Renewal approved 7 months before expiration

Submitted electronically on 12/2. Receipt on 12/3. Approval on 12/17.

I sent my renewal application early because who knows what’s next with the presidency switch.

I see lots of people saying they won’t approve early and it will just sit, so just sharing my experience. I renewed 220 days out and they approved in 2 weeks. My sister did the same at ~170 days and also got a 2 week approval.

I’m assuming the new expiration may be 2 years out from the new approval date, so we could loose out on some time from our previous deferment, but to us it was worth it for some peace of mind.

Edit: Some of you are resitant to file yours early and I totally get it. I dropped the info, do with it as you wish. 🫡

[p.s. I’m no lawyer and this ain’t legal advice.]