Ava Monsoon

Hello, Steve. I just remembered to go back to this thread after my chat with an agent today. The agent told me that the case is in NBC, so the California Service Center location of the file (which was oddly confirmed to me by two agents we talked to on separate occasions) is either incorrect or outdated. I really hope your assumption is correct since my AOS (with EAD and AP) are all in NBC. Pending for 5 months though. At this rate I am ready to accept that the AOS could take a longer time given the change in situation at the border (is it really true that processors are rerouted to process asylum cases in the meantime?) -- but I just desperately need an EAD. I am both sad and insulted that people who filed in 2023 have been getting their green cards or at least an EAD. It's def not their fault, they filed like we did, but it's the system is just so frustrating.

We did not file concurrently, my I-485 was filed one year later, but to answer that, the I-485 (along with EAD and AP) are also pending since December 2022. I wonder if it is possible that the AOS is approved before an I-130? Or at best an EAD.

To fellow I-130 filers, with case number IOE90XXX (so no 0 before 9), how is it going/has it been for you? I keep checking hilites.today and even if I know it is not truly a representation of most of the cases processed, the ones I see getting approved and RFE'd are Case Numbers IOE09XXX. I don't want to think the zero in the case number is a negligible character, so I wonder where the IOE90XX cases are. Mine has been pending for 15 months. Last January, a very abruptly-cut chat with Emma said the case was in NBC and last week it's in California Service Center. That it has moved locations is probably a good sign, but the wait is still excruciating. Any feedback is appreciated.

Thank you for your insight. Yes, my husband is aware, and I would like to think if push comes to shove he will cover me in the meantime. I am just trying as much as I can to stick to my own plans especially for obligations that existed way before I got married. I will consider pursuing those written job offers for the employers that would consider interviewing me despite my lack of an EAD!

Thank you! Planning to include that in my supporting documents, specifically the bank's schedules of amortization I have to settle monthly and my redacted statement of account where the payment is deducted regularly which now shows theres nothing to debit from due to lack of funds.

I am new here and have scrubbed the forum for answers and might have just missed it, as my concern pertains to an EAD expedite but without a pending job offer. I would appreciate any advice for financial loss as an expedite reason but for financial obligations overseas. A quick background - I filed for AOS after 120 days of being in the US. We got married 15 months before that. It was not concurrent filing, by the way. I went back home after we got married, and continued working until I resigned. I visited my husband in July 2022 (we initially planned to do every 6 months of alternate traveling to our respective locations until the petition comes through) but we got anxious about the delay as we plan to begin a family that we decided to apply for AOS in November. The I-130 at this point has not moved for 13 months despite our constant follow ups and a congressional. My AOS + EAD + AP was filed and I was made to undergo biometrics. I would like to apply for expedite at least for EAD because the money I saved up is almost gone. The thing though is that the financial loss is mainly for my financial obligations back home/overseas. My husband is employed and has provided for me since I got here but we agreed that my financial concerns are my own, and I also would not want to burden him with it. The obligations are not substantial (for some, but to a Php earner like I used to be, IT IS) if taken in on a monthly basis ($800 for loan amortizations and $900 for parental assistance with living conditions and medicines) but they are regular, like clockwork. I have funded this for a year with my savings some of which were also used to pay for half of the AOS fees, my plane ticket, very minimal grocery expenses since I got here (the PHP to USD exchange rate slapped me hard despite these "little expenses") etc. Now that source has dried up. I wont be able to present a JO as not having an EAD blocks me from even being considered for a job. Even part-times in bookstores and retail shops require an EAD. I was also informed that any virtual work that seems to be popular now is not allowed because even if I get paid through my PH bank account, the work is still done in the US where i'm physically located and that is "working without a permit". I have attended "almost there!!!" interviews like that which didn't push through with an offer (I was short of saying you can hire me and pay me third-country labor rates despite my being in the US, please just hire me! but i guess they'e not that interested, and i digress). Anyway, I have belabored the point too much. I requested an expedite and received a USCIS email requesting me to fax supporting docs. I just dont want to mess it up and save both of us time because I know there are far more valid expedite reasons that mine. Any advice and tips would be appreciated. Thank you!