Dee Barbara
2d
EAD card for dependent produced
my wife ead card was produced some minutes ago after being approved since December. Mine which is the principal applicant, both ead card and I-485 is not approved yet. we submitted since October and did biometric October. when should we expected I-485 approval? we are from one of the banned countries
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Nazir Ahmad2d
same case with me, EAD approved for derivative applicant
A Z2d
because you already have job and social security number. dependent doesn’t have social security number and it is needed.
A Z2d
@Dee Barbara are you listed in 39 countries or listed in 75 countries?
A S2d
my timeline is same. what is your field office?
Dee Barbara2d
@A Z
Dependent also has social security before because she is a student. I am from Nigeria. I think part of the 39 countries.
@A S , I filed at Raleigh field office while my wife filed at Cleveland field office
helen helen1d
@Dee Barbara is your wife also from Nigeria? I guess it is became different field offices are processing your case.
hello mark1d
Their is an hold on adjudication for benefits from persons from the ban countries. This means you won't get a decision on your EAD or I-485 until the hold is lifted. The reason why your wife got hers is because it was approved before the hold in December 2025 the holding policy was implemented in January 2026.
Dee Barbara1d
@helen helen
my wife is also a Nigerian
Dee Barbara1d
so any news on when the ban will be lifted?
helen helen1d
@Dee Barbara ,a review of the ban and possibly being lifted is due by June. let's keep our fingers crossed 🤞 that Nigeria name will be removed from the list by God's grace 🙏 🙏
A Z1d
@Dee Barbara @helen helen Donald trump relationship with Nigeria government is not good. He is not happy with the Christian killings in Nigeria, and this news may not be real. So, don’t expect such positive news soon. Anyway god bless you.
f c1d
@hello mark of the wife got hers and they both filed the same time he’s definitely going to get his approval his because we’re hearing that the pause with not necessarily affect EAD card.
f c7h
@A Z I have noticed you’re full of negative comments in this platform.. please allow people to hope positively. take bad energy somewhere else.
A Z4m
@fc if you can’t accept the reality, that’s your problem. you don’t live in March right now. In the most of full/partial ban, government is targeting African countries. it is just the politics and your positively will not change the bitter and bad truth. it is always better to be prepared for the worst case scenarios and to have second option. I know friend from Iran and his wife. they had permanent residency for 5 years. they got usa citizenship approved. because of this ban, they stopped his citizenship oth. partial/full ban is for the security threat. it is not a small joke you think. if you don’t understand how current administration is working and targeting country, that’s your problem. why they put only 39 countries in that particular list but they didn’t put China in this list?
