work permit and ssn for K3

[RonMay 1]

I'm on the same boat as with docjazzie...so, just to make things clear now (and if we did the right thing! )...we do need to file AOS and EAD first before we get to have our SSN and be able to work right? Coz i already sent my AOS and EAD and i'm afraid that i did the wrong thing...

I was also under the impression that when you get either your EAD or AOS you'll automatically get a SSN assigned to you but after reading this thread, it seems to me that they are 3 very different "concepts"...

Any additional clarification will be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

the one who helped filing our aos said that its not necessary to get an ssn before filing the aos but it would be helpful and beneficial in my part he said (pertaining to getting a a bank account, insurance)... my friend filed for an aos without an ssn because she's running out of time and it went ok with her (she has now a gc)... although im speaking both k1 cases...

[warwick8 0]

thank you all for your replies....i think i might have gotten the gist of it (and i thought we're done with the hardest part of paperworks!)

so correct me if i'm wrong, i can file for an EAD and once i get it, file for SSN then apply for a job and wait til we've been married for 2 years before filing for AOS. This way, I wont have to file for removal of conditions? An EAD cost $345 or something...

or we can file for AOS +EAD and will get an SSN automatically and wait around60-90 days before I can apply for a job. But if we do it this way, we still have to file for removal of conditions? An AOS $1010...

hmm.....Mari, when did u apply for AOS?

thanks again, everyone.

Any news on your doc verification, edp33?

[raquel_1208 1]

thank you all for your replies....i think i might have gotten the gist of it (and i thought we're done with the hardest part of paperworks!)

so correct me if i'm wrong, i can file for an EAD and once i get it, file for SSN then apply for a job and wait til we've been married for 2 years before filing for AOS. This way, I wont have to file for removal of conditions? An EAD cost $345 or something...

or we can file for AOS +EAD and will get an SSN automatically and wait around60-90 days before I can apply for a job. But if we do it this way, we still have to file for removal of conditions? An AOS $1010...

hmm.....Mari, when did u apply for AOS?

thanks again, everyone.

Any news on your doc verification, edp33?

I was thinking of also waiting 90 days before our 2nd wedding anniversary to file AOS and not file for removal of conditions but that will be like not having the green card for like a year and that adds up to like 4-5 years before I could apply for a citizenship. Now I think the best thing to do is just file for AOS then removal of conditions and then citizenship after having the green card for 3 years.

[warwick8 0]

thanks, Raquel my husband and i think we're better off filing AOS rather than EAD. Have u filed for AOS already? i noticed u're a month ahead of me. So are u just at home while waiting for ur work permit?

[raquel_1208 1]

thanks, Raquel my husband and i think we're better off filing AOS rather than EAD. Have u filed for AOS already? i noticed u're a month ahead of me. So are u just at home while waiting for ur work permit?

Still saving for it. It will cost us $1610 for me and my daughter. I am going to file the EAD with AOS. I just stay at the apartment alone during day time while my husband works and my daughter goes to school. I work as an apartment manager although I am not allowed to work legally yet. It was my husband they hired technically but I do the collections, contract signing, cleaning the premises, reporting complains to the owner and showing vacant units to prospective applicants in behalf of him. In return we get 60% discount on a 2-bedroom 2-bathroom apartment. We do not have experience in property management yet so I guess that's why we don't get a full discount.

[edp333 9]

thank you all for your replies....i think i might have gotten the gist of it (and i thought we're done with the hardest part of paperworks!)

so correct me if i'm wrong, i can file for an EAD and once i get it, file for SSN then apply for a job and wait til we've been married for 2 years before filing for AOS. This way, I wont have to file for removal of conditions? An EAD cost $345 or something...

or we can file for AOS +EAD and will get an SSN automatically and wait around60-90 days before I can apply for a job. But if we do it this way, we still have to file for removal of conditions? An AOS $1010...

hmm.....Mari, when did u apply for AOS?

thanks again, everyone.

Any news on your doc verification, edp33?

If I read your post correctly you do have a good gist. Either way you will pay the $1010 AOS. You may not have to file for removal of conditons depending upon the actual approval date on your greencard. If the approval date is after your two year anniversary you will not have to apply for removal of conditions. With USCIS delays who knows.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...p;page=751guide

Thank you for asking about doc verification. I will call the first of next week because Grace told me the Embassy will not receive any verifications during Holy Week. Hopefully, we are in the verifications returned on the 28th.

Edited March 29, 2008 by edp333

[warwick8 0]

Thanks, edp33. We'll wait til May or June to file for AOS. Just need to save a little money. Maybe i can risk it and work part time and just get paid cash.

Dave and I will be praying for you and your wife. I can just imagine how tough it is to be apart for more than a year.

[Mari_S 1]

thank you all for your replies....i think i might have gotten the gist of it (and i thought we're done with the hardest part of paperworks!)

so correct me if i'm wrong, i can file for an EAD and once i get it, file for SSN then apply for a job and wait til we've been married for 2 years before filing for AOS. This way, I wont have to file for removal of conditions? An EAD cost $345 or something...

or we can file for AOS +EAD and will get an SSN automatically and wait around60-90 days before I can apply for a job. But if we do it this way, we still have to file for removal of conditions? An AOS $1010...

hmm.....Mari, when did u apply for AOS?

thanks again, everyone.

Any news on your doc verification, edp33?

Hi doc (and to all on the thread!),

I filed my AOS and EAD at the same time last Tuesday, March 25. Well, i also now have a good idea of what needs to be done. Well, i guess i did the right thing by applying AOS immediately after my arrival here. From the looks of it, either the AOS will get approved first or EAD...in any case i have plan A and plan B covered. Btw, my wife and i will probably visit the local office on Monday and try to get a SSN for me if they allow it. If they do, ill also try to get a driver's license ASAP and make myself useful around here by being the designated driver for my wife. hahaha!

Well, good luck and hope we get to work soon. Our spouses will need all the help they can get so that we can start building future we would like for ourselves.

Thanks everyone!

[warwick8 0]

Good for you, Mari still deliberating if we can afford to file it now or wait a couple more weeks. let me know if u get your SSN