Official 2016 Renewal Thread - Page 414

Originally Posted by magdation1

I live in Texas, but was processed in Nebraska. My infopass was in the San Antonio Office.

She called me on Wednesday the 24th, but I only saw it reflected online Saturday the 27th, that I was both Approved and my card went into production.

When she called she also said that it would take about 24 hours for me to see the tracking number, but this actually didn't happen. I did call a couple of times to speak with a T2 to see if they would have this information, but they didn't. When I saw the envelope yesterday it came as a full surprise, since the system still said card is in production as of yesterday morning. It was only until yesterday late afternoon that it changed to card delivered.

Originally Posted by WGITF

I see. That's good! When you called a T2 officer when ELIS was still not updated with approval, did they confirm your approval or were they less informed than your infopass officer?

Originally Posted by magdation1

Hi All,

Just wanted to give an update, I received my EAD yesterday, below is my timeline:

Application Sent: 4/11/16
Application officially accepted and received: 4/14/16
Biometrics: 5/5/16
InfoPass Appointment: 8/15/16
DACA Approved: 8/25/16
EAD Received: 9/3/16
Expiration date: 9/10/16

Total Processing time of 145 days, End to end.

I submitted 3 service requests, NILC Case, Ombudsman Case, Congressman case and one infopass Appointment. To be honest I feel like the infopass appointment was the most useful in my case, the officer that helped me was the most helpful, she told me she was going to contact my case officer and get my case pushed, and she would give me call the moment she heard from the officer and when I would get approved, she said that it would be about a week for me to hear from her, and that's exactly what happened -- she called on 8/24/16 and told me that I was approved and my card was going to production. I feel so lucky because I have read many instances of the officers not being helpful, and this person was the most amazing officer I could have asked for.

Good luck to everyone and hang in there - you are all still in my thoughts!

If Trump doesn't get elected, see you all in 2 years

Originally Posted by dreamer1212

Did she ever explain why it was taking so long?
Thanks and congrats.

Originally Posted by JohannBernoulli1667

The biggest thing of this process for my brother and I was that we finally realized, that DACA is no way to live. We must all ultimately find a way to fix our status. For a lot of us it has been a rude awakening. I feel that it is a good heads up, I feel really bad for people who have expired, but seeing it happen is a huge wake up call for us.

I really hope the people who apply in Feb-May can receive their renewals asap. I myself applied late, within 119 days instead of 150 as recommended. If I had applied on time I would be in with the early May Dreamers. It is not fair for those who followed the guidelines at all.

The worst of all is that for many, while we wait we are still thinking about the Election. Struggle after struggle. I hope soon we can all find our way.

I keep hoping for everyone to get their notices.

Originally Posted by magdation1

she didn't really offer any explanation -- I think when she called me I was so excited and couldn't stop thanking her and didn't even think to ask really. Keep my fingers crossed for all of you still waiting on approvals and cards