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I expedite my EAD on Jan 5th and today the i-765 changes to new card is being produced.
Its a beautiful day today for me.
Good luck everyone. 

On December 21st, that was shorter and the "Receipt date for a case inquiry" was already June 6, 2020, not April 4. A few days later; it was pushed back by a couple of months. I agree; this is becoming absurd and our hopes have become based on a "moving target". UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!
 

EAD processing time is really horrible nowadays. AOS applicants can expect to wait 4 - 9 months before they can start working!
 
 

This just keeps getting better. So on 12/15/20 NBC was supposedly processing applications AFTER my PD of 5/27/20. Guess what? Today NBC is apparently now processing applications with a PD of 4/8/20. Yes...dates have been changed and back dated by over a month. Must be special government math. I chatted with an online rep today who said a Tier 2 Agent will get a hold of me within 7 days. They actually called back today...and hung up on me. No other call back as of yet. Guess nobody wants to be working. Really....I am speechless with respect to this process. STILL waiting on a biometrics appointment to get the process moving for work. Faith is the only thing keeping me going at this point. Here's to getting this done and progress for the rest of you! ♥️

My EAD expedite request got approved TODAY!! Insanely fast considering I requested it 6 days ago and literally faxed my job offer yesterday in the afternoon. USCIS are working hard!

Thank you so much  for the encouragement and support. New card is being produced 🙏

Yeah, it is extremely frustrating. But let's still hope for a Christmas miracle. 🙂 

Thanks, Yeah, NBC at Lee's summit, MO

Yesterday the status for I765 changed to "New card is being produced". My EAD expedite request was approved today. Also, AP got accepted. Hopefully, you guys will get your documents soon. Here is my information: 
Filed:  may/04
NoA received: may/13
RFIE responded: June/17
Biometric: November/23
expedite request: November/23
expedite faxed firs time: November/25, second time: December/02 ( request for 131 approved which was weird because I didn't expedite 131), third time: December/16
expedite request approved for I765 : December/17
Case approved (I765, I131) : December/18 
 
I had a job offer and requested based on financial loss. I talked to tier 2 but it wasn't helpful. I hope the card will be delivered soon and I can officially start my job. Hopefully, everyone will get their documents soon.

ASC : Columbus, OH
 
My first visit to local ASC  2 months ago
I reached at 9 AM and there was no applicant and ASC was empty. I went and talked to officer and requested her to get me a biometrics appointment as they cleary have slots and they are waiting got people to show up. She said they don’t have any access to schedule and I need to call USICS.
 
Today (12/18/2020 ). I paid another visit to check how busy ASC was. I waited outside ASC for roughly 1 Hour.
I saw two applicant's going in. Biometrics talking around 5 mins each. Then for rest 50 mins there was literally no applicant. I was socked to see that again. So I went and tried to talk to the officer and requested him to get me Biometrics. Following is the dialog I exchanged with him (He was very nice guy).
 
Me : Hello Officer this is my receipt and I filed in May , could you please check I haven't got any Biometrics.
Officer : He takes my NOA for I-765 and goes inside to check in the system. He comes back and said sorry sir you don’t have Biometrics scheduled.
Me: Can you please schedule one for me as you clearly have slots.
Officer : I am sorry ,We aren't allowed and have no access to schedule it for you please call USICS they only can do that.
Me: I called them hundreds of time. They said  "Your information is in scheduling  system, ASC doesn’t have empty slots so when ASC have slots , system will schedule".
Officer : Well as you can see we clearly have many empty slots everyday. We have already notified USCIS that there are empty slots and we can have many more people. But USICS is not doing that.
Me : This is so not fair , I am about to loose my job because of not having EAD which needs biometrics.
Officer : Well if it would have upto me then , I would line up people in the distance out here as we have lot of space. And get it done with but USICS doesn’t allow us to schedule. We just get list of appointments every day in the system and that are less so is why you see it empty right now. Unfortunately for you calling USICS  800 number is the only option.
Me : I have called them million times , opened several Service request , contacted congressman as well .
 
Me : Anyways thank you so much for talking time to talk with me.
I waited 10 more mins and to check if there were any other applicants and I then left.

Thank you so much. To you, too! 

That’s exactly what’s going on with mine. Even more frustrated 4 days ago I received « we have take an action on your case » the next day it was just an update on my DOB. I’m so frustrated. 

