USCIS Announces 2-Year EAD Issuance Beginning From 06/30/2008

The USCIS has announced that they will issue 2 year employment authorization cards beginning June 30, 2008. It only applies for those applicants who have filed an I-485 for adjustment of status and are expected to be in that status, waiting for a visa number for more than a year. This provides some relief for the vast number of EB-3 filers who have over half a decade long wait and had to file for an EAD every year. The cost of EAD filing was increased to $340 last July and asking people to keep paying that kind of money every year is nothing short of fleecing. What is the cost to reprint a card every year? Surely not $340! Looking at the card itself, I would be surprised if its anything more than $50. There is either a lot of inefficiency or unnecessary paperwork involved here. It would be shameful and immoral if this $340 repeat fee was used as a means to generate income for USCIS.