Originally Posted by Flubber

You'll get a new card soon with the updated expiration date on it.

I started my renewal last September. Waited... waited... waited... then the pandemic kicked in which delayed processing even more. Then out of the blue, a couple months ago I received a similar email. No interview, nothing - just that I was approved. I suppose someone finally got to their desk where my application was sitting and decided to move a piece of paper.