She was very stern in saying they cannot promise a timeline. She kept on repeating that. This is basically saying the expedite request did not mean anything. I can sense that she wanted to end the call. No empathy at all; it appears that the call was just to check a box on a task list.

I filed for an expedite on 10/22. No results as of today. I already missed the 12/11 deadline on my job offer. Exasperated is an understatement in describing how I feel right now.

No, I don't know which avenue was the effective one.  I assume it was my fax, because it was only 2 business days between when the Congressman sent his request and the date of the decision.
(I doubt USCIS would act that fast for anyone.)
 
Sorry I meant tier 1.
 
I didn't provide any further evidence (nor did USCIS ask for evidence for the AP) 
In my cover letter I mentioned both EAD and AP. So, even though the email from USCIS requested evidence for EAD, in my letter I said I was requesting expediting of both.
 
 

I hate to be the "party-pooper" but I won't put too much value on the VJ Approval Estimates. Back in November 15, I was given the same estimate "any day now". Then NOTHING! A week after, the estimate changed to Feb. 16, 2021 and just got worst each week. Yesterday's estimate was March 22, 2021. I presume they are using an algorithm that factors in processing times for similar cases. But it appears that there are no solid processing patterns at this moment; so this may be a "garbage in; garbage out" situation when it comes to approval estimates.
 
However, I do wish I am wrong.
 
I filed 6/5; had biometrics on 8/6. I submitted an expedite, sent evidence of job offer and spoke to Tier 2; she said they still cannot guarantee an approval date. I feel I've done everything humanly possible. I've fasted and I've prayed. I wrote a letter to Santa. 🙂 Still hoping to get the approval SOON!
 
Keep the faith and hang in there gang! One day we can all look back at the tremendous perseverance we exhibited during this exasperating time!

Hi, I've never shared on here but have been keeping up with all posts always hoping to hear about progress for June filers. I want to share my good news from today!!. My case finally changed from "ready to schedule" to "interview was scheduled" online!! My field office is Phoenix, AZ. My timeline: initially filed 5/17/20 but application was rejected and returned for missing a form, filed complete application 6/19/20 and was accepted, 6/29/20 fingerprint fee was accepted, biometrics were on 8/12/20, ready to schedule on 8/17/20, and today 12/8/20 my case now says interview scheduled. Now just going to be checking the mail daily and will be anxiously awaiting my interview. Hope everyone else hears some good news soon!! 

I had the same problem. Someone gave this link: https://www.irs.gov/affordable-care-act/questions-and-answers-about-reporting-social-security-numbers-to-your-health-insurance-company
However, when we sent that to HR, she still didn't accept us. The only reason why we were able to get me on to his insurance was they changed companies and allowed self-enrollment. My husband put in zeroes as my SSN on the field and successfully enrolled me. Prior to that, we called Cigna and they confirmed that they do not need SSN. It was the HR who insists that we provide them one. 

I've stopped checking in so much because its a huge disappointment every time I see more and more people being lucky enough to proceed on with their lives.  Good for all of you...
 
We are not so fortunate...no progress...and no avenues available to get anything done...
 
After all we went through to get this far it is tragic what has happened l.  At some point we are going to have to consider leaving the US entirely and just going back to Thailand.  We cannot continue to wait and have my wife unemployed and unable to travel to see her family indefinitely.
 
This entire process is torture...

We did

BTW, anyone knows how to get medical insurance without SSN? It's crazy, I'm a nurse working at a hospital and my employer would cover my husband but only with SSN. We called USCIS and explained the situation, asking about a temporary SSN only for purpose of getting my husband a health insurance, but nope... so much for the appreciation of the Covid first responders, thank you not USCIS.... 
 

If you checked the YES box on question 14 of your I-765 (EAD) application.
 

Dude thank you so much for the information. I’m really sorry to hear about this. Losing a job offer due to lack of ead is really frustrating. I’m worried now really. I can’t afford to lose my offer. 

No I applied roughly 2 weeks after arriving in the US so already had a SNN. 

So after having my work permit approved on Tuesday (December 1st), it came in the mail today. Super excited 

Just got an update on the uscis website. My work permit has been approved. It's changed to a card is being produced. Filed in June, got the I-765 rejected, refiled the I-765 in September and today it was approved.