2016 Renewal

Application Received: 6/8/16 Nebraska SC
Bio Appointment: 9/14/16 (no walk-in)
EAD expired: 10/13/16
Approval: 10/13/16 (notified 10/14)
EAD receipt: pending
Total days to process: 127

I personally did not do any service requests or inquiries through congresspeople, ombudsman, or NILC/IRLC as I felt too many people were flooding those avenues and others had more urgency than I did and I didn't want to add to the load unnecessarily (Feb-May people had it worse). All I did was about 3-4 service requests (E-Requests and ELIS inbox), one phone call to a Tier 2 rep on the day before my expiration, and a resulting service request through that rep.

To be honest, I doubt we will be able to see any good patterns for next renewal (if there is a next time, fingers crossed) because this renewal processing was so abnormal. I feel like everyone did everything they were supposed to do and they still got delayed.