Hey guys, in this video and session, we're gonna talk about the time that it takes the government
to process your work permit applications, your E D applications. It's been a while since we talked,
we've talked about case processing issues. And so in this one, I'm gonna cover the latest with work
permits. What is going on? How long has it taken these days to be approved for the work permit or
the E a D or employment authorization document as you're coming on board, say hello, tell me where
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for you. Okay. So let's get started. We're gonna talk about the work permit.
Okay. How long has it taken the government these days to approve your application for some of you?
You're very frustrated because you've filed quite a long time ago. Yet you hear people like me share
testimonials about our clients getting approved in two months, three months a month. And then for
you may have friends or family or other folks you see on the internet and chat on the,
in the comments section saying that they've been approved very quickly
yet. You're still waiting. And you're wondering what in the world is going on. So let's talk,
let me share my screen with you and take you into what the government is saying nowadays, about
how long it's taken them to process your Application. Now, the, the U S C I S
has an on its website, a really cool tool. If you were not aware of it, um, a tool that allows you
to check case processing times for each petition and application, and it's on U S C I S dot Gov's
website. And it'll take you right to this, um, right to this page that I'm on right now.
Um, check case process in times. And I have, um, already typed in the I 7 65
application for employment authorization. And I'm, um, also going to select the category pen in I 4
85 adjustment of status application. That's the C nine category. So this is those of you who have
applied for adjustment of status and your waiting. Okay. So let's take a look at, uh, that category.
First of all, and friends, it depends on where your case is pending,
which service center is processing your E a D. The it's gonna make a, a big difference. And let's
see, let's see, uh, what the difference is. If your E a D is currently pending in the California
service center, the government is saying publicly that it takes them about 16.5 months to complete
about 80% of their cases. 80% of the cases are completed within 16.5 months. Now,
obviously there are cases that are approved much, uh, faster than this, but they're saying that,
and then there are other cases that take them take actually pens much longer than this, right? So
this is 80% of the cases are completed within that timeframe. Now let's jump over to the national
benefit center to see what the, um, the process and time is like there. And guys, you see it's
only 8.5 months, okay. 8.5 months. And I will tell you that a, a lot of the cases that we've been
filing these days that are going to the national benefit center, the E a D um, approval timeline
is actually very short. Okay. Very short, um, sh shorter than 8.5 months. So don't be discouraged
by this timeline here, but you've gotta make sure that you've, um, submitted a, uh, you know,
a correct application. If you have made errors on your E D application, certainly that will slow
down the case, but the national benefit center center has a very short, uh, process and timeline
then Nebraska under Nebraska's timeline, it's 17 months on average. Then we have, uh, Texas,
Texas says 15.5 months. Uh, Vermont says, um, 10 months. Okay. But these
Are, are the, again, 80% of the cases are completed within this timeframe. So, um,
it could be much shorter, or it could be a little bit, um, longer than what they've posted here.
So now let's take a look at, um, another category that is, um, is a very popular one and that's
asylum, okay. Based on pendant asylum application. And that's the C eight category. Now, if you're
asylum, um, if you're asylum E a D application is pendant in Nebraska, the government says it's 11.5
months, um, that it usually takes them to complete the E a D uh, Potomac Potomac, um, Virginia 13
months. And then the last service center is Texas and Texas says 13 months as well. Okay. But again,
guys, based on our exper my experience, I could only speak for the work that I see here at McBean
law, our virtual immigration firm, where we're working on cases for clients in all, all over
all 50 states at many different countries. Um, I could tell you that the timetable for Eads
based on what we're seeing, it's shorter than what the government has posted here on its website.
They have really done a good job recently only recently in speeding some of this up,
and you may have seen some TikTok videos by other lawyers, um, saying that the time
table, the timeline is shorter. It is, it is true. It is much shorter now, based on our experience, I
hope you're seeing the same thing as well. If you are seeing the same thing in, you know, from where
you sit comment below, encourage other people, let them know what your experience has been
weighed in for your work permit application to be approved. Um, let them let folks know how long
it's taken for, for it to happen. Okay. So those are the two really big categories,
the adjustment of status cases, as well as the asylum cases that I wanted to
take you into in this short video guys. Um, it was nice being with you in this one. Don't
wanna make it too long. I'm gonna cover other case processing topics as well over the next,
um, several days or so. So be on the lookout for those videos, because I wanna share with you where
other applications and petitions are as well. So again, comment below, share your experiences,
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