Hi folks,

I recently received an offer and I'll have to relocate. I applied for my EAD on Jan 3rd and as of 14th, I just received a "standalone approval" PDF wherein it is mentioned that I'm authorized to work from 2/12. I was just about to to pay for premium when I received this notice. I then called the USCIS people to inquire about this. They said, "premium is only when a pending case needs to looked into sooner. Since your application is already approved, premium processing won't do anything in this case". My start date is 26th February and my employer says that a EAD card is mandatory and I cannot start with just the approval notice.

What should I do now?

Please help me out.