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This happened to me Personally back in the day. The best solution to resolve it. You need to schedule an Info Pass go with your spouse to the field office.
Tell the officer that during the Interview you were recommended for approval but nothing happened. If they refused to help you or they are not co-operative then request to speak with a USCIS Director or Supervisor. Explain to him the situation again.
It happened to me several years ago. I had big argument with the officers about it. Also , They lie sometimes and tell you , You should wait for another year or so.
Don't give up easily. Just schedule an Infopass and keep pressing on them with your US citizen spouse.
I did that and I got approval same day and the green card came in the mail 2 weeks after.
What happens sometimes. The officer who approved. He didn't post the approval on the system.
But the officers will keep misleading you because they are slackers and they treat immigrants worse than animals and beggars.
If someone just spent 5 minutes looking at your file, They will see the approval and post it in the system then you will get card production ordered
 
Hope this helps

Another good tip for you. In California Apply for Identification card before you apply for License and that would grant you a Driver's license for 5 years.
Trust me on my old EAD when I was in California. I applied for Identification card then License and I got the ID Card for 6 years then when I got the License it was 5 years.
In California they intend to restrict the License based on the validity of your work-permit or Green Card. In California only you are allowed to hold 2 seperate cards for States ID + Driver's License simultaneously.
I would recommend you to get ID Card first then go another day and apply for DL. This would save you fees in the future because they will restrict your DL to couple months and then you need to reapply again when you get the 10 year GC.
This is my great tip for you in California and it helped many other people who held EAD and got it for 5 year instead of 1 year.

Another good tip for you. In California Apply for Identification card before you apply for License and that would grant you a Driver's license for 5 years.
Trust me on my old EAD when I was in California. I applied for Identification card then License and I got the ID Card for 6 years then when I got the License it was 5 years.
In California they intend to restrict the License based on the validity of your work-permit or Green Card. In California only you are allowed to hold 2 seperate cards for States ID + Driver's License simultaneously.
I would recommend you to get ID Card first then go another day and apply for DL. This would save you fees in the future because they will restrict your DL to couple months and then you need to reapply again when you get the 10 year GC.
This is my great tip for you in California and it helped many other people who held EAD and got it for 5 year instead of 1 year.

Another good tip for you. In California Apply for Identification card before you apply for License and that would grant you a Driver's license for 5 years.
Trust me on my old EAD when I was in California. I applied for Identification card then License and I got the ID Card for 6 years then when I got the License it was 5 years.
In California they intend to restrict the License based on the validity of your work-permit or Green Card. In California only you are allowed to hold 2 seperate cards for States ID + Driver's License simultaneously.
I would recommend you to get ID Card first then go another day and apply for DL. This would save you fees in the future because they will restrict your DL to couple months and then you need to reapply again when you get the 10 year GC.
This is my great tip for you in California and it helped many other people who held EAD and got it for 5 year instead of 1 year.

US doesnt care about the refusals of other countries. In the application form they never ask you have you ever been refused a visa to another country. they just care about refusal of US visas before and not any other countries. In Schengen visa they never ask you for any refusals at all. UK and Ireland ask for refusals with any other countries.
The only way that US could know that you have been refused a visa or applied for visa before is whats stamped inside your passport only. If you have visa application received stamp or a stamp with a written reference number then this is a refusal otherwise you have a visa issued. USA never stamp your passport if you got refused but they keep your data and information because each time you apply for US Visa you submit your fingerprints. Each time you submit your fingerprint it pull up all your immigration history with USA. Usually the biometric data are shared to all US missions in the world and Customers and Border protection in USA. Usually US considers travel history to developed countries such as Canada , UK , Ireland , Schengen , Australia , New Zealand and Japan. If you got these visas before or travelled there then they will raise up your situation with them for sure.