Processing time for green card based on asylum

seugo17 said:
Since April 1, 1997, have you been unlawfully present in the US? How should I answer this question?

I came US with a tourist visa and before my tourist visa expired I applied asylum and got granted. I worked unauthorized during my asylum pending. Currently I'm applying AOS and filling I485. For question 76 which is about unlawful presence what should I answer. I'm confused because on the USCIS manuel it says:

(An unlawful presence exception applies during the period of time in which the asylee had a bona fide, pending asylum application. The time period that the applicant’s bona fide asylum application was pending should not be included in any unlawful presence calculation,[1] provided the applicant was not employed without authorization during such time period. Unauthorized employment would disqualify the asylee from this exception.[2])

According to this section. Should I say "yes" or "no" to question 76?

If you guys were in the same situation how did you answer this question 76 on I485. Thank you.
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No
 
crescent44 said:
I am not from the banned countries. The interview was like asylum interview, she asked very specific questions about our asylum. She went through all of the questions on the 485 form. Honestly we got very stressed. The next day our case has been approved now greencard is being produced.
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Congratulations
That’s great news.
I am happy that all those stress ended up with success.
Seems like we have to get ready for a tough interview.
Hopefully everyone will share their great stories here.
 
Shaun7556 said:
Yes i did receive it and its expired. Didnt apply for renewal since i felt no need for renewal. I would suggest everyone renew your EAD until you receive your greencard.
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Under circumstances these days, and the DMV experiences we are having (God knows what else is waiting) EAD must be renewed .......... Those who got 5 year valid EADs should consider themselves lucky
 
Shaun7556 said:
I had a real id driver's license issued in California. Today they said i need to submit my legal presence documents or they will cancel my real id drivers license in january. When we have i94 which is indefinite and an unrestricted social security no. its crazy.
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The same thing happened to me today. They sent me an mail saying they would cancel my license after it had already been renewed. Their request to me was the same as yours. How did you solve your problem? Did you go to the DMV and update your documents? What did you do?
 
Naruto said:
The same thing happened to me today. They sent me an mail saying they would cancel my license after it had already been renewed. Their request to me was the same as yours. How did you solve your problem? Did you go to the DMV and update your documents? What did you do?
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I am planning to go next week.
 
I've been following up with lawyers, and most of them say they haven't received any green cards for the past four weeks. Processing is currently on hold. Even filing a writ of mandamus isn't helping. Honestly, I don't know what's going on; it's quite confusing.
 
crescent44 said:
I filed mandamus in September after 17 months of waiting, on December 29 we had our interview. Same day we got the “new card is being produced” update.
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also do you mind sharing what kind of questions they asked? did they ask asylum related questions?
 
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