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Hey guys! I recently had my EAD expedited and I wanted to share my experience with you all because I was all over the place doing research and couldn't find all the answers to my questions in one place.
Backstory: I filed for my green card through my US citizen husband, my forms were received by USCIS on 02/05/2019. I currently have DACA and my work permit is set to expire on 07/31/2019. The processing time for EAD went up to 7-8 months and I start to worry because I was not going to get my new work permit before my current one expires. I have been working since 2015 at the same company and I would lose my job if I didn't get my work permit in time so I called USCIS and spoke to someone and requested an expedition request (to be able to speak to someone you have to chose the option to check your case status and then the option that you do not have your receipt number).
Timeline:
05/21/2019 Called USCIS and requested expedition
05/28/2019 Email was sent by USCIS to request evidence. (I could not see the email in my inbox and did not know they sent it) Note: on that day, my case status changed to "Name changed", this just means that someone is working on your case and if you see that, they probably sent you the email.
06/04/2019 Called USCIS because I thought they hadn't sent me anything in regards to the expedition request. The officer I spoke to notified me that they sent an email asking for more evidence and she gave me the fax information.
06/05/2019 Sent fax with evidence (keep reading for a detailed list of evidence I sent)
06/10/2019 Called USCIS to see if there was an update. Officer could not see anything and transferred me to a level 02 officer. Level 02 officer told me they don't show anything. That could have meant two things, they didn't receive my fax or they were working on it and didn't update it yet.
06/11/2019 Resent the fax just to be safe.
06/18/2019 New card is being produced!
Evidence:
-Letter: Purchased an expedite letter from mypathtocitizenship.com for $59 and changed some things to make it personal. The letter basically stated that I would suffer financially because I would lose my income and that I could lose my home, wouldn't be able to pay credit card debt and would be in further credit card debt.
- Letter from employer stating that it would be a financial loss for them as well as I am head of my department with no one to replace me
- Income tax return
- Mortgage statement showing how much my mortgage is since I said I could lose my home.
- Expedia Report showing credit card debt since I said I have a lot of credit card debt to pay off and without a job I couldn't pay it and would be in further debt.
Obviously, my situation isn't exactly the same as everyone else and the evidence I used might not be useful for everyone. If you do not own a home, you can send a copy of you lease agreement. The evidence is to prove why you need your work permit and what would happen if you do not get it soon. Everyone works to make money, so show them what you need money for.
Couple of helpful hints:
- Don't be afraid to call them. if I hadn't called I wouldn't have known they sent me the email.
- If you send your evidence and don't hear back within a week or two, resend it because maybe your fax didn't go through or someone could even have lost it.
- Don't sit back and wait! Be proactive!
- I hear of a lot of people going through their congressman to get the expedite request in, I personally think you don't need to as you can call and do it yourself. I'm not the type of person to trust people to do things for me, so whatever I can do myself I will do.
Good luck!
Backstory: I filed for my green card through my US citizen husband, my forms were received by USCIS on 02/05/2019. I currently have DACA and my work permit is set to expire on 07/31/2019. The processing time for EAD went up to 7-8 months and I start to worry because I was not going to get my new work permit before my current one expires. I have been working since 2015 at the same company and I would lose my job if I didn't get my work permit in time so I called USCIS and spoke to someone and requested an expedition request (to be able to speak to someone you have to chose the option to check your case status and then the option that you do not have your receipt number).
Timeline:
05/21/2019 Called USCIS and requested expedition
05/28/2019 Email was sent by USCIS to request evidence. (I could not see the email in my inbox and did not know they sent it) Note: on that day, my case status changed to "Name changed", this just means that someone is working on your case and if you see that, they probably sent you the email.
06/04/2019 Called USCIS because I thought they hadn't sent me anything in regards to the expedition request. The officer I spoke to notified me that they sent an email asking for more evidence and she gave me the fax information.
06/05/2019 Sent fax with evidence (keep reading for a detailed list of evidence I sent)
06/10/2019 Called USCIS to see if there was an update. Officer could not see anything and transferred me to a level 02 officer. Level 02 officer told me they don't show anything. That could have meant two things, they didn't receive my fax or they were working on it and didn't update it yet.
06/11/2019 Resent the fax just to be safe.
06/18/2019 New card is being produced!
Evidence:
-Letter: Purchased an expedite letter from mypathtocitizenship.com for $59 and changed some things to make it personal. The letter basically stated that I would suffer financially because I would lose my income and that I could lose my home, wouldn't be able to pay credit card debt and would be in further credit card debt.
- Letter from employer stating that it would be a financial loss for them as well as I am head of my department with no one to replace me
- Income tax return
- Mortgage statement showing how much my mortgage is since I said I could lose my home.
- Expedia Report showing credit card debt since I said I have a lot of credit card debt to pay off and without a job I couldn't pay it and would be in further debt.
Obviously, my situation isn't exactly the same as everyone else and the evidence I used might not be useful for everyone. If you do not own a home, you can send a copy of you lease agreement. The evidence is to prove why you need your work permit and what would happen if you do not get it soon. Everyone works to make money, so show them what you need money for.
Couple of helpful hints:
- Don't be afraid to call them. if I hadn't called I wouldn't have known they sent me the email.
- If you send your evidence and don't hear back within a week or two, resend it because maybe your fax didn't go through or someone could even have lost it.
- Don't sit back and wait! Be proactive!
- I hear of a lot of people going through their congressman to get the expedite request in, I personally think you don't need to as you can call and do it yourself. I'm not the type of person to trust people to do things for me, so whatever I can do myself I will do.
Good luck!
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