My lawyer's office told me that California is not adjucating i-140/i-485 right now and all papers are to be sent to Nebraska. Nebraska decides to keep the application or forward it to Texas.
If the receipt number starts with LIN-XX-XXX-XXXX, then the papers are being processed at Nebraska. Mine was sent to Nebraska and then to Texas. My receipt number starts with SRC-XX. California uses WAC-XX.
My company is here in Los Angeles but the notices i received came from Mesquite, TX. I also know somebody whose company is in San Francisco but his papers are being processed in Nebraska. We have the same receipt dates and notice dates.
This was brought about by the extreme backlog in California. Even some cases already processed in California are being sent to other service centers for further processing.
We were advised that we will receive our EADs in 60-90 days. In the event we don't receive it by then, the notice said that we should contact the customer service.
The USCIS webiste states this:
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If USCIS does not approve or deny your Employment Authorization Document application within 90 days (within 30 days for an asylum applicant; note: asylum applicants are eligible to file for EADs only after waiting 150 days from the date they filed their properly completed original asylum applications), you may request an interim Employment Authorization Document. You must go to your local USCIS office and bring with you proof of your identity and any documents that USCIS has sent you about your employment authorization application. Please click here for more information on USCIS field offices."
website:
http://www.uscis.gov/graphics/howdoi/ead.htm
Unfortunately, the interim EAD rule will not last long bcz i heard that they want to abolish this already for security purposes.
Goodluck.