On the EAD card start date of your approved OPT ... Optional Practical Training (OPT), you should have received an official document, called a Form I-797C, Notice of Action (Receipt Notice). You may ...

Note: In 2 to 4 weeks you will receive a Form I-797C, Notice of Action with your Receipt Number ... You should receive your EAD card within 90 days of the receipt date on the Form I-797 if your ...

As long as an F-1 student's STEM OPT extension is timely filed (properly delivered to USCIS before the expiration of their current OPT EAD card), the student benefit ... show their employer the USCIS ...

your EAD status will automatically terminate on Oct. 1. How to receive the Cap Gap I-20 You must submit the ISSO Cap-Gap I-20 Request e-form. We cannot issue you a cap-gap I-20 until such time that ...

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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) may no longer be simultaneously adjudicating dependent status and work permit applications ...

Obtain the tracking number for your EAD card. Call USCIS to obtain the tracking number for your EAD Card. If you have registered for an account with USCIS.gov, the tracking information should show in ...

J-2 dependents cannot begin work until they receive a valid Employment Authorization Document (EAD). You cannot begin work until you have the EAD card AND your start date has arrived. Your employment ...

Low-risk, inflation-linked I bonds may be worth considering. Interest earned in the previous six months is added to the bond’s principal. The Treasury sets new I bond interest rates in May and ...

Delays have been reported between the approval of a client’s I-765 or I-485 and the client’s receipt of the employment authorization document (EAD) or lawful permanent resident card.

No work may begin again until the approved start date listed on your Employment Authorization Document (EAD). It is a violation of your F-1 status to work without authorization, and you will lose your ...