Another clarification on “Fees are waived” status.. And this is my opening only!
I think not all asylum approvals will say “fees are waived”. This status will show up for people with first time EAD and still pending when their asylum get approved, in this case, uscis will merge both EAD and asylum applications and the status will change to fees are waived.
In my case, i’ve been issued EAD 4 times already while my asylum is pending. An I currently have a valid EAD on hand. So my asylum case went straight from application is pending to decision was mailed.
BTW.. my travel history disappeared 6 years ago after I received my first EAD. “As per DHS, travel history will be deleted after any adjustments of status, and EAD is an adjustment of status.