Thank you everybody!!! Feb08Filer, thank you very much for a very interesting information. I have never heard about such a form! I am definitely going to check it out!!! ***Very very very happy dance***
here is the form. Have a HAPPY and prosperous life
http://www.nilc.org/immlawpolicy/misc/misc004.htm
The 4th paragraph is what is of supreme interest. I Bold Red teh stuff the lady at the DO highlighted for me.
and she said to show this form, with your EAD Approval, which together, make you free to work.
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USCIS discontinues issuance of employment authorization cards at local offices
Immigrants' Rights Update, Vol. 20, Issue 4, August 23, 2006
By Linton Joaquin
Executive Director, NILC
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has issued a notice informing the public that local offices will cease accepting any applications for employment authorization
on Oct. 1, 2006, and will cease processing all such applications after Sept. 1, 2006. These actions are being taken to phase out Form I-688B employment authorization cards (EACs) in favor of the Form I-766 employment authorization document (EAD), produced at a central location. The notice explains that "[t]he locally produced I-688B lacks security features and is not well suited to employment verification by employers."
The notice explains that in Nov. 2004 USCIS published a notice in the Federal Register to require that, as of Apr. 1, 2005, applications for employment authorization (on Form I-765) be filed at one of the four USCIS Service Centers or the National Benefits Center. However, some local offices have continued to accept employment authorization applications and issue Forms I-688B.
While pursuant to the notice local offices may accept employment authorization applications up until Oct. 1, 2006, after Sept. 1 they will no longer process these applications, but instead forward the applications to Service Centers. Accordingly, applicants will receive faster service by filing their applications directly with the appropriate Service Center or the Chicago Lockbox, as indicated on the Form I-765 instructions.
Notwithstanding these changes, applicants may continue using InfoPass to schedule appointments for interim work authorization when USCIS has not adjudicated the application for employment authorization within 90 days. However, as of Oct. 1, 2006, local offices will no longer produce interim EACs, and all interim EADs will be issued from a central facility. The notice explains that applicants seeking to replace an expiring EAD should file their applications at least 100 days before their current cards expire, to "minimize the possibility that the current EAD will expire before a decision is made on the new application."
Local offices will continue to process documentation of status for individuals who have been granted asylum by the immigration court or Board of Immigration Appeals, and they should continue to schedule and attend their InfoPass appointments for documentation as instructed. The local USCIS office will provide for EAD card production from the central facility.
