EAD Renewal Question

[cheesehead]

My 2nd EAD Expires in the first week of March, 2003. I applied for 3rd EAD renewal a bit late in late Nov (about 60 days prior to current EAD expiration date).
I have received the receipt and notice date for the EAD from INS. I moved after I received my received the receipt and notice date for the EAD. I have mailed my address change form AR-11. I called my lawyer before I moved about how to inform INS Nebraska about the change of address. He told me to call IIO and talk to them personally and have them update the address manually. Before, calling them mail them a letter with a request to have them change them my address with copy of my EAD Receipt Notice.

Since I have mailed the AR-11, is it good enough for INS or should I have to called Nebraska to check with them so that they update my address.

I know it is hard to get hold of IIO over the phone, But I have to do it. In case If I failed to get the address updated before my EAD get approved and mailed out to my old address, will it be forwarded by the Post Office? All INS letteres have a red stamp of "Return Service Requested" does that mean PO don't have to forward to new address and send them back to INS? I have already informed the Post Office about the forwarding.

If I don't get the renewed EAD by Feb 2003, can I still work since I have the notice of action for EAD Renewal. I can work with my employer and can still work and don't take a pay check for those days and get salary adjusted once I have my EAD card in hand. Or Just keep keep working without paying any attention to my EAD since I have already applied for EAD. I have seen a lot of posting on this forum that it is OK to work since I have the EAD Receipt Notice in hand.

I know I get a temp EAD from local office only past 90 days of ND/RD of my EAD Receipt Notice. Well, I am not sure how 90 days is calculated from the RD or ND of the EAD Receipt Notice.

Has any one got interiem EAD from the local office who have ND/RD 90 days prior to EAD exipiration date.

Can someone post some advice on these.

 

[BadKarma]

Filing AR-11 is not good enough. If I recollect correctly, AR-11 goes to INS in Washington DC not to the applicable regional center. You should also mail INS Nebraska a letter (this has no standard format so format it as you wish) which basically has the same information as AR-11. I've done exactly this in my case on advice from an IIO over the phone. However, I was out of luck when it came to manual updation of address by IIO over the phone. She (the IIO) refused to do it. But I know for a fact that some IIOs do that since one of my friends updated his change of address that way. So, just try your luck.

The Post Office will forward your mail if you have requested forwarding service. I don't think that "Return Service Requested" means anything relevant to this as I have seen other un-important mail with the same kind of marking.

You cannot work without renewed EAD after your current EAD expires. I am aware of the temp EAD after 90 days of pending EAD application but I have also heard that some local INS offices refuse outright to issue temp EADs.

I applied for EAD renewal on late October and got it in the first week of December. After making allowance for the holiday season in the last week of December, I expect that you should get approved sometime around second week of January, max.

Hope this helps.