AOS/EAD, advice appreciated...Thank you...^_^

[scottukga 0]

Hello everyone, i was a semi regular user of this site when i was in England awaiting my K-1, getting help and trying to give it, now i am back in need of some casual info....

Today i shall mail off my AOS/EAD package and i was wondering about how it works. I read that the AOS can take a good 5 months, yet i also heard that the EAD is not supposed to take more than 90 days from the moment it is recieved. Is this pretty accurate? Any info would help clear up my head and give basic peace of mind....

I hope everyone is doing well,

Scott.

[Dr_LHA 3]

EAD time is pretty accurate. AOS is extremely variable unfortunately. This site has statistics on how long variation immigration forms take to process so you can see the averages at least. Click on "Immigration Timelines" above.

[scottukga 0]

Thank you, i appreciate the timely reply....

Scott.

[Peikko 1,575]

AOS is more variable because it's down to your local area office...or of course if your case is transferred to California which is a happy dance thing normally. Then for the unlucky few, there's name check hell!

[Miranda&James 8]

EAD can take more than 90 days if an RFE is received. The way I understand it, an RFE for initial evidence will stop your EAD timeclock and it will restart when you return the info (or is it the 90 days starts over? I think that's it actually). If your RFE is for additional evidence then your EAD processing continues as normal. In the end though, it seems most people really do get the EAD in 90 days regardless of RFE. We had an RFE and as you can see our EAD didn't even take 90 days.