When to renew EAD?

[hikaru 0]

Hello there!

I was wondering when you all think it would be best for my husband to renew his EAD? It expires in December. Would it be too early to file now? Should we wait until October or September? We don't want to file too late and then have the renewal not be processed in time and have to put his job in jeopardy. I'd like to think that his green card would be approved by December, but I'm not too hopeful.

When we do file, would he still file under eligability category c9, as we initially filed the EAD with his adjustment of status application? Also, assuming we do file c9, where does the application get sent? In the instructions, it says "If your response to question 16 is c(9), file your application at the same local USCIS office or Service Center where you submitted your adjustment of status application." We sent everything to the Chicago lockbox, as we filed for EAD at the same time we submitted for the AOS; everything was then transferred to the Misourri Service Center. I think everything is now back in Chicago, where we live. Too many places, I'm confused!

Thanks for your help.

Edited July 14, 2006 by hikaru

[sukimi 0]

Not sure of the answer to your question, but I'm curious about something. If your last EAD was approved in Feb, why is it expiring in December? Shouldn't they be giving you at least a year?

[hikaru 0]

Not sure of the answer to your question, but I'm curious about something. If your last EAD was approved in Feb, why is it expiring in December? Shouldn't they be giving you at least a year?

Good question, one we've never been able to get a satisfactory answer to. ;\ We've deduced that it's partly because of the snafu when they were still sending documents to our old address - perhaps the EAD was actually approved in December but because they sent things to the wrong places and we had to reschedule the biometrics, it took us longer to get. We've asked about it (infopass, phone) but no one's been helpful.

[sukimi 0]

Good question, one we've never been able to get a satisfactory answer to. ;\ We've deduced that it's partly because of the snafu when they were still sending documents to our old address - perhaps the EAD was actually approved in December but because they sent things to the wrong places and we had to reschedule the biometrics, it took us longer to get. We've asked about it (infopass, phone) but no one's been helpful.

Ah, that stinks. I do remember something about people renewing EADs online - maybe that applies to you (and maybe it is faster than paper!)