K1 Visa and EAD at the same time??

[ddkm 0]

Hi everyone,

I just found VJ a few days ago and it is extremely insightful and useful!

I was wondering if anybody knew whether you are able to apply for EAD at the same time as applying for the K1 visa?

My plan is to apply for the K1 and have the EAD so I can start working as soon as i arrive in america on the K1.

Thanks!!

[Yodrak 7]

ddkm,

In other words, your plan is to enter the USA at JFK airport in New York.

If that is not your plan you need to change plans.

Yodrak

Hi everyone,

I just found VJ a few days ago and it is extremely insightful and useful!

I was wondering if anybody knew whether you are able to apply for EAD at the same time as applying for the K1 visa?

My plan is to apply for the K1 and have the EAD so I can start working as soon as i arrive in america on the K1.

Thanks!!

[Kez/JWolf 6]

Only way to get EAD with a K1 is to fly into JFK as your POE and get the temp EAD stamp.... then apply for 1 year EAD along with AOS...

Kez

[YuAndDan 153]

EAD can only be applied for after a K-1 enters the USA.

Note: Some POE stamp the K-1 visa with the EAD stamp when they enter the USA, JFK airport is one. You then can apply for EAD after marriage and adjust status.

Note after July 30 the fee to adjust status will include EAD and Advance Parole.

How far along are you on getting the visa? Your timeline tells us nothing.

yours: http://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?id=35123

Edited May 30, 2007 by YuAndDan

[ddkm 0]

I wasnt planning on entering through JFK, but i have heard that if you enter through JFK in New York, they always give you the EAD work permit stamp? is this true? or are there any forms you can fill prior to arrival so that you can have the EAD upon arrival on the K1

Thanks

ddkm,

In other words, your plan is to enter the USA at JFK airport in New York.

If that is not your plan you need to change plans.

Yodrak

Hi everyone,

I just found VJ a few days ago and it is extremely insightful and useful!

I was wondering if anybody knew whether you are able to apply for EAD at the same time as applying for the K1 visa?

My plan is to apply for the K1 and have the EAD so I can start working as soon as i arrive in america on the K1.

Thanks!!

[msu17 0]

You can enter through JFK and get a temporary work permit good for 90 days. Just get married and file AOS and EAD soon after and there shouldnt be too long (if at all) where you dont have a valid work permit. Pretty sure you can't file EAD while the K1 is processing.

[SteveLaura 0]

If you do decide to fly into JFK, don't go via Dublin. You will clear immigration there and will not receive the temp EAD at JFK.

[ddkm 0]

EAD can only be applied for after a K-1 enters the USA.

Note: Some POE stamp the K-1 visa with the EAD stamp when they enter the USA, JFK airport is one. You then can apply for EAD after marriage and adjust status.

Note after July 30 the fee to adjust status will include EAD and Advance Parole.

How far along are you on getting the visa? Your timeline tells us nothing.

yours: http://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?id=35123

I think i did my timeline thingy...will update it as we go along, i havent filed any forms yet, so im basically at square 1!

Thanks for the help everyone

[pushbrk 12,605]

I wasnt planning on entering through JFK, but i have heard that if you enter through JFK in New York, they always give you the EAD work permit stamp? is this true? or are there any forms you can fill prior to arrival so that you can have the EAD upon arrival on the K1

Thanks

Definitively, no. If you want immediate EAD you must enter through JFK and get the EAD stamp. Make sure to ask for it or insist on it if necessary. If working right away is that important to you and you can actually work right away if legal, then it is worth it to arrange your entry through JFK making sure not to travel through any foreign airport Dublin for example) where you would clear US Customs before your JFK arrival.

