Rete

IT IS NOT A SET OF BIOMETRICS FOR THE EAD

Why can't you understand that.

Biometrics is all ten fingerprints for security clearance.

For the EAD it is one (1) fingerprint and a photo.

I quit ... you have this idea in your head and won't let go of it ;-)

Sorry you have to wait for your EAD but that life's for an immigrant to the US. Hell it could be Canada and you don't even get the option of an EAD to work but have to wait for sometimes years for your spousal visa to be approved while you sit at home doing nothing.

Rete

NYS DMV does NOT issue a driver's license with photo the same day you apply and take the photo for the license. You have to wait for 10 to 30 days for the license to come in the mail.

Noorah101

CA doesn't either. I was just still trying to figure out what leopards wants.

leopards

Well in FL, GA, and CT 3 states I've lived in it is the same day. So in my experience a government issued ID that isn't attached to a government employer is quick and efficient.

Noorah101

How about one that's attached to an I-485?

leopards

But the EAD/AP is certain. A driver's license requires a paper test, eye exam, and a road test. That's 3 elements to get a driver's licenese. The EAD/AP is dependent on a completed AOS. So logically if the AOS is done right the process should take hardly any time to approve.

Noorah101

The drivers license IS certain...IF you pass the tests.

The EAD IS certain...IF you have a correctly filed I-485.

Rene

leopards

Excellent point and if both are certain once the tests are passed then why would it take more than a month as you yourself said to get a government issued ID. Both are certain.

Noorah101

Because DMV only has a roomful of people to deal with at one time.

USCIS has only ONE processing center for the entire nation.

Rene

leopards

Another good point, however, is it still certain, and because it is certain it should be quick, right? You mentioned earlier about a 30 day AP which as you know is not the norm. The average is 60 days so why the delay on a certainty even if it is only one center the fact remains a certainty cannot be anything other than certain. So logically it should be universal for everyone to get a less than 30 days EAD/AP and not the average of 60-90 days.

ian-mstm

It's not. Deal with it.

Ian

leopards

I have "dealt" with it, and if you were paying attention to a recent thread I made you would know where I am in "dealing with it." Still the logic behind anything other than a 30 day or less EAD/AP approval seems to be inefficient.

kthx

My opinion on this is: they are inefficient for 2 reasons: first is obvious, they are government organization (no competition or incentive to be faster (for the employees)), but second is more important: their clients do not vote. If you could vote and your senator said "Oh and by the way I am going to lobby congress to reduce the time of processing any immigration application by 50%, would be a strong incentive for you to vote for him, right?" But there is no big incentive for that in the government: most Americans could care less.

Since, no one "hears" you technically, it is just not a priority.

I feel when you pay that much money for your application they should be faster, but they seem to be improving...

jeffreyhy

l,

I don't think they are either "automatic" or "guaranteed". Recognize that people other than adjustment applicants also submit I-765 for EA and I-131 for travel documents including types other than AP.

An I-485 applicant's I-765 or I-131 may require less examination than others, but they do get handled by the same group(s) as handles the others, not by the I-485 processers.

Regards, JEff

leopards

So what you're saying jeff is the EAD/AP are not guaranteed. But others have said as long as you have a completed 485 then it's certain.