Renewal of EAD while I-485 is pending

[touko16]

Need some advice.

Mine and my wife's EAD (Combi) cards will expire 6/30/17 and we have a pending application for an Employment Based (EB1c) I-485 adjustment of status.
Our I-485's were filed 26th May 2016 so fingers crossed we should get a decision fairly soon.
If the I-485 decision does not come in time, when would be a good time to apply for a renewal of the EADs? My understanding is that you just need to submit a form and you can still keep working while the process is ongoing but just need some advice how to handle this?

Basically my question is, is it something we can do personally or should it be done through the lawyer? How much does it cost and when should it be done?

Thanks, J.

[newacct]

It's something you can do by yourself. It's free. They say you should not apply for renewal more than 180 days before it expires, so I guess you can file now.

[touko16]

I just did a bit of research on the renewel and i believe mine may fall into the automatic renewel category? my category is c9 (on card C09P) and apparently there's a new directive as of Jan 17, 2017 that some categories are automatically renewed. Nevertheless I guess we still have to renew advance parole? Can anyone shed some light on this?

[newacct]

I just did a bit of research on the renewel and i believe mine may fall into the automatic renewel category? my category is c9 (on card C09P) and apparently there's a new directive as of Jan 17, 2017 that some categories are automatically renewed. Nevertheless I guess we still have to renew advance parole? Can anyone shed some light on this?

The employment authorization is automatically extended for 180 days if you apply to renew before the EAD expires.

[touko16]

so you absolutely have to submit a renewel document?

[autey1]

Documents required for renewal ead

it's something you can do by yourself. It's free. They say you should not apply for renewal more than 180 days before it expires, so i guess you can file now.

please what are the requirements for renewal of ead while i have me aos still pending?

[bonsonpol]

so you absolutely have to submit a renewel document?

Now that you already might have gone past the situation, did you find out that we should absolutely submit renewal for Advance Parole (I-131) along with EAD renewal (I-765) while Adjustment of status (I-485) is pending ?