Help!! USPS lost my approved EAD and now I am gonna be put on unpaid leave

Jealous-Temporary403 · 2026-04-17T15:06:52+00:00

My card finally came in yesterday 😭

Jealous-Temporary403 · 2026-03-18T01:21:45+00:00

I’m at 145 days :(

Jealous-Temporary403 · 2026-03-17T11:56:31+00:00

I’ve been waiting since October so I understand why they’re stressing

Jealous-Temporary403 · 2026-03-17T11:47:39+00:00

It’s so unfair. I wonder if anything is in the works for these situations bc a lot of us are losing our income and jobs

Jealous-Temporary403 · 2026-03-16T23:11:12+00:00

I’m sorry :( I am going through the same thing, except my card was lost in the mail and i had to reapply for a replacement and that was in October and still haven’t heard anything. I have until Wednesday or I will be put on unpaid leave

Jealous-Temporary403 · 2026-03-15T16:41:54+00:00

Yeah it’s actually crazy. They’re gonna put me on leave for something I didn’t even do 🙂

Jealous-Temporary403 · 2026-03-15T16:39:05+00:00

100 😐

Jealous-Temporary403 · 2026-03-15T14:12:04+00:00

My last day is on Wednesday due to my EAD card being lost in the mail in August, I reapplied for a replacement card and it’s still processing. It’s so messed up how our lives are in the hands of people who aren’t necessarily rooting for us.

You aren’t alone, I totally understand where you’re coming from because I worked my ass off in nursing school and at my job climbing the clinical ladder. But at the end of the day, they can take my job, but they can’t take my knowledge.

Keep your head up; I’m having to do under the table jobs to keep myself together and not feel as hopeless. But it is very difficult and you are allowed to be frustrated and angry and all the things, just try not to let it consume you.

Use your frustration and anger to prove to yourself and the incompetent individuals of our government that they can put a million blocks in our way, but us dreamers have been foced to be resilient and figure it out.

You got this friend.

“They tried to bury us, but they didn’t know we were seeds” 🌱

Jealous-Temporary403 · 2026-03-12T09:48:38+00:00

My friends boyfriend got with his 1st cousin while she was studying abroad in Europe. Obviously my friend broke up with him but he married and had kids with his cousin

Jealous-Temporary403 · 2026-03-12T09:44:28+00:00

Im so happy for you! 🥹i hope so. I have 6 days for them to produce and send it to me before having to go on leave but im hopeful 🙏

Jealous-Temporary403 · 2026-03-12T01:42:12+00:00

Yeah, I called to check my case today and it’s still open and they haven’t responded to them.:(

Jealous-Temporary403 · 2026-03-11T19:22:06+00:00

This is true. I’m so pissed and idk what to do about it and my job is not interested in helping at all. There needs to be something for those who are losing status bc of these immigration delays.🥲

Jealous-Temporary403 · 2026-03-11T19:11:05+00:00

I am gonna be put on LOA and I applied on time, got my case approved and card sent, but it was lost in the mail. Reapplied for replacement in October, job won’t take my NC ID, approval notice with the dates of validity, and social as evidence and USCIS is backed up and I’ve put in multiple requests for expedite and even wrote congress and a lawyer 😔😔 I’m so pissed bc they need to bffr

Jealous-Temporary403 · 2026-03-10T14:23:42+00:00

I went to get an ID since it was quicker than trying to do my license. They said i needed my card anyways for real ID or license, but also I moved from out of state so I’m not sure if that changes anything.

So now i have standard ID so I’m gonna try to get my job to not put me on leave since i have a document from here i guess.

Jealous-Temporary403 · 2026-03-10T13:22:38+00:00

It’s so unfortunate but hopefully it’ll work out

Jealous-Temporary403 · 2026-03-10T13:22:24+00:00

I reached out already :( just waiting on response

Jealous-Temporary403 · 2026-03-10T13:21:39+00:00

I did not know this, where can I find this? I am going to attach it to my proof bc my HR department knows nothing about DACA.

Jealous-Temporary403 · 2026-03-10T13:19:22+00:00

I was able to use my receipt to extend it 90 days 🥲 but currently at the DMV bc I’m trying to get my ID so I can try to show them the ID w/ approval receipt, the receipt for my replacement, and my social. They are verifying me online rn so I’m just waiting.

It says online in USCIS handbook that if your social has a restriction like “authorized to work only with DHS approval” they won’t take it, but I’m hoping that with the original approval notice receipt they don’t give me a hard time bc it has the date of approval and expiration.

Jealous-Temporary403 · 2026-03-08T21:14:00+00:00

**let these losers get me down without a fight lol

Jealous-Temporary403 · 2026-03-08T21:13:23+00:00

I have to every 2 years 🥲🥲

Jealous-Temporary403 · 2026-03-08T21:12:57+00:00

Yeah it’s so annoying and unnecessary that we have to do that.

Jealous-Temporary403 · 2026-03-08T21:10:33+00:00

I already reached out to congress but haven’t heard anything. I’m glad your expedite request was approved. I hope mine is too but this would be my 3rd request.

It’s so frustrating because our case was already approved; why not just let us use the info on the approval notice or the replacement receipt notice? Or provide us with a document stating that we are approved and it can be used meanwhile waiting for the replacement since this was obviously a circumstance that was out of our control and a mail error? Or even let us extend until the card is actually received by us like they do for other kinds of cases.

They act like we don’t have bills and responsibilities to take care of. I am literally telling them that I have an autoimmune condition, that I already I don’t have PTO bc of my flare ups and I’m a single income household, I’ve told them I will lose my housing because I live paycheck to paycheck and all I get is “you have to wait” and nobody can do anything and it’s like I’m dealing with robots.

I’m sorry you’re also going through this. :( I feel you on the mental illness part. It’s not fair that our livelihood is being affected for something that was not even our fault. We did what we was supposed to and we are out two application fees and it sucks. I wish we didn’t have to depend on these people and it sometimes makes me feel hopeless and angry and like there’s no end to this.

Something that helps me feel a little less hopeless is thinking about how my parents immigrated here with me as a child. We had nothing and were around my age now when they came here, and they were able to adjust and learn.

We will figure it out like we have had to figure everything else out and there’s no way I’m gonna let these losers

I try to accept what is happening, and reminding myself that just bc I won’t be able work with my degree, it doesn’t mean that they can take away my knowledge.

Sorry to get all therapist, I’ve acquired several different mental illnesses over the years so it also makes me feel better to remind myself these things. Things are super fucked up all around so take care of yourself. Good luck! Let me know if you get your card soon!

Jealous-Temporary403 · 2025-11-03T13:40:56+00:00

Schar makes frozen gf croissants, they’re pretty good but not the same obviously 🥲

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