can i work before marriage ?

[Khan sab 4]

hey all please help !! I arrived in US on 4rth nov and i am going to get married on 22nd dec , I applied for a job and i just got that job , but now i dont have any work permit , once i get married we ll apply for our EAD but it will take time and i dont want to lose this job , i have already apply for my social security it will come in 20 days .. i think my employer will wait till end of JAN . please guide me what to do .My fiancee said we ll receive a acknowledgment of applying to EAD and that can work for job . Is she right ??

[MochaMichou 26]

You cant work before EAD. No good employer will hire you without EAD anyway unless they will give you less than the minimum wage and no benefits whatsoever. Good luck explaining that to USCIS. Please tell your fiancee to read USCIS website before giving you an advice that can result in your deportation.

Edited December 13, 2013 by MochaMichou

[Pitaya 2,577]

~Moved from K-1 Process to Family-based AOS Forum~

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[Canerican 242]

The above advice is correct and true...the only way that a receipt would be sufficient is if you were renewing your EAD. In this case you cannot work until you have received your EAD and can present it in person. If you do not as stated above you could get deported and the business could get a hefty fine.

[belinda63 3,047]

You have to have the EAD to show your employer and they will usually make a copy of it.It will take 60-90 days after you file for AOS to receive it.

[aaron2020 11,651]

hey all please help !! I arrived in US on 4rth nov and i am going to get married on 22nd dec , I applied for a job and i just got that job , but now i dont have any work permit , once i get married we ll apply for our EAD but it will take time and i dont want to lose this job , i have already apply for my social security it will come in 20 days .. i think my employer will wait till end of JAN . please guide me what to do .My fiancee said we ll receive a acknowledgment of applying to EAD and that can work for job . Is she right ??

You need the EAD card in order to legally work. Applying for the EAD does not make you work authorized.

Contact your local USCIS office and make an appointment for an expedited EAD.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/255492-it-is-possible-to-expedite-ead/

[belinda63 3,047]

You can apply for an expedited EAD after you are married and after you file for AOS.

[Jeannie & Al 18]

I've also read someone say they had a job offer while waiting for the EAD to come through..they called USCIS, faxed the offer letter and it was expedited. Good luck.

[aaron2020 11,651]

You need the EAD card in order to legally work. Applying for the EAD does not make you work authorized.

Contact your local USCIS office and make an appointment for an expedited EAD.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/255492-it-is-possible-to-expedite-ead/

Opps. You're getting marry on Dec. 22nd.

You can request the expedited EAD AFTER you get marry and file for AOS. You cannot request an expedited EAD based on marriage and AOS if you haven't marry and file for AOS.

[Asia 2,499]

You've already asked this question and got some answers...

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/469713-k1-visa-got-job-they-asked-for-work-permit/

[Pinkrlion 2,724]

Not to be degrading, but you keep asking the same question in various posts, in hopes to get a different answer. The answer remains the same, you have to apply for EAD. You can apply for EAD through your K-1, or through AOS.

NO the NOA1 from EAD is not proof of eligibility to work.

[aaron2020 11,651]

Ah crud.

First, your fiancée misunderstood when she told you that she loves another man. Then you try to adjust through your brother. http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/464918-my-fiancee-does-not-want-to-marry-me-my-brother-is-us-national-can-he-apply-for-my-adjustment/#entry6640982

Then you try to just get work authorization. http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/469713-k1-visa-got-job-they-asked-for-work-permit/#entry6693165

What was wrong with the answers you have been given???????

YOU NEED THE EAD CARD IN YOUR HANDS IN ORDER TO LEGALLY WORK. THE ONLY WAY TO GET THE EAD IS TO MARRY YOUR K-1 US CITZEN PEITIONER AND THEN FILE FOR AOS AND THE EAD CARD. THERE IS NO OTHER WAY!!!!!! SO STOP ASKING IN DIFFERENT THREADS. THE ANSWER WILL NOT CHANGE.

[David & Diana R 1,005]

It is ILLEGAL to work wiithout your EAD. Based on all the threads you have started if I were you I'd go back to where I came from and start all over again. Your story has changed so many times and you are simply searching for a loophole that doesn't exist.