Hi everyone,

When I log onto my case status online, it says my EAD is at the national benefits center. After reading through threads, it seems that the local offices (that would be Vermont for me) processes the EADs. Is this true for everyone or is it distributed between the local offices and the National benefits center? If the EAD is still at the national benefits center and it's supposed to be at my local office, does that mean it's not even close to being processed?

I still have not had any word on the advance parole. Should I make an infopass appointment at my local office to talk to them about this? We have tried calling and have only gotten the cookie-cutter response from the reps. Our receipt number is not valid in the system (although a rep that we spoke to said that it costs too much money to put everyone in the system and that's why we can't check online) and we have not heard any updates since we filed in January. According to processing times at the national benefits center, it is overdue.

Vermont Service Center is NOT a local office but one of 4 regional processing centers. National Benefits Center will distribute to a regional processing center when appropriate... Rarely will a file go to the local office unless an interview will be conducted.

EAD based on pending AOS is processed by NBC.

VSC handles EAD if you filed for EAD before AOS and paid the fee for EAD, and only if VSC is the center having jurisdiction over where you live.

Ohhh, okay. Thanks for clearing that up for me YuAndDan and fwaguy! I couldn't understand why some people were having their cases transferred while ours was seemingly just sitting at the NBC. I guess it's back to twiddling my thumbs while I wait for them to process our EAD.