EAD approved, but not AP, should I expect EAD/AP combo card?

[dwarf 0]

I got notification for EAD("Card Production") but for the AP it is still "Initial Review". I understand that both will be in a COMBO card if filed together with AOS.

Will they send out the Combo Card even if my AP is not yet approved??

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

The online system is unreliable. Your AP is probably approved as well. You'll know when you get the card.

Edited July 29, 2012 by Harpa Timsah

[Ramprat 1]

As another reply above, USCIS website is sometimes not up to date. You will see when you get EAD card. By the way, when did you get your biometrics done? I did on 6/26, and I still haven't heard anything yet.

[dwarf 0]

The online system is unreliable. Your AP is probably approved as well. You'll know when you get the card.

Did you experience such?

[Moomin 292]

Did you experience such?

My AP status stopped updating before EAD. It didn't say card production on AP online status either. I have a combo card in hand.

[dwarf 0]

My AP status stopped updating before EAD. It didn't say card production on AP online status either. I have a combo card in hand.

oh okay..I thought, both EAD and AP needs to be approved before a COMBO card is sent out...

[Moomin 292]

oh okay..I thought, both EAD and AP needs to be approved before a COMBO card is sent out...

Well, my AP was approved online but never updated from thereon. I wouldn't worry too much about it since the online status may and can be unreliable. When you receive the card, check to see if it says "serves as Advanced parole" - I think that's how it's worded on the front bottom of card.

You don't get hardcopy NOA2 receipts from EAD/AP so if you don't receive a combocard, the only way of looking into what happened is through scheduling an infopass appointment and asking what's up.

[KayDeeCee 4,893]

Well, my AP was approved online but never updated from thereon. I wouldn't worry too much about it since the online status may and can be unreliable. When you receive the card, check to see if it says "serves as Advanced parole" - I think that's how it's worded on the front bottom of card.

You don't get hardcopy NOA2 receipts from EAD/AP so if you don't receive a combocard, the only way of looking into what happened is through scheduling an infopass appointment and asking what's up.

If you get the EAD/AP combo card, which almost everyone does as of late, then it will state 'Serves as I-512 Advance Parole' at the bottom above the expiration date. The online status updating system is never reliable. It works for some and doesn't for others. I have seen other people post that they got the update that their EAD was approved but the AP never changed. They all received the EAD/AP combo card anyway.

Let us know if you get the combo card when it arrives in the mail.

Edited July 31, 2012 by Jay-Kay

[dwarf 0]

If you get the EAD/AP combo card, which almost everyone does as of late, then it will state 'Serves as I-512 Advance Parole' at the bottom above the expiration date. The online status updating system is never reliable. It works for some and doesn't for others. I have seen other people post that they got the update that their EAD was approved but the AP never changed. They all received the EAD/AP combo card anyway.

Let us know if you get the combo card when it arrives in the mail.