I think the EAD has people on edge because its either an approve or denied deal.
After the EAD, the SSN is pretty much a guarantee, there isn't much mystery as to whether you will be denied an SSN. So people won't be making "OMG HAVE YOU GOT YOUR SSN YET YO?" threads. Just my thinking, but who knows.
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Application Sent - 8/20/12 to Dallas lockbox forwarded to Nebraska
Delivered - 8/22/12
Date of I-797C Notice of Action - 8/30/12
Date of Biometrics Appointment - 9/20/12; Biometrics Walk-in - 9/10/12
Date EAD Approved- 9-27-2012; EAD Arrived - 10-3-2012;
DL and ID received -
10-4-2012