Requested expedited processing on MTR based on severe financial hardship...will it work?

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henryetta82

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Hi everyone,

Our I485 was denied inJan 2009 and we filed for MTR which they received on Feb 3, 2009. As of today the case is still pending and i just found out a couple of days ago that our EADs were not valid during this period, but actually we never stopped working.

I kept calling USCIS but they kept telling me to wait and that they couldn't put in a service request because we can't establish that our case is outside processing time since USCIS doesn't provide an average processing time for I-290B. So finally today I called again and I said it is not normal for this case to be pending for so long and i mentioned "severe financial hardship". They told me if I feel like I could be affected by not having this case decided on faster I can invoke that motive to have it processed faster. So that's what I did and they told me i should have an answer within 5 days.

Do you think it could work? My lawyer later told that was a bad decision because now I have bigger chances of having the case denied because USCIS will do it in a rush instead of taking time to look the case an the facts over carefully.

Has anyone been in this situation? Any ideas?
 
Still waiting

Like I said last week I requested expedite processing on my MTR since it's been pending for over 4 months. They said I would hear from them within 5 days The 5 days have passed and still did't get anything.

I requested expedited processing based on financial hardship since my EAD is not valid anymore. do you think they could deny 290B just because they won't find me in a financial hardship situation. Could that be valid grounds for denial?

Also do you think an infopass appointment could help speed this up?
 
henryetta82 said:
do you think they could deny 290B just because they won't find me in a financial hardship situation. Could that be valid grounds for denial?
Nope

Also do you think an infopass appointment could help speed this up?
Nope
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Thanks mmed!

Also do you know if there's a thread here or a place where people with pending MTRs post?

I believe it's not normal for a MTR to be pending for almost 5 months. I don't know if I'm right, but this is very frustrating.
 
Motion to Reopen

You can contact your Senator/Congressman to expedite this request. Most of the times, an inquiry from the congressional liasion will expedite the processing. Good Luck!

gj
 
Thank you guys for your replies.

Today I finally got some answers from USCIS. They sent two different letters for me and my husband and they sound a little different. The first part is the same but then at the end mine says "This case hase been reopened and is being reconsidered". My husband's says "This case was approved on 02-20-2009". If that's the case than I'm surprised that in the 4 months since then we didn't get any notice from them.

I will call the tomorrow to see what this is all about since there isn't any change in status or LUD on either I-290B or I-485.
 
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