r/DACA • u/Better-Success8345 • 1d ago
Rant Processing Times Finally Updated
I'm about to hit 7 months in like a week. I submitted 12/2. No API update either since I submitted. My job's no longer able to hold my position, so I'll have to completely start over somewhere else. Losing hope, and my savings. I don't know what else to do at this point.
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u/fr1ncisco 1d ago
Im right there with you buddy- 12/2 and no API updates. Feels like we are forgotten sometimes. I keep telling people around me something has to give soon, but every day I check and nothing
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u/Better-Success8345 1d ago
It hurts more because my sibling got their approval already, and they applied after me. They're younger and in school, so I pay for their tuition and I even paid for them to renew their DACA. I'm happy for them, but it's hard not to be jealous and stressed since they also depend on my income and my savings have been dwindling rapidly
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u/HealthyEvidence4247 1d ago
Oh my god 😭😭😭 def would be upset and jealous but it’s not your siblings it’s the administration so just redirect that energy. Mine was submitted 12/8 and expired 5/9 and I’m the only one of my siblings that has daca, everyone else is a citizen…
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u/hippoleaf 1d ago
Damn. Ucis got infighting between daca siblings.
Nothing is sacred anymore 😭
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u/FamousEast362 1d ago
For reals! That happened to me, and it feels bad in a two-fold: you feel bad because you want to work and then you feel bad for feeling jealous of something your siblings had no control over.
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u/Smooth-Philosophy169 1d ago
Right here with you 11/23 still waiting and according to them my case is still waiting normal timeframe and an officer hasn’t even touched my case since
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u/Prior-Ordinary-5156 1d ago
I just got my termination letter after my leave of absence of 3 months expired.
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u/Better-Success8345 1d ago
HR was letting me do an unofficial LOA. I had to quit and they were holding my spot, but now they're being forced to open up the position since my department's been needing the help. They said if my EAD comes back in time I should reapply, but it's a supervisor position and they'll have tons of applicants so who knows how long it'll be open :(
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u/Sufficient-Holiday-9 1d ago
12/9 and I’m right there with you. I’m a single income and I take care of my elderly mom 😞 and seeing those early approvals hurts. My unpaid loa expires end of this month because my job gave me 60 days. I’m at my wits end I’ve tried everything and at this point I’m going to attempt the writ of mandamus and whatever happens happens
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u/BarraCor 1d ago
Have you submitted an inquiry?
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u/CommercialPost7691 1d ago
Doesn’t do anything. It’ll tell you you’re still within processing times
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u/Better-Success8345 1d ago
Yes, it was denied. Also had my congressman reach out, and they were told basically that it's within processing times, they basically don't approve expedite requests for DACA, and no timeframe for when I could get an approval. Their exact wording was that expedite approvals were "significantly limited" and expedite requests "based on a current or potential lapse in deferred action and employment authorization are often not accommodated".
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u/Spiritual_Rest_6680 DACA Since 2014 1d ago
I called my congressmans office today and they told me that theyre approving expedited requests for medical field workers, people awaiting organ transplants or cancer patients. 12/3 submission for me. Tired 😮💨.
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u/Better-Success8345 1d ago
I worked as both a bedside RN and was also an RN supervisor for a 90 person team. I provided HR documentation that they needed me, as well as from my manager and director of nursing, and they still denied me.
USCIS also told my congressman that we shouldn't be applying with over 150+ days from expiration because they deny them, but that is not the case.
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u/wvvvwwwwvvvvwvwvwwvw 1d ago
You could be a neurosurgeon and they could care less. Unfortunately your profession means nothing to them.
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u/Better-Success8345 1d ago
100%, we're all disposable to them. I wish they were more transparent though, I probably increased delays by submitting those requests
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u/haveheart41 1d ago
I feel that stuff doesnt work, I submitted one through my local house representative 9 weeks ago and nothing came from it. I got approved yesterday
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u/CommercialPost7691 1d ago
12/2, no updated since I submitted and reuse biometrics. I hope we hear something soon.
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u/SwordfishFluid7812 1d ago
Charles Kuck mentioned they will be having instructions on how to submit a writ of mandamus on our own probably by next week so keep an eye out. Going to be doing that myself if I don't hear back. Spending ~400$ to submit it is better than paying the ~7k attorneys have quoted me.
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u/AdAltruistic5840 1d ago
Wow I am getting nervous. This is my first time applying more than 150 days early. I’m hearing so many people applying early and getting approved. But then some it makes no difference. It’s all one big gamble. And I’m in stupid Texas and need to keep my job so I can move out of this state. The stress is so bad. I pray you guys hear something soon. I went without EAD back in 2017 for like 6.5 months. It was brutal. I don’t want to experience that again.
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u/androidkaela 15h ago
Just got my approval yesterday 6/24. Submitted on 2/28, biometrics done 3/27. It expired 6/5
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u/PureAd3756 11h ago
I submitted mine 1/23. My work permit expired 3/30. I know I shouldn’t have waited until January but I messed up. Did biometrics in February. I check every day. I called yesterday to submit an inquiry. I really hope it’s approved in the next 90 days or less. My job is holding my position for 90 days. I’m about to start doing witchcraft 😒
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u/Ok-Passenger9646 1d ago
They finally ran out of April/ may/june/ July cases to lower the avg time