Last Monday I received an email saying that my EAD card was sent to production. Today I received an email saying that an EAD approval notice was being mailed to me.

Does the approval notice contain the EAD card? If not, how soon should I expect the EAD card?

Thanks in advance!

Congratulations ! Allow from 2 weeks to 30 days

congratulations! i just got my EAD card last week too.they said they sent and approval noticed in the mail and i was surprised my EAD card was in it.so i think yours will be there too.

Congratulations

My approval email came, the same day as the card turned up in the post, so should be soon.
Though I have seen other cases here, where it takes a little longer.
Good Luck!!!!

Congrats!!

I got the same emails.My approval notice contained the EAD card and I received it 2 days after I got that approval email.
So, CONGRATS!

This is how it went for me:
Sep 27: first email stating that card production was ordered
Oct 3: second email stating that card production was ordered
...
nothing in the mail...
Oct 9: email stating that an approval notice was sent
Oct 12: I get that approval notice, along with the EAD card

To answer my own question ...
The approval notice contains the actual EAD card and came one day after receiving an "approval notice has been mailed to you" email. Like most other people I had previously received two "card production ordered" emails.

Personally I suspect that the first "card production" email is when the card is actually ordered, the second "card production" email is when they update the system when the card has been produced and finally the "approval notice" email is when they have mailed out the card.

I agree totally this is how it worked for us..........

Claudeth received her EAD about four days after the email notice.