a reminder; I filed on 6/5 and biometrics was completed on 8/6. The stressful part is I need to accept the job offer by 12/11. I really need an update on approval so I can sign the offer and send back!

This is extremely slow... My PD is May 29th and I just had my bio on 10/26. I am also waiting for EAD to start working. I had an offer in August and my employer is still waiting! I submitted an expedite request on 9/21 but was told I needed bio, so 11/2 I submitted expedite request again and I have heard nothing since then. They did not even ask for job offer or any other evidence. It's just nothing. I have waited 5 months to get bio and now I don't know how much longer I need to wait to get EAD...so hopeless

5 hours ago, Biamattos said:

Hello everyone!

 

To those who already had their EAD approved and/or received, how long did it take after biometrics were taken??

 

I got biometrics done in the Orlando ASC on October 13th and the anticipation has been driving me crazy, specially since it took 5 months for it to be scheduled. 
 

My PD is May 4th and I already filled a service request with USCIS.

 

Thank you in advance and I hope we can all hear some good news soon!

Same boat here... it has been over 20 days after my biometrics, but I have heard nothing since then. I even submitted expedite request but it seems that no one is working on it.. so frustrating 😞

My PD is May 29th. I don't know what's the processing order is, but yours should be close! Also try sending inquiries to USCIS since it's around 90 days. I have seen cases where the candidates sending inquiries and getting scheduled soon. Hang in there and good luck!

Some update...I finally got my biometrics today. It's been so long! The ASC was as empty as expected.  Hopefully you can all get appointments soon.

I filed in end of May and haven't heard anything. 

I also went to the ASC myself and found the place VERY empty... they told us they reduced the cases/day from 150 to 40 now... which does not make sense since so many backlog cases were created during COVID. And it seems like they are still processing March cases. I have no idea what the order is.