Establishing your proof of eligibility to work: Green Card or Work Authorization?

[Barbarac83 0]

Hello everyone!

I finally got my (temporary) Green Card!!! Also I just got a job (yay!) and I'm required to fill out form I-9 to establish my eligibility to work in the United States. Which document should I use now? I received a Work Authorization Card a while ago, but now that I have a Green Card I should use it as a work permit right?

Thank you

Barb

[UK_Fan 192]

green card.. u might as well put the EAD card away, no use for it.

[C-ma'am 684]

Correct. You should use your Green Card.

The EAD is a temporary authorization, until the Permanent Resident Card (aka Green Card) is granted.

**Post moved from AOS from family visas to Working & Traveling During US Immigration**

[Barbarac83 0]

Ok Thank you!!

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

Your EAD expired after the fact, the moment your AoS was approved.

For document purposes and in regard to the I-9 form which you will have to fill out, you can either submit a List A document or a List B and a List C document. A = B+C.

The Green Card is a List A document.

The driver's license is a List B document.

The unrestricted SS card is a List C document.

So either you show your Green Card, OR -- your decision -- you show your driver's license and SS card.

Google I-9 form to familiarize yourself with the form and the three lists of documents.

[hmh33 117]

Showing the driver's license and an unrestricted social security card, rather than the green card, has a couple of practical advantages:

1. Avoid confusing HR, since the DL + SS are the documents most commonly shown by citizens

2. HR won't bother you in 2 years' time when you are filing for removal of conditions, because they won't be aware of the expiry date of your existing green card.