Received Green card after filing for EAD extension, biometrics appt set up - now what?

[RichardNL 0]

Okay, so here's a good one...

 

My permanent resident card was supposedly nearly approved, so I held off on extending my driver's license.  Time passes, and the expiration on the driver's license - matching my EAD - was getting awfully close, so I decided to file for an extension on my EAD, and hope that the process for that would go pretty smoothly - which, so far, it did as I received the letter saying I need to show up for Biometrics (again)... but not before my permanent resident card actually arrived (and which I used to extend my driver's license).

 

Given that the EAD was filed with 'pending AOS', and I have the permanent resident card now so I don't technically even need an EAD, I seem to have fallen into a situation for which there doesn't appear to be any readily available answers in the usual documentation.

 

I'd be happy to go and have biometrics done (there hasn't been any communication saying that's now canceled), but I'm curious as to what the proper route is this oddball situation.  The only other thread I could find ( /topic/55507-received-green-card-before-ead-and-advance-parole/ ) actually didn't have the appointment set up and they were just wondering if they could get money back on having started the EAD/AP process; which doesn't apply in my case.

 

Thanks in advance for any thoughts on this matter!

[ryna 132]

Common sense says you no longer need the EAD, nor the biometrics that go along with it, but the USCIS is sometimes a 'common sense-free' zone.  I would set up an infopass at your local office and discuss with them, but that's just me after a long, error-riddled immigration process for my wife.  You don't want them informing the SSA that you no longer have work authorization because of the abandoned EAD renewal.  Believe it or not, while SSA supposedly has access to USCIS' records and should know about your newly issued GC, even having the physical document (GC, in your case) from USCIS in your hand won't be enough for the SSA to believe you. 

Edited February 27, 2017 by ryna