aneelkumar87

Hi allyrose,

You will NOT need to apply for EAD every year after you get your Green Card. Once you have your Green Card, you do NOT need your EAD for job and travel; Green Card is used instead.

Also, if he got the in 3 months; probably within next 3-6 months, he will get his Green Card, so no need to re-apply for EAD again, so just wait for the Green Card. Worse case scenario, if he doesn't get it and you only have 2 months pending for EAD, then he needs to apply for an extension of EAD - but I am confident you will get GC before that.

Silent reader - wanted to share my experience to-date for me and my wife. I am on H1B Visa from Pakistan, and applied for Green Card:

Perm Approved: Nov'2016

I-140, I485, I-131, I-765 Filed - 2/7/2017 Priority Date

I-140 Premium Processing approved - 2/20/2017

EAD Received for Wife: 2/27/2017

EAD Received for me: 3/22/2017

Biometrics done: 3/10/2017

No update yet - everything has happened so quickly, so I am hoping for a quick response on I-485 as well. Anyone has similar timeline?

Thanks

Aneel