Can I get a job while my cards on its way?

[Lucky couple 1]

Hello every one. My Green card and my EAD have been approved(same time) and the second email which was on 6-1-2010 says I am expected to get them in the mail in 30 days time (or less, Ihope)I am how ever tired of staying at home and not getting a job.My husband is very loving and kind but also very frugal so he refuses to give me any money(not even 5 dollars!)

I am wondering if Its legal for me to find a job right now(if employer will have me) as I have been approved but only waiting to get the tangible documents(cards)I want to help pay the bills and be able to buy an icecream without having to ask my husband to give me money.

Would my getting a ob put any potential employer in trouble or me in trouble with the US immigration? Thanks

[Krikit 1,165]

You have the approval letter so you're good to go. I believe the employer needs to have proof within 90 days, but someone who has experience with this can probably be more specific.

Moving from AOS Process to Working & Traveling.

Edited June 7, 2010 by Krikit

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

I'm frugal. And my wife is frugal too, most of the time. The cash I bring home every week is in a drawer in our bedroom. Whoever needs some or wants to buy ice cream or a Starbucks coffee or whatever they feel they need, takes it and acts responsible with it. Although all the money is coming from me, it equally belongs to my wife as we are a couple and share our life together. Whatever is left of it when the week is over goes in a glass jar for fun/swap meets/vacation, etc.

The way your husband is treating you would be an immediate divorce trigger for most woman with a brain. And it should. Why are you allowing your husband to treat you like he owns you?

Here's a possible solution: from now on charge him sex with $100 and let's see how he likes that? If being frugal is more important to him as sex, tell him to go and do himself; it'll be much cheaper.

You can look for a job now, you can sign the papers, but strictly speaking you will need for the Green Card, although it should arrive very soon. Inofficially, if you know the card is in the mail, you could start right away.

Edited June 7, 2010 by Just Bob

[Lucky couple 1]

I'm frugal. And my wife is frugal too, most of the time. The cash I bring home every week is in a drawer in our bedroom. Whoever needs some or wants to buy ice cream or a Starbucks coffee or whatever they feel they need, takes it and acts responsible with it. Although all the money is coming from me, it equally belongs to my wife as we are a couple and share our life together. Whatever is left of it when the week is over goes in a glass jar for fun/swap meets/vacation, etc.

The way your husband is treating you would be an immediate divorce trigger for most woman with a brain. And it should. Why are you allowing your husband to treat you like he owns you?

Here's a possible solution: from now on charge him sex with $100 and let's see how he likes that? If being frugal is more important to him as sex, tell him to go and do himself; it'll be much cheaper.

You can look for a job now, you can sign the papers, but strictly speaking you will need for the Green Card, although it should arrive very soon. Inofficially, if you know the card is in the mail, you could start right away.

lol! I love and respect my husband very well but yes I dont quite agree with him on how he treats me when it comes to financies. its almost like i am his kid and not his wife. I how ever will not divorce him because he refuses to see his money as our money. I will how ever indeed start charging him money for SEx!! he actually wants sex every day and all the time so he may as well pay for sex and save money on icecream!

[Lucky couple 1]

You have the approval letter so you're good to go. I believe the employer needs to have proof within 90 days, but someone who has experience with this can probably be more specific.

Moving from AOS Process to Working & Traveling.

thanks!

[Blublod 0]

thanks!

Unbelivable!!!!

[HeatDeath 430]

I am wondering how the person who posted this question is to obtain work without a work permit or green card. Form I-9 requires that employers obtain proof of all employees legal status to work in the United States. A approval letter does not meet the documents requirements listed on the back of the I-9 form. Information on the I-9 document requirements can be found at http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/i-9.pdf. The use of this form has been in effect since 1986.

Agreed. Some of the advice posted above, particularly regarding the notice of approval for the EAD, is dangerously incorrect.

You are required to fill out an I-9 within your first 3 days of employment. At the time you fill out your I-9, both you and your employer will be signing under penalty of perjury that you have (and they have seen and inspected) a combination of documents that gives you work authorization. You can interview for jobs and accept employment, but your official on-paper "starting day" must be within 3 days prior to the day you date the I-9. If the dates don't match up, a future USCIS or SSA audit may catch it, and both you and your employer could get in noticeable amounts of trouble.

