Just a little update, my card arrived on the mail yesterday. It went into production the 15th of this month. The date of expiration is actually the 08/14/18 and my already expired card's expiration date was 08/18/16. This is just to give you some insight on what dates your future EAC will have.
No update on the data recovery efforts as USCIS has been very quite lately and put a lot of red tape on the issue.
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Application Sent:
8/22/12 via USPS Express
Application Delivered:
8/23/12 Signed by JC
Email and Text Received:
8/28/12 at 11:29am
Notice of Action Letter:
8/31/12
Biometrics Appointment:
9/28/12 Walk In:
9/18/12 EAD Approved
9/28/12