Edited May 30, 2007 by pushbrk

[ddkm 0]

I wasnt planning on entering through JFK, but i have heard that if you enter through JFK in New York, they always give you the EAD work permit stamp? is this true? or are there any forms you can fill prior to arrival so that you can have the EAD upon arrival on the K1

Thanks

Definitively, no. If you want immediate EAD you must enter through JFK and get the EAD stamp. Make sure to ask for it or insist on it if necessary. If working right away is that important to you and you can actually work right away if legal, then it is worth it to arrange your entry through JFK making sure not to travel through any foreign airport Dublin for example) where you would clear US Customs before your JFK arrival.

Thanks alot

Do you know why JFK? Are there any other airports across the states where this policy is also the case?

[no name 1]

EAD can only be applied for after a K-1 enters the USA.

Note: Some POE stamp the K-1 visa with the EAD stamp when they enter the USA, JFK airport is one. You then can apply for EAD after marriage and adjust status.

Note after July 30 the fee to adjust status will include EAD and Advance Parole.

How far along are you on getting the visa? Your timeline tells us nothing.

yours: http://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?id=35123

I think i did my timeline thingy...will update it as we go along, i havent filed any forms yet, so im basically at square 1!

Thanks for the help everyone

You did your timeline but there's no need link it at the bottom of yur signature!

[YuAndDan 153]

Thanks alot

Do you know why JFK? Are there any other airports across the states where this policy is also the case?

It is one of those unknown things, USCIS suggested that K-1's are work authorized by default with or without EAD stamp to SSA for Social Security Number purposes, so virtually all airport POEs stopped stamping the I-94 card with the EAD stamp with the exception of JFK, and they can discontinue the practice at any time.

[Cherisenoir 0]

Thanks alot

Do you know why JFK? Are there any other airports across the states where this policy is also the case?

It is one of those unknown things, USCIS suggested that K-1's are work authorized by default with or without EAD stamp to SSA for Social Security Number purposes, so virtually all airport POEs stopped stamping the I-94 card with the EAD stamp with the exception of JFK, and they can discontinue the practice at any time.

Yup. It doesn't matter if your I-94 is stamped "Work Approved" or not, so long as it has a valid entry stamp. It automatically becomes your temporary employment authorisation.

Don't try to apply for a Social Security number within the first week of entry. You won't be on the computer system, and you'll be turned away. Go in a week after entry and enquire if you are on their computer. If you aren't by then, make noise and get them to check more thoroughly- they do have paperwork records too but they have to search. You are on a relatively short time frame for getting a Social Security number with an I-94, as they can't issue one within the first 7 and last 14 days of the I-94's validity.

Most likely they will try to turn you away if they don't see a "Work Authorised" stamp. Insist upon speaking to the branch manager and push your case if the desk clerk tells you you aren't allowed a Social Security number. Don't accept their word as the truth!

We've been through this already, and it took the Social Security office here longer than the I-94 was valid to go through their records and discover that they could have issued a Social Security number with an I-94 that isn't stamped "Work Authorised". Because it had lapsed, they couldn't issue one, despite it previously having been valid.

Trust me. You don't want to have to wait twiddling your thumbs whilst your EAD paperwork rolls through. Get them to check. We're being used as a training example now for the office on what not for them to do. Sad but true.

So yes, long story short, your I-94 is your temporary work permit until your Dept of Homeland Security Work Auth card comes in.

The news just hasn't spread to all Social Security offices yet.

[udlike2no2 0]

Hi everyone,

I just found VJ a few days ago and it is extremely insightful and useful!

I was wondering if anybody knew whether you are able to apply for EAD at the same time as applying for the K1 visa?

My plan is to apply for the K1 and have the EAD so I can start working as soon as i arrive in america on the K1.

Thanks!!

As far as I know you can work only for the 90 days that your K-1 Visa is good for and after the 90 days you have to stop work until you get your New EAD approved when you file your AOS. The AOS, EAD and AP are all in one filing now and will be affective July 30th 2007

[JoeCanuk 3]

I find this to be a very confusing subject. At the end of my interview the gentleman handed me a sheet with answers to questions. On that sheet it said that your visa comes with a foil inside it and that foil gives you the right to work.

Why do they make this subject so confusing?