For K1s already in the US....

[GrenadianCrix 1]

I'll be living with my fiance out of the country until his visa is approved and can come (we both are very grateful for being together while waiting)

anyway, we will both fly into JFK, it is kinda on the way home anyway (we are going to Maine) we will have to stop somewhere for the night since we can't get from Grenada to Maine in a single day. Sooo, we decided to stop of there, and hope for an EAD....we can use all the cash we can.

Sue

[Buxton babe 0]

I'll be living with my fiance out of the country until his visa is approved and can come (we both are very grateful for being together while waiting)

anyway, we will both fly into JFK, it is kinda on the way home anyway (we are going to Maine) we will have to stop somewhere for the night since we can't get from Grenada to Maine in a single day. Sooo, we decided to stop of there, and hope for an EAD....we can use all the cash we can.

Sue

This topic is quite interesting to me as I'm about six weeks away from making the JFK or not Choice. Not to throw a spanner in the works but I flew into Newark on 2-21-07, from the UK.

I asked the POE officer if its true that only JFK issues EAD stamps on K1 visas. He replied "Thats not true, all POE are supposed to process K1 visas in the same manner, I have seen many EADs issued here on K1 visas"

This statement has my brain in a spin, I am searching this site and USCIS sites for the truth, Its out there somewhere!

[bora bora 1]

We won't get it because I live in Orlando, Fl and going through JFK would be completely out of our way.

However, I do plan on mentioning it at the POE in Miami to see what happens....

[featherB 1]

We won't get it because I live in Orlando, Fl and going through JFK would be completely out of our way.

However, I do plan on mentioning it at the POE in Miami to see what happens....

Good idea!

Am even more confused now after reading what Buxton Babe was told at Newark...

[mawilson 2,133]

In hindsight, are you glad you did it that way?

Yes - got the EA stamp, and No, it wasn't useful

[Fandango 1,439]

We have used the temp EAD at JFK as an excuse to change our plans.

I'm going to take the train up there, he'll fly in to JFK and I'm takin him to the Statue of Liberty & we'll do a few days in the city before taking the train home. Not the most convenient of trips, but it'll be fun!

Plus, as a Kev Smith Freak, he wants to go to the secret stash in Red Bank & visit the stupid effing Kwik Stop, lol

[Buxton babe 0]

Ongoing research:

http://www.k1poelist.com/

[ready4ONE 5,400]

I will have J do the poll when she arrives, but we are having her go through JFK. It is a primary flight route from Dubai anyway, although flights through London and Frankfurt were also options, which would have left JFK out of the picture. We wanted to find J a flight through JFK and try to get the temp work permit, because I believe she will dedicate herself to finding some sort of temporary work, she really wants to work, and hey... I won't lie, with all the expense of the K-1 process, why not have extra income? There were no cheaper options by any other route anyway so why the heck not?

And if she does get the stamp and can't find work, we are out nothing... For us it was a no brainer.

[Nicole72082 0]

As of right now, the plan is for Dave to fly through JFK in hopes of getting the temp EAD stamp. I've looked at flights and the prices are about the same (but this is a month away and could change drastically!) Sure he'll have to hit a few more airports, but if the price stays about the same, I believe it'll be worth it!

I know that it'll probably be a month before he could even get a job, seeing how they say to wait 2 weeks before going to the SS office and it takes about 2 weeks to get your card. But if it takes 3 or more months before he can get approved for his EAD, this is still going to be less time for him to just be sitting around. I live in a really really small town, so there wouldn't be much to do besides watch tv and play his PSP, which he said he'd be fine with lol But I think after a month of this, he'll be itching to get out of the house more.

The extra money definitely won't hurt either. We've both been trying to save so we won't be hurting during this waiting time, but it doesn't leave much room for extras, especially not knowing how long it might take to get the EAD approval.

[Keigwyn 1]

Basically, way too much hassle for a document valid only 90 days--so no regrets!

That's the part I'm curious about. I don't see how it benefits you if it expires after 90 days, meaning you'd have to get the 'regular' EAD at that point. So then you'd have to stop working after the 90 days but while you wait for the new EAD to come in. What employer would be okay with that?

I think A) you juuuuuust might get your EAD at 90 days if you're veeeery lucky, and B) I've heard that some employers will allow the employee to stay on while waiting for the EAD.

Yep, got Temp EAD on the way i and got my EAD application approved before the 90 days was up.