Being able to work after entering on a K1

[athena_ny 1]

You are work authorized, but you don't have anything to prove it, therefore you shouldn't be working.

Ta-da.

That's overly simplified, but still. There's usually a lapse between work authorization anyway and the economy sucks right now as it is, I wouldn't get too upset about it.

My Social Security card and the stamped I-94 were sufficient proof. Shouldn't it be enough proof for anyone else?

Are you talking about a Temp EAD?

If no, no. Employers should be looking for work authorization (and the new verbiage on the I-9 seems to apply to people coming on a work visa to work for a certain employer). You got lucky if you didn't have a Temp EAD. If you did have a Temp EAD, yeah it's enough. But that's not the same as your I-94 and SSN.

No, I'm talking about the I-94. It was stamped "employment authorized until..." the date it expired. I took that with my passport and visa to the SS office and they gave me a SS card. It said "valid for work only with DHS authorization". My stamped I-94 was DHS authorization, therefore, I was allowed to work until the I-94 expired. I went through all the paper work to get the job. It was legal.

Then that would be a temp EAD.........

which is NOT just a K-1, I-94 and SSN. Which for most employers doing things by the book, would not be enough. A temp EAD is enough.

You have a temp EAD. Different situation.

[JoeCanuk 3]

Isn't that what I've said all along? As long as you have the I-94 stamped, you are allowed to work.