hang in there s m. hopefully you'd get some good news soon. and no, expedite requests don't slow down your case. here's how expedite requests work: you submit one, and it gets assigned to an officer. if this officer deems your request worthy of processing, they will request more documents to support your case. if the expedite request was submitted by a congress representative, then they already sent all supporting documents (they require you send them those before they plead your case to USCIS). when the officer has all they need to process your expedite request, this is where they decide whether your case is strong enough to be taken from the queue and approved right away or not. if your request is strong, they approve your petition. if not, they deny your expedite request and your petition stays in line in the queue, where it was before you submitted the expedite request. so, you see, expedite requests don't slow down your case. they can speed it up, hence the name, but they don't slow it down. expedite requests are a way to tell USCIS that your case should be treated before anyone else's, basically. that's why the approval rate of those requests is very low, as you need to give compelling reasons as to why you should jump the line. 🙂 have some patience. it's tough, infuriating, depressing, enraging, but it, too, will pass. 🙂

thank you Lilo Pelekai for informative comment . sometimes it fees too personal when there is no update . you are right , patience is the key here

you're welcome, s m. yes, the waiting period is definitely not the fun part. and it's important to remember not to take it personal. their system just sucks really bad and needs changes internally. but when they decide to do some work, they're efficient at it. they just need to wake up more often, I think. 😂