Applying for AOS and EAD before married

[little4ele 0]

hi there everyone.

I was just wondering today, I know way too late to be thinking about this. But could I of applied for my AOS and EAD before I even got married? I arrived in NY in mid Jan and got married in mid March, and am now in the waiting game along with loads of others and just had this thought today, could I have applied when I first arrived?

Just wondering.

Thanx

[Silke 1]

No, you have to get married first; then you can apply for AOS.

[nuzzledark 0]

Judging from your timeline, you came here on a K1 visa, so the answer is no. You have to be married to file AOS and copy of the marriage certificate is one of the required documents. As for EAD, you could have applied for one once you arrived with the K1 visa, or have gotten a stamp at JFK that gives you the right to work, but both of those are only valid for the period that the K1 visa is valid. Once you apply for AOS you need a new EAD.

[Dr_LHA 3]

Judging from your timeline, you came here on a K1 visa, so the answer is no.

The question is, under what visa would the answer to this question be yes?

[nuzzledark 0]

Judging from your timeline, you came here on a K1 visa, so the answer is no.

The question is, under what visa would the answer to this question be yes?

I'm no expert but I have a vague notion of people getting sponsored for green cards through work, then they don't need to get married for one. But if we must be all semanitcal then I blush at my minor error.

[Dr_LHA 3]

I'm no expert but I have a vague notion of people getting sponsored for green cards through work, then they don't need to get married for one. But if we must be all semanitcal then I blush at my minor error.

Yes, but we're not talking about work based AOS here are we?

(I knew some smarty would say that!)

[nuzzledark 0]

I'm no expert but I have a vague notion of people getting sponsored for green cards through work, then they don't need to get married for one. But if we must be all semanitcal then I blush at my minor error.

Yes, but we're not talking about work based AOS here are we?

(I knew some smarty would say that!)

Hey! Who are you calling a smarty! Dr Smarty! :-p

As I said, minor error in more of semantics than an error in answering the question. Since I've only done and looked into K1, I was just answering the question based on that.