EAD renewal and AP application

[DFWJimbo 4]

My wife's (and daughter's) EAD was approved October last year and expires beginning of October this year.  We are still waiting for an interview to be scheduled based on an I-485 AOS filed at the same time, originally under a K1 Visa (Daughter under K2 with the K1).  Her EAD class is (c)(9) (or on the NOA2 as C9).  We did not apply for an AP (I didn't know that's what most people do).  Parts of this process is confusing, sorry for asking what may be obvious for many of you.

 

Q1: I'm reading some threads here about EAD renewal however they are a few years old and I'm not sure the data is correct anymore.  Research I've done at USCIS' website for form instructions seem to indicate that I can file a renewal for her EAD sometime in the next couple of months (before 120 days of expiration), and that there is no fee because it was filed with the I485 AOS, and must be filed as a paper application because the NOA for I485 is required present.  Is this still true about there being no fee for the renewal?

Q2: Is the EAD now automatically renewed (link: https://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/automatic-employment-authorization-document-ead-extension)?

 

Q3: I'm also thinking of filing the I-131 for AP just in case something happens with her family or an emergency (things happen in life I know).  In the instructions for I-131 I seem to think that the AP application can still be filed and there is no fee because the I-485 was filed and paid for.  Is this true?

 

Thanks in advance.

[payxibka 10,047]

1 hour ago, DFWJimbo said:

My wife's (and daughter's) EAD was approved October last year and expires beginning of October this year.  We are still waiting for an interview to be scheduled based on an I-485 AOS filed at the same time, originally under a K1 Visa (Daughter under K2 with the K1).  Her EAD class is (c)(9) (or on the NOA2 as C9).  We did not apply for an AP (I didn't know that's what most people do).  Parts of this process is confusing, sorry for asking what may be obvious for many of you.

 

Q1: I'm reading some threads here about EAD renewal however they are a few years old and I'm not sure the data is correct anymore.  Research I've done at USCIS' website for form instructions seem to indicate that I can file a renewal for her EAD sometime in the next couple of months (before 120 days of expiration), and that there is no fee because it was filed with the I485 AOS, and must be filed as a paper application because the NOA for I485 is required present.  Is this still true about there being no fee for the renewal?

Q2: Is the EAD now automatically renewed (link: https://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/automatic-employment-authorization-document-ead-extension)?

 

Q3: I'm also thinking of filing the I-131 for AP just in case something happens with her family or an emergency (things happen in life I know).  In the instructions for I-131 I seem to think that the AP application can still be filed and there is no fee because the I-485 was filed and paid for.  Is this true?

 

Thanks in advance.

Q1.  Yes

Q2.  No, the existing EAD is automatically extended to eliminate a gap between expiration of the old and approval of the renewal, you still must still file a renewal application

Q3.  Yes