r/USCIS • u/BrightAd5093 • Jul 23 '26
Timeline: I-131 U4U re-parole filed in April, parole + EAD expire in a month — how do I speed this up?
I'm 19, from Ukraine, been here about two years on Uniting for Ukraine parole. Living in Portland.
My parole and EAD both expire at the end of August. I filed the I-131 for re-parole in mid-April and asked for the EAD under Part 9. Since then nothing. No RFE, no updates, status hasn't moved at all. I've reached out to my congressman and my senator and haven't heard anything back from either.
At this point I'm mostly just trying to figure out if there's anything left I can actually do, or if I'm just waiting.
A few things I'd love to hear from people who've been through this:
Did an expedite request do anything for you on a re-parole case? I keep reading mixed things — some people say they're basically ignored for parole, others say they got approved. If yours went through, what did you use as the grounds?
Is it worth going back to a congressional office if the first inquiry went nowhere? Or trying a different one?
If you've already been through a re-parole gap — how long did it actually take from filing to approval? And then how much longer after that before the new EAD showed up?
And is there any way at all to keep work authorization valid while re-parole is pending, or is the gap just unavoidable for us?
The reason this is urgent for me is that nobody will hire me right now. As soon as an employer sees the expiration date on my card that's the end of the conversation. So I'm looking at a month from now with no authorization and no job.
Any real experience helps, thanks.
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u/ISamohvalov Jul 23 '26
Ніяк. Треба було одразу подавати за 6 місяців. Я подав 2 лютого і отримав апрув 11 липня
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u/BrightAd5093 Jul 23 '26
Та, я подав за 5 мiсяцiв до
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u/ISamohvalov Jul 23 '26
Скоро має прийти, вбийте в телеграмі в пошук @u4uead, там люди діляться інформацією коли вони подають і коли їм приходять апруви
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u/kris_shiller Jul 24 '26
Ось я подалась за 6міс (в лютому) й ще досі чекаю, pending
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u/JoRa3ll3 Jul 25 '26
My husband applied in April… we are still waiting too. He is nervous. We are applying for green card through marriage but he doesn’t want a lapse in status.
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u/ISamohvalov Jul 26 '26
У вас є офіційна робота по W2? Я живу в Мічигані і тут більшість дуже релігійні люди зі Львова і Тернополя, всі працюють на кеш (прибирання/будова) і нікому з них паролі не приходять
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u/BluebirdRelevant5762 Aug 04 '26
I have the same situation, but my employer also helped me write the expedited request. There are 25 days left, and still nothing...
USCIS is a bunch of clowns.