You should therefore NOT start working unless you know, with "complete metaphysical certitude", that you will have an EAD card, IN YOUR HAND, within 3 days. The easiest way to accomplish this is to not start work until your card arrives. It's much easier to have complete metaphysical certitude about a past event, than a future event.

Edited June 23, 2010 by HeatDeath

[CDAgirlMI 51]

First, let me start off by saying I plan on waiting for my greencard to arrive before I start working.

At my AOS interview last Monday, the interviewer told me (after she took away my EAD card) if I had a job lined up, that I was able to work & to tell them my card is on its way.

I don't really like this idea, which is why I'm waiting. I don't want to put a bad taste in a potential employer's mouth by saying "I'll show you proof when I get it".

[Usui Takumi 1,562]

First, let me start off by saying I plan on waiting for my greencard to arrive before I start working.

At my AOS interview last Monday, the interviewer told me (after she took away my EAD card) if I had a job lined up, that I was able to work & to tell them my card is on its way.

I don't really like this idea, which is why I'm waiting. I don't want to put a bad taste in a potential employer's mouth by saying "I'll show you proof when I get it".

She took your EAD away? How odd!

[CDAgirlMI 51]

She took your EAD away? How odd!

Ya, I only had the EAD card for 2 days!

[HeatDeath 430]

I stand corrected. A rereading of the I-9 instructions says that a USCIS receipt (NOA2) for a GC or EAD is acceptable, and that you can present the actual card within 90 days after that.

Now this doesn't seem to buy you that much. I don't think I even got a separate NOA2 for my EAD - just the card mailer with the card itself. A printout from the USCIS website, or an email from them showing card production ordered wouldn't work either. I guess a GC welcome notice would probably work. You need some kind of piece of paper saying you've been approved for either an EAD or a GC.

It does specifically say that EAD NOA1s are NOT acceptable.

Learn something new every day...

[Usui Takumi 1,562]

I stand corrected. A rereading of the I-9 instructions says that a USCIS receipt (NOA2) for a GC or EAD is acceptable, and that you can present the actual card within 90 days after that.

Now this doesn't seem to buy you that much. I don't think I even got a separate NOA2 for my EAD - just the card mailer with the card itself. A printout from the USCIS website, or an email from them showing card production ordered wouldn't work either. I guess a GC welcome notice would probably work. You need some kind of piece of paper saying you've been approved for either an EAD or a GC.

It does specifically say that EAD NOA1s are NOT acceptable.

Learn something new every day...

Are you sure? I thought I read the notice is only acceptable if you already had an EAD and its been lost or damaged.

[HeatDeath 430]

I-9: Page 1, Column 2, Paragraph 4:

"If an employee is unable to present a required document (or

documents), the employee must present an acceptable receipt

in lieu of a document listed on the last page of this form.

Receipts showing that a person has applied for an initial grant

of employment authorization, or for renewal of employment

authorization, are not acceptable. Employees must present

receipts within three business days of the date employment

begins and must present valid replacement documents within

90 days or other specified time. "

"Unable to present" seems more general than "if you have been awarded an EAD but it is lost or damaged." "A required document" would seem to cause this paragraph to apply to both GCs and EADs.

[Usui Takumi 1,562]

I-9: Page 1, Column 2, Paragraph 4:

"If an employee is unable to present a required document (or

documents), the employee must present an acceptable receipt

in lieu of a document listed on the last page of this form.

Receipts showing that a person has applied for an initial grant

of employment authorization, or for renewal of employment

authorization, are not acceptable. Employees must present

receipts within three business days of the date employment

begins and must present valid replacement documents within

90 days or other specified time. "

"Unable to present" seems more general than "if you have been awarded an EAD but it is lost or damaged." "A required document" would seem to cause this paragraph to apply to both GCs and EADs.

Under the list of acceptable receipts it only lists a receipt for a "replacement of a lost, stolen, or damaged document". (page 7)

[HeatDeath 430]

Hmmm. Maybe.

The table on page 7 (of the Employer's Guide - the I-9 itself only has 5 pages [for those of you playing at home ]) is more verbose than the I-9 instructions, but doesn't seem to claim that it is comprehensive. NOA2s are still valid by the language in the I-9 itself, and don't seem to be excluded here. I think it's ambiguous at this point.