H4 EAD and H4 COS

[Umanandy]

Hi , I applied for H1B to H4 COS and H4-EAD in January ,2020 . On April 8th my EAD is approved and I received the card also whereas H4 COS case is showing “Fingerprint review completed.

so now with my approved EAD can I start working thought my H4 is in progress ? Or should I wait for the H4 to be approved .

[Vinayprirajin84]

did you not get H4 approval ? but got H4 EAD instead first. lucky you as many are waiting after H4 approval still for there H4EAD.  contact the person who filed for you to check to see, if they got any approval notification on H4.. in some cases, the cases will remain in that status for along time in the portal.  also contact USCIS , i suspect, your postage might be misplaced.  since if you got H4 EAD, then thats the date of your validity for I-94 also. 

[User099]

On 4/21/2020 at 9:53 PM, Umanandy said:

Hi , I applied for H1B to H4 COS and H4-EAD in January ,2020 . On April 8th my EAD is approved and I received the card also whereas H4 COS case is showing “Fingerprint review completed.

so now with my approved EAD can I start working thought my H4 is in progress ? Or should I wait for the H4 to be approved .

Its better to wait for H4 to be approved. Mostly they get approved at the same time.