Hi amcom, For our (me and my wife's) first EAD, all we got was the card in the mailer. We applied for these along with the 140 and 485s, in the same envelope. I did not fill any G28(??) form to authorize my lawyer to file any of my applications. He helped me fill the application forms and checked them once we filled them, but officially, I think I filed the applications (other than I-140 ofcourse). I got the reciepts for our 485s, 765s and 131s mailed directly to me. I got the approvals for EAD and AP mailed directly to me also.
The Mailer for EAD says its form I-797D, is this what you are takling about as the "approval notice". This is all we got. The EAD is valid for just one year too, so is the AP. Should I be worried that I don't have an "approval notice"?
Thanks.