Official 2016 Renewal Thread - Page 802

Seems like many people have the same situation. Some have received their cards after 3 weeks wait but it could take longer.

Just had the rudest conversation with an immigration officer who proceeded to tell me that the cases are taking now at least 6 months to process and they will not submit any service requests before then.

I told her that online it's stated once your case has been pending for 105 days, you can submit a service request as long as you have cause (which is my work permit expired yesterday so I have no job). Apparently that wasn't enough cause for her and she proceeded to say the processing time has changed to 6 months so no service requests can be submitted until then. I asked has this been made public knowledge and she blatantly said no.

Also the receipt dates on my I-797C and her "system" are different so please be aware of what yours is. When I spoke to the customer service representative, she confirmed that what is on my receipt notice is the correct date and then transferred me over to this immigration officer to change it so it's corrected in the system. The immigration officer refused to change it and said she can't do anything and then hung up the phone on me...

I would advise submitting your application as soon as possible since clearly there is a major delay in processing times that we are not being informed about.

Did anyone else experience the same types of conversations?

I'm sorry you had a horrible experience. To me it sounds like you had a bad luck with ending up with a very unhelpful officer. If you feel up to it, I would try to call in again since you'll be getting a different officer and hopefully more helpful and cooperative one. Although it's different by case, it definitely should not take 6 months and you can submit an inquiry if over 105 days. I was told that you can submit an outside of processing time inquiry once you hit 105 days.

Don't feel discouraged by that woman!

FINALLY APPROVED!!!!

Receipt date: May 16
Bio: June 9
Expired: Sept 4
Approved: Oct 23
EAD Card Received: in production

hopefully the card will not be delayed, I have been off work for two months and my hospital is super short staffed right now!!!!

Congrats! Please update the spreadsheet if you haven't already. Is your hospital able to wait till you get your card?

Yeah, mine changed yesterday from being in production on the 4th, to produced on the 4th. ELIS says it's been shipped, but my USCIS says they will mail me an approval notice. I have no idea what's actually happening with my card...

So is mine! Luckily, hospitals are employers most likely to wait, because there's almost always positions available. Not so much as a travel nurse, but there's always jobs somewhere. If you have a valid ID you can have them do an everify before your card even arrives.

I just got APPROVED! I just had a talk with my employer last night about working for free and getting a bonus end of the year. So glad it's all good now.

Timeline:
Paperwork sent: 06/26/2016
Received by the Nebraska Office: 07/05/2016
Biometrics: 07/20/2016 (walk in 2 weeks before my apt)
Expiration date: 10/23/2016
Accepted and card status "in production": 10/23/2016

Didn't show up on the case status until the 24th at around 12pm central time.

link to spread sheet? new to this. My EAD has been in production since the 5th. will be terminated from my job on the 31st :/ hoping to see what everyone else's timelines look like.

thanks in advance!

I checked my elis last night and my EAD still shows as pending. But I had checked a while back and both cases had been approved. My case tracker shows my card as being produced. Should I be worried about this ?