I'm currently waiting for my EAD (Applied for a GC via marriage to a citizen). What's your opinion on expedite requests with the reason being financial loss (I have a pending job offer from startup)? Is it worth trying?
It's definitely worth trying - there's no downside - but the chance of success is low because there are so many people in the same situation. The limited success I've seen is where someone has a family and is the sole wage earner or someone is working in a field where there are real timing issues/deadlines, such as education, or where someone is working in a national interest field, such as healthcare.