Hi My 2nd EAD is going to expire on Oct 31st 2004 and I've applied for my 3rd EAD on 18th May 2004 and got approved on 7th July 2004. We got the cards yesterday and the expiry shows as July 6th 2005. Any ideas Why is it not renewed back to back? My 2EAD got renewed back to back.
My 3rd EAD not renewed back to back!!!
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galsa said:
My third EAD has the same. Not back-dated. I think is because of the lack of a uniform policy among the adjudicators and a common policy from USCIS to the Service Centers. My wife's third one was back-dated, though. It is a Service Error. Instead of doing it uniformely for all EADs and also the APs, they tend to do anything they like.
From "www.immigration-law.com"
02/13/2004: Post Dating of EAD Renewal Available Per USCIS HQ Permission
According to the Nebraska Service Center, the Service Centers were given a green light by the USCIS HQ in September 2003 to issue the "post-date" EAD so that people can obtain a full 12-month renewed card. Since the EAD holders are permitted to file EAD renewal up to 6 months in advance of the expiration of the current EAD, inasmuch as it is within this time frame, people may be able to apply for EAD extension early on so that they do not face a crisis of EAD renewal application being still pending at the time of the expiration of the current EAD. Accordingly, people may be able to request the EAD renewal period from the date of expiration of the current EAD until one year from the starting date. In the renewal application, people may remind the Service Center of November 5, 2003 NSC Q&A so that they can check with the USCIS HQ internal permission back in September 2003. We commend the USCIS for the right move. It will help somewhat workload of EAD processing. EAD processing takes a large share of the USCIS immigration benefit workloads. Last year, this web site recommended the legacy INS to adopt this procedure.
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