EI Question

[bctoboston11 0]

Ok - maybe we both misunderstoof this whole thing.

So my fiance starts applying for his EI, which we both thought we couldn't start collecting until he had his EAD anyways...

He gets a call from an EI worker today, who gets annoyed that he's in Denver for a week visiting his mother.

She says he needs to be actively looking for work now.

But we both thought you couldn't do that until you actually are AUTHORIZED to work... we're just about to file for AOS and his EAD etc this week, so he's months away from that.

So she tells us he may not be eligible if he stays in Denver longer than a week.

So what gives? Why would he be actively looking for a job when he's months away from being able to work?

It's all so very much fun!

[zyggy 9]

Ok - maybe we both misunderstoof this whole thing.

So my fiance starts applying for his EI, which we both thought we couldn't start collecting until he had his EAD anyways...

He gets a call from an EI worker today, who gets annoyed that he's in Denver for a week visiting his mother.

She says he needs to be actively looking for work now.

But we both thought you couldn't do that until you actually are AUTHORIZED to work... we're just about to file for AOS and his EAD etc this week, so he's months away from that.

So she tells us he may not be eligible if he stays in Denver longer than a week.

So what gives? Why would he be actively looking for a job when he's months away from being able to work?

It's all so very much fun!

That's correct.. it doesn't matter for him... he can't be actively looking for work because he doesn't have an EAD anyways... she probably forgot about that...

Regardless.. he should call her from Denver to get things cleared up..

[bctoboston11 0]

That's what I thought!

She told him it didn't matter though for whatever reason... that he still should be looking anyways...

Maybe we just got a really confused worker?

[Buttons 0]

he still needs to be putting out resumes and networking and if he's in denver he can't do that. They will ask for prove that he's been doing research in his field. Job postings, as I was off on EI and i had to bring in newspaper clippings of jobs i was qualified for. Next time just say he's not home he's out looking for a job ............. lol

[wally 0]

I understood that he will be eligible but EI would not get any $$ until they received a copy of his EAD. Thought I read that in previous threads on EI.