EAD approval taking closer to 90 days?

[lotusrose1987 11]

Hi, I was just wondering if people who submitted adjustment of status/EAD from the K-1 visa in earlier this year  (February/March) are seeing it take closer to 90 days to receive their Employment Authorization? Our application was accepted March 23 for the EAD and my husband did his biometrics April 10 as a walk-in. We are still waiting and it is day 82. He called last week for an inquiry as to why we have not received it and they told us to wait 15 days for the answer for the inquiry! Is the USCIS just loaded with cases right now that is making the processing time longer? Just sharing your timeline would be helpful!

[Jmc1 13]

Mine took 98 days to approve from NOA1, so was around 3.5 months from submitting to receiving EAD/AP combo card. Judging from the Feb filers thread, it's approx 3-4 months wait right now. Best of luck, you're almost there!

[Dutchster 1,107]

The 90 days rule became more of a goal in 2017. It's still somewhere between 90-120 days currently. Hang in there!

Edit: So instead of an actual time frame of 90 days or less like 2016 and back, they made 90 days a goal but it doesn't mean anything anymore. - as what I've heard.

Edited June 12, 2017 by Dutchster

[Unlockable 7,314]

Yes, the process for EAD seems to have slowed in the last few months. It is taking between 3 - 4 months now.

[lotusrose1987 11]

Thank you for your replies. We were starting to expect that is is taking longer than 90 days right now for it to be approved.

[KimberleyVDB 77]

I just talked to a tier 2 officer and they have a lot off application in the last 2 years which makes it so that they can't keep it to the 90 days. I would ad an extra 30 days just so you don't keep freaking out. At least that what I'm going to do. I'm on day  105 and trying really hard to stay positive.