USCIS revoked my old EAD after my Green Card was approved. Should I worry?

If you became a permanent resident and your Green Card is valid, an old adjustment-based EAD being revoked or closed is usually not the same thing as losing permanent resident status. The EAD was useful while the Green Card case was pending. After approval, your Green Card is the document that usually proves both your status and your authorization to work.

That said, do not ignore the account. Read any notice that appears. The reassuring pattern is: I-485 approved, Green Card delivered or valid, no notice saying permanent resident status was rescinded, and only the I-765/EAD case changed. The concerning pattern is: USCIS mentions rescission, reopening the I-485 approval, fraud, abandonment, removal proceedings, or cancellation of the Green Card itself.

An adjustment-of-status EAD is a bridge. It lets many applicants work while USCIS decides whether they become permanent residents. Once that decision is approved, the bridge has done its job. USCIS systems can then mark the old I-765 in a way that looks alarming to the applicant even though the main immigration benefit already moved forward.

The confusing part is vocabulary. Applicants see a human word, revoked, inside a case tracker. USCIS may be treating the benefit as no longer valid because a stronger benefit replaced it. The applicant reads it as a threat to the entire immigration case. The notice text, not the dashboard word by itself, is what tells you which meaning applies.

For work verification, a lawful permanent resident normally does not need the old EAD. The Permanent Resident Card, Form I-551, is an acceptable List A document for Form I-9 because it shows both identity and employment authorization. Employers should not demand the old EAD if you choose to present a valid Green Card for I-9 purposes.

If HR is confused because they previously reverified your EAD, calmly explain that your status changed from EAD holder to permanent resident and that the Green Card is the document you are presenting now. You do not need to share private USCIS screenshots unless there is a specific, lawful reason.

A 2-year Green Card is not a weak Green Card. It means you are a conditional permanent resident. The condition matters later: you normally file Form I-751 during the 90 days before the card expires to remove the conditions. That filing window is more important than the old EAD case once your Green Card has been granted.

Use the card expiration date, not the EAD expiration date, to plan the I-751 window. For example, if the card expires in February 2027, the filing window opens roughly 90 days before that expiration date. Put a reminder several months earlier so you have time to gather joint documents, translations, address history, and any evidence explaining unusual periods apart.

Call USCIS or use your account if there is no notice after a reasonable wait and you need to understand the case action. Before calling, write down the receipt number for the I-765, the receipt number for the I-485, the Green Card approval date, and the exact text shown in the account. A clear timeline gets better answers than a panicked description.

Speak to an immigration lawyer urgently if the notice says anything about rescinding permanent residence, reopening the adjustment approval, fraud, inadmissibility, removal, abandonment, or a requirement to appear. Those words are different from a closed or revoked EAD case, and they deserve real legal review.