Work Authorization Card Renewal?

[Bethany Baker 0]

My husband received his work authorization card and it has since expired. He has his green card, though, which expires next year. Should he have renewed his work authorization card?

[DeKi 10]

The Green Card replaces the EAD and/or AP for both work and travel purposes. No need to worry about renewing the work authorization card (in fact, they often get collected at the GC interview if the officer approves the applicant on the spot), but make sure he keeps the GC current. He should apply for renewal when there are six months to the expiration date. For more details: http://www.uscis.gov/green-card/after-green-card-granted/renew-green-card.

[Canerican 242]

The Green Card replaces the EAD and/or AP for both work and travel purposes. No need to worry about renewing the work authorization card (in fact, they often get collected at the GC interview if the officer approves the applicant on the spot), but make sure he keeps the GC current. He should apply for renewal when there are six months to the expiration date. For more details: http://www.uscis.gov/green-card/after-green-card-granted/renew-green-card.

The above is incorrect. You will apply for ROC 3 months (90 days) before the expiration date of the 2 year GC. Here is the website to see when the 90 day window opens http://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/dateCalculator.html

As an example my expiration date on my 2 year GC was 11/06/2015 so the earliest I could apply was 08/08/2015.

[DeKi 10]

Yes, apologies, ROC does apply to the original poster and those are the instructions they should follow.

I only imagined the situation where this is not the case (i.e., that her husband was an unconditional permanent resident) and did not look at the timeline to see that this was not the situation.