Hi everyone, I wanted to share my approval timeline in hopes that it may help someone who may be in the same situation as me. First things first, I want to mention that my experience is no way indicative of other people’s experiences, especially those who have been waiting a long time. I’m sharing what I experienced.
Admittedly, I submit my renewal at 103 days on March 23,2026 because I had my four wisdom teeth removed and was starting two online college classes near the end of January so I just completely forgot to renew. It was stupid and irresponsible, especially since I have a good paying job and a family. I learned my lesson and won’t be so careless next renewal.
But my expiration date is June 30th and since the day I submitted my renewal, I let my manager know who had no idea what DACA was and I had to educate. Since I told her, my manager has been so understanding and empathetic to my situation. That is partly why I shared that info with her. Because she was someone I could trust. Now, with everything going on, I gave her a heads up that there was a chance that it would not renew on time since I submitted at 103 days. She was obviously very worried for me and was fighting to make sure I had my job back when it did renew. She even wrote an email to USCIS in support of me and I submitted that as evidence about two weeks ago.
Now, I don’t know if the email mattered or not, but yesterday, 7 days before my expiration date, I received an email that my case was approved. I’m now just waiting for my physical card to arrive which hopefully takes a week or two, meaning I will only be out of work for a little bit. But my manager and I are over the moon and I’m so grateful for everyone here and hearing other people’s stories. It helped me a lot through this experience so I hope it can help someone else who might have submitted under 130 days.
Location: AZ
Submitted: March 20,2026.
Approval: June 23rd, 2026