also adding i submitted an expedite request for the i765 and it was denied

what do your company lawyers opine?

have you submitted only I-485, or also I-140 or other documents? if yes, have you received approvals on those?

I am in same boat Niko, PD for EB 485 February 4th, EAD expired and currently on admin leave. I140 approved Sept 2020. Have you submitted a service request?

Niko b, have you called USCIS or submitted service requests for processing outside of period for I-485?

i thought you could apply for I-765 renewal and that would happen automatically?

is your I-140 premium processing? has it been approved? maybe because of that too.

i140 is approved. i filed for a EAD renewal in June 2021 it is still pending. i submitted an outside processing time request and all USCIS have said is they have received their request and they aim to respond within 30 days

my company lawyers opine i should have it by end of January but i don't feel as confident as they do from what I am seeing

I got one stating I would have a decision or notice of action within 60 days - that was 2nd of December.

ok, I-140 approved is great news. when was that approved? I suspect it wasn’t approved more than one year ago, which means USCIS thinks your case is still “fine”. many of us are in the same situation

my i 140 was approved end of 2019

My I140 was approved in Sept 2020!

CG did u happen to talk to tier 2 officer ?

no not been able to talk to tier 2 all they say is your service request has been assigned to an officer and they will respond once they get to it within hopefully 30 days.

woooow! end of 2019! this is ridiculous

Yes, I got to speak to a Tier 2 to request an expedite of my EAD (still outstanding, I expect to be rejected!) - I submitted a service request for my 485 being outside normal processing and got a response saying it was with an officer, needed extra review and I will get action in 60 days or a decision.

how did you speak to a tier 2 how do you do that? yes the EAD expedite will be denied they rarely approve those now

also how long did it take for you to get s replu from the outside service request? mine was file 15 days ago

I got a response about 2 weeks after service request and a note saying 60 days for a response - whether I do or not is another matter! EAD is currently 11.5 months since PD.

@CG 7 and niko b: have you raised service requests in the past as well (meaning more than 60 days ago)? I’m curious what happened in those cases.

no my case just fell outside processing time so before I could not they would just tell me I'm withing normal processing time so nothing that could be done

Once before the current outstanding one - first said it was in line for processing, apologies for delay - I.e. nothing. 2nd gave me the response above.

and how did you contact the tier 2 how do I do that?

I called the number and then to get to a live person say reschedule biometrics appointment, and, when when asked if the appointment has past, say no and it will connect you to the agent.

@niko b: sorry for asking so many questions, it feel like you and CG 7 and me should get our own whatsapp channel :). so I get it now, your attempts to push your case were not successful as USCIS kept saying you’re in the normal processing time, and only 10 days ago your case went out of the normal processing time (I believe it’s 8th of June 2020 now, and your receipt date is 25 May 2020). it makes sense now. please keep us updated, my date is August 3rd so I’ll just add 2 months to the date when you get your GC :))

yes it's stressful because it just fell out of normal processing time as you say and i contacted them 15 days ago for the request. but my EAD is already in the extension period with only 4 weeks left to work and the EAD will take a few months more still to approve and expedite requests are being denied. i do not want to lose my ability to work

so Niko on EAD: you filed I-765 in June 2021 to renew EAD, and it expires at the end of this month. is that including the 180 day of automatic extension? if yes, it means the submission in June was probably sent late

extension expir3s en feb. you can only file 6 months prior to expiration but it takes now 11 to 13 months to process

I submitted EAD renewal in Feb, my EAD expired in May - so four months before expiry. I am now 11.5 months in - just wish I could get that and I would just forget about GC.

CG so u don’t have ead to work now and you are on leave ? can you not expedite based off financial hardship

That’s what I have done now, both financial loss to company and myself. No response to that yet - 15 days ago.

so CG 7, you’re out of work since November, or since May? I guess November as this is 180 days after the expiry in May

i did the financial hardship as well given it's about to expire it was denied filed another one on Friday and waiting to hear news regarding that

Mihai - correct, unfortunately. I am now in month 3 of admin leave.

I'm in the same boat as you all. my EAD is about to expire in 3 weeks. I filed on expedite req in Dec. was denied and filed another one last Tuesday waiting to hear back.

GC I think companies py let you take admin leave up to 3 months correct?

Each company has different policies, it depends.

interesting, mind sharing whats the policy for you guys?

We don’t have a set policy, I have just seen varying at different companies.

really hoping you will hear great updates by the end of the month, Niko and CG! let’s be positive: Niko sounds very similar with Nike (“victory” in Greek) and CG comes from Conquering Greencard :))

yes hopefully I'll keep you guys posted! please let me know if you guys find out something that works regarding your cases.

Hi! I’m on the same boat as you too! EB2-niw. I140 approved on 03/21, I485 pending. My receipt date is 05/22/20, PD 05/04/20, Texas Center.

@M R, niko B and CG 7, have you submitted Medicals as part of your I-485 as well? or you’re waiting for RFE to come? fingers crossed for you too, M R!

i have not. i am awaiting that as well.

I have not, I am half expecting that will be my ‘notice of action’ - I did first part of medicals last week. X-ray and bloods this week.

I already submitted medicals on 08/31/21. Since then nothing..

Thought I’d get them done in advance of being asked.

Good that you started already. I haven’t submitted medicals either, and I started as well (expecting the RFE in the second half of March earliest)... so we are really all (except for M R) in the same situation

My attorney submitted and inquiry last week, let’s see how it goes, I let you know

I will let you guys know too.

I am in the same boat, 485 submitted on Aug 2020 and 140 approved Feb 2021, no medical RFE, transfered to NSC a year ago, could expedite second EAD and got it in January 2022

Zara is it out of processing times now .. were you able to talk to someone at Uscis

@A S: Zara’s I-485 is not yet out of processing time. I know that as I submitted mine on 3rd of August and the date on USCIS site indicates 9th of June as the date for an inquiry. So still one month and a half until we can call USCIS on this

@zara m: congratulations for the EAD, that must feel good! how do you know your case was transferred to NSC, where do you see that? my receipt date is August 3rd 2020, what is your date? hope that we’ll hear soon about that medical RFE, I can’t wait

@Shane B: some of us are here, read this chat

@mihai I got transfer notice on January 2021. my receipt date is Aug 18 2020

ok, thanks zara m. I’ll let you know updates once I speak to USCIS, I’ll call them on March 14th if the dates are progressing as per plan. hope NSC moves faster for you

@mihai sure, i could raise 3 or 4 SR , the system allowed me but no one replied just once said wait for 60 days and you will be updated however no update after 60 days after that raised two SR and no reply, transfer cases to Nebraska seems ghosted

Unfortunately, EAD expedite from January 5th was denied this morning ‘due to the high volume of requests for this type, strictly enforcing the criteria’ - I give up with these, I’ll just need to wait now.

i submitted another EAD expedite request, finally got the email today to provide more info. they usually get back within 24 to 48hrs of sending info so will update the group with results

they denied the second expedite request within 2 hours of receiving the information

for the EAD

they are very fast when it comes to that

:((

funny how that is they can read multiple pages of support documentation within two hours. but an outside normal processing time request where you are just asking "hey what's up" that takes weeks and weeks

if I’d be USCIS I would hire more people and have premium processing for all document types. This way people will solve their situation and USCIS will address the funding challenges

I don’t think they are expediting any now, but they need to get their fingers out and get those not being able to work approved.

are you seeing increased speed by SRC (Texas center) in approving I-485 and I-765? I’m wondering what is the high level picture, if they are processing good numbers or Covid is slowing things down

I honestly have no idea what they are playing at.

seems there might be a premium processing for I-765 at some point