Question about working permit

[cwaf 1]

I have heard also that once a beneficiary gets in US (K1) and applied for SSN, she or he can already work without the EAD yet only the SSN. Is this possible?

You heard wrong... by itself, SSN is NOT work authorization. A K-1 receives a SSN card with "VALID FOR WORK ONLY WITH DHS AUTHORIZATION" printed on its face....

This is true. I got the EAD stamp when I entered at JFK and found a nice job here within 2 weeks. I never told them that my EAD stamp would expire along with my I-94 after 90 days and just thought that if they don't figure it out, I'll keep working there. But companies are not stupid and they know about that stuff. So on the day my I-94 expired, they kindly asked me for an EAD renewal, which I didn't have yet. My SSN alone was not enough to keep me working. So now I'm not working while I wait for my EAD card. Fortunately the company where I worked is willing to hire me back so I was lucky.

Were you able to get a job simply by showing the EAD stamp from JFK? The agent at JFK told me I would have to go to my local office in Indianapolis (where we live) and they would have to do some processing, but I am not sure what. Both my fiance and her 17 year old daughter received the stamps when we arrived at JFK, but I am unsure if I need to make an appointment in Indy, and if so, for what?

thanks!

[betsay 0]

Thanks for the reply, so what would be the best thing to do?

I really want to work as soon as I get there but seeing the EAD timeline it will take 2-3 months

Get married and apply for AOS...

I second the motion . . . you're going primarily to the US to get married and not to work, right?