DROPOUT OF SCHOOL? (green card marriage)(filed aos)

[jordanmic 4]

Hi I filed for AOS on May 7th 2019. Im on a f1 visa and got married in January to US citizen. 

 

I got a text message from USCIS on May 14th, 2019 saying they received my case. 

 

I haven’t received anything in the mail yet. 

 

Can i now drop out of school without being illegal? Am I considered a AOS applicant now that I got the text message saying my case was received?

 

Thanks. 

[Crazy Cat 41,288]

Please aware that being an "AOS Applicant" is not a legal status.......one can be out of status with authorized stay until the AOS is adjudicated. 

I would carry the NOA (when you receive it) .

Edited May 17, 2019 by missileman

[Crazy Cat 41,288]

***Topic moved to Adjustment of Status from Work, Student, or Tourist Visas****

[jordanmic 4]

10 minutes ago, missileman said:

Please aware that being an "AOS Applicant" is not a legal status.......one can be out of status with authorized stay until the AOS is adjudicated. 

I would carry the NOA (when you receive it) .

Thanks for the prompt reply. I just need to know when I can dropout without jeopardizing my AOS. 

 

Please advise. 

 

Thanks. 

[Crazy Cat 41,288]

1 minute ago, jordanmic said:

Thanks for the prompt reply. I just need to know when I can dropout without jeopardizing my AOS. 

 

Please advise. 

 

Thanks. 

Dropping out of school has no effect on your adjustment of status based on marriage to a USC.

[Ben&Zian 4,397]

More as to why you would want to drop out of school?

[Crazy Cat 41,288]

For those who are confused ( @Mike E ), this explains how a person can be out of status, yet authorized to stay.

 

https://www.rnlawgroup.com/news/609-the-nuances-of-lawful-status-period-of-authorized-stay-unlawful-presence

 

Period of authorized stay

Period of authorized stay by the Attorney General, also known as period of authorized stay or POSABAG, grants a nonimmigrant a period of time which he/she can remain in the United States even though the individual may not be holding lawful status. This period of authorized stay is only granted when a request to change or extend status is filed while the individual is in a valid nonimmigrant status. As explained in the previous section, that means the nonimmigrant must hold an unexpired I-94 and be in compliance with the requirements of his/her visa classification. The most common circumstance in which period of authorized stay applies is when an individual timely files an application or petition to change or extend nonimmigrant status before the I-94 expiration date but the I-94 subsequently expires while the case is pending with USCIS. Once the I-94 expires, the nonimmigrant falls out of status, but since an application or petition was timely filed before losing status, the individual remains in a period of authorized stay.

This period of authorized stay continues until USCIS makes a final decision on the timely filed case. Once USCIS approves of the nonimmigrant’s application or petition, the decision has a retroactive effect, curing the period of time in which the individual was not holding lawful status. Keep in mind, a period of authorized stay is not the same as lawful status. Being in a period of authorized stay simply means that the nonimmigrant does not accrue unlawful presence despite being out of status."

Edited May 17, 2019 by missileman

[Cryssiekins 976]

12 minutes ago, Ben&Zian said:

More as to why you would want to drop out of school?

End goal achieved?  Half kidding.  I am curious too - I would LOVE to still be a student.  

[jordanmic 4]

3 hours ago, Ben&Zian said:

More as to why you would want to drop out of school?

I got signed to a major record deal and can't be studying while juggling between recording studios, shoots, interviews...

[jordanmic 4]

2 minutes ago, jordanmic said:

I got signed to a major record deal and can't be studying while juggling between recording studios, shoots, interviews...

Oops! record label*

[carmel34 3,576]

6 hours ago, jordanmic said:

I got signed to a major record deal and can't be studying while juggling between recording studios, shoots, interviews...

You can't work without EAD card, assuming you applied for one with AOS, it takes 5-6 months.  Don't risk AOS denial because of illegal work.

[nastra30 2,239]

10 hours ago, jordanmic said:

I got signed to a major record deal and can't be studying while juggling between recording studios, shoots, interviews...

 

10 hours ago, jordanmic said:

Oops! record label*

Congrats on that but note that you can't work without an EAD if you don't haven't received one yet.