EAD before AOS

[sheila526 2]

Has anyone tried to file EAD before AOS? I am planning to do this and I need some feedback.

Thanks in advance

[dirtyd301 0]

Has anyone tried to file EAD before AOS? I am planning to do this and I need some feedback.

Thanks in advance

You can't file EAD before your AOS. Your EAD WILL be denied if you try this. You need the AOS NOA1 to prove that you can file EAD based on an adjustment of status. If you apply before you have your NOA1 there is no status to base the work permit on. Just file for both at the same time and things should be fine! Is there an urgent reason that you want to do this??

Diana

[Kez/JWolf 6]

As a K3 visa holder yes you can file for a EAD

While holding a valid K-3 (not yet applied for AOS). As a valid K-3 visa holder you may apply for an EAD based solely on this status. You will apply as a category (a)(9), K3 non-immigrant spouse. (Where: by mail -- to Chicago ONLY; not to your local office)

See full instructions here http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...mp;page=k1k3ead

Hope this helps

Kezzie

[Yodrak 7]

nakashima ayumi,

Yes, my K3 wife did it. Got an EAD good for almost 2 years, expiration date to match her I-94.

Yodrak

Has anyone tried to file EAD before AOS? I am planning to do this and I need some feedback.

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[dirtyd301 0]

nakashima ayumi,

Yes, my K3 wife did it. Got an EAD good for almost 2 years, expiration date to match her I-94.

Yodrak

Has anyone tried to file EAD before AOS? I am planning to do this and I need some feedback.

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I'm sorry, I didn't realize you were on a K3 visa ! I was replying for K1! Don't listen to my idiotic response!!

Diana

[MDighe 0]

Hi

My husband is also applying for EAD before his AOS, We were told by USCIS that this should not pose a problem at all. Good Luck.

Michelle

[rommelandrea 0]

Hi Nakashima,

My hubby, with a K3 visa as well, filed for an EAD without AOS. He got his EAD card in less than 2 months, and his SSN a week after that. Also, the EAD card he got is good for 2 years. Good luck!!!

Andrea

[sheila526 2]

Thanks for all the response. I'm going to apply for EAD first because AOS is kinda expensive...we have to file for the copy of approval notice (I130) because my husband lost it (and it will cost us $200)

[shakysgirl 1]

We filed for the EAD prior to the AOS and I am glad we did. I have heard that some people have applied for both at the same time, and if an RFE is received, their EAD can be held up because of that. We did receive an RFE for our AOS, and with the baby nearly here, IF my husband's EAD had been held up for any length of time, I think we'd have had to resort to him leaving the country to work until the baby came. Thank goodness it didn't come to that!

[sheila526 2]

do I need to pay for biometric fee in EAD? or that can wait till the AOS?

[sheila526 2]

What are the requirements for applying EAD before AOS?

If Filing as a category (a)(9), K-3 Nonimmigrant Spouse of U.S. Citizen then:

-Copy of evidence of admission such as an I-94 (front/back), passport, and K-3 Visa. Use as many of these as possible (I-94 is required); including a copy of the K-3 is recommended. Make clear copies.

- A copy of your last EAD (front and back) if any

- Two passport-type photo's

Are they talking about the k3 form? Or just the NOAs? I am confused

[rommelandrea 0]

What are the requirements for applying EAD before AOS?

If Filing as a category (a)(9), K-3 Nonimmigrant Spouse of U.S. Citizen then:

-Copy of evidence of admission such as an I-94 (front/back), passport, and K-3 Visa. Use as many of these as possible (I-94 is required); including a copy of the K-3 is recommended. Make clear copies.

- A copy of your last EAD (front and back) if any

- Two passport-type photo's

Are they talking about the k3 form? Or just the NOAs? I am confused

It would be a copy of the actual K3 visa on the passport. Also, you don't have to pay the biometrics at this time, you would only need to send the $180 for now. The biometrics fee of $70 will be collected when you file for AOS.

Andrea

[sheila526 2]

^did you pay for it? Because Mr. Ray Bacon told me to pay for it

[Dr_LHA 3]

I think that if you file EAD without AOS you do have to pay the biometrics fee, but from the post above it looks like I'm wrong. Odd, because I'm pretty sure that hey need to take your biometrics for EAD, the only reason you don't pay twice if you file AOS is that they take both AOS and EAD biometrics at the same time.

Edited August 30, 2006 by dr_lha

[shakysgirl 1]

If you file for the EAD prior to the AOS you DO NOT pay for the biometrics to be done. Once you apply for the AOS, at that time you have to do the biometrics again AND pay the fee. Don't know why, but that's the way it was for us.