Which box to check mark for I-765 application if you had EAD with different status?

[panteraboy 0]

I had EAD through OPT during my bachelor's. Now I am applying for I-765 through Marriage to USC (AOS, I-130) Package.

Which box do I check mark:

"Permission to accept employment ?"

or

"Renewal of my permission to accept employment"

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

answered in other thread.

[BMW4me 12]

i would say renewal coz you already had one

but not sure of course

[panteraboy 0]

After researching to verify what Harpa Timsah said, I actually saw it on the I-765 instruction which defines Renewal EAD as "an EAD issued to an eligible applicant upon the expiration of a PREVIOUS EAD ISSUED UNDER the SAME CATEGORY."

Since, I had OPT EAD before, the EAD based on AOS is of different category, hence, I have to check mark the first box, "Permission to accept Employment"