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Driver license and I-94 expiring before AOS interview

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Hello,

My wife entered the U.S. with a K1 visa on June 24 and we now have (after marrying and filing for AOS) the interview on October 18. Both her I-94 and her driver license are expiring today (September 22). Do we have to do anything here? I'm especially concerned about the driver license.

Greetings - akvisa

2011.01.28: I-129F (Petition for Alien Fiance) application mailed

2011.02.22: Notice of Action (I-129F application approved)

2011.03.04: Letter from National Visa Center (approved petition received)

2011.03.14: DS-156K (Fiance Visa Application) filed at consulate in Frankfurt

2011.05.06: Interview at consulate in Frankfurt (result: visa application approved)

2011.06.24: Flight to US

2011.06.28: Marriage in US

2011.07.13: I-485 (AOS) / I-131 (AP) / I-765 (EAD) applications mailed

2011.07.18: Notice of Action (applications received)

2011.08.13: Biometrics appointment

2011.09.08: Letter from USCIS (“Request To Appear For Initial Interview”)

2011.10.18: Interview (result: AOS approved)

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Brother Hesekiel   2,236

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Hello,

My wife entered the U.S. with a K1 visa on June 24 and we now have (after marrying and filing for AOS) the interview on October 18. Both her I-94 and her driver license are expiring today (September 22). Do we have to do anything here? I'm especially concerned about the driver license.

Greetings - akvisa

Once the USCIS has received a petition for Adjustment of Status and has acknowledged this by issuing a Notice of Action, the applicant enters a period of authorized stay.

It is unlawful to drive without a valid driver's license. For that reason the new immigrant should not apply for a license before AOS has been adjudicated, even if it's possible in the state she is seeking residence in.

Your wife could have used her German license until 10 days after becoming a resident. However, if she already got an Arizona license and it's about to expire today, this will be in the system. So when stopped, she can't just show her German license and be sure that everything will be fine; if the cop finds out that her Arizona license is suspended, he will almost certainly issue a ticket.

There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. When I refer to hyphenated Americans, I do not refer to naturalized Americans. Some of the very best Americans I have ever known were naturalized Americans, Americans born abroad. But a hyphenated American is not an American at all . . . . The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a nation at all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities, an intricate knot of German-Americans, Irish-Americans, English-Americans, French-Americans, Scandinavian-Americans or Italian-Americans, each preserving its separate nationality, each at heart feeling more sympathy with Europeans of that nationality, than with the other citizens of the American Republic . . . . There is no such thing as a hyphenated American who is a good American. The only man who is a good American is the man who is an American and nothing else.

President Teddy Roosevelt on Columbus Day 1915

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I could renew my DL in FL with the first NOAs (USCIS received our package of I485,I130 ...), valid passport, marriage certificate and proof of address. Of course is temporary for one year, but now I have the GC I would be able to renew next year. I suggest you if your wife cannot renew yet her DL not to drive, untill she can renew, or find out if is legal to drive with a foreign DL, so if she gets stoped won't be issued a ticket of no valid DL or worst get arrested, for NVDL or driving with expired DL.

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