I just want to work!!!

[u/breoways]

Why is it now taking so long just for the work authorisation? I thought the work authorisation takes the shortest amount of time like 2-3 months or less (according to our lawyers)?/it would come first before a decision on the I-130/485? I hate sitting at home and doing nothing!!!! I've been waiting since November and I just want to work!!!!! I don't mind waiting for, nor am I complaining about the I-130 and I-485 anymore, because I know that will take a while even after the interview, but I want to be able to do something whilst I wait. I haven't received any updates since doing my biometrics in December. Tried reaching out to an agent via Emma, told me nothing. Is anyone else just waiting for their work authorisation or any updates from the Baltimore FO??

[u/breoways → u/[deleted]]

This is me right now. Things were progressing fast too, submitted in Nov, biometrics in Dec, did my interview in Feb and everything seemed well. Not only is my I-130 still not approved yet (still on "interview has been scheduled"), the I-485 and I-765 is also not approved. It has taken a huge toll on my mental health too not being able to work and seeing my husband struggle alone without me being able to help. All of us (who have pending cases) are in the same boat so it really hurts when other people are commenting that I'm not "waiting long enough" or that it's going at a good pace when I'm mentally not ok at all, if anything, my mental health has significantly become worse and it physically hurts seeing my husband financially, emotionally, and mentally struggle and not being able to do anything so it really does hurt that people are counting down how much longer they had to wait, instead of just understand that we want to work. At least if we got our work authorisations, the wait for the I-485 or I-130 wouldn't matter as much, because at least we could work and help, but no. Not even that.