EAD - Proof for Severe financial loss.

[Boiler 45,558]

11 hours ago, JFH said:

Makes one wonder what the appeal of the K-1 was for you in the first place. I assume you are French avd VWP eligible? You could have married on a visit here and then returned home and filed a CR-1 and be working by now.

 

Food for thought for any readers wondering which visa path to take. 

Seems like the OP is VWP Express not K1.

[TravelingLilly 14]

1 minute ago, Boiler said:

Seems like the OP is VWP Express not K1.

Yes, I am sorry. I just realized I miswrote my Visa status. I entered the US with VWP and not K-1.

Does it make noticeable differences to have K-1 or VWP when asking for EAD expedite? 

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4 minutes ago, TravelingLilly said:

Yes, I am sorry. I just realized I miswrote my Visa status. I entered the US with VWP and not K-1.

Does it make noticeable differences to have K-1 or VWP when asking for EAD expedite? 

I do not think so, there is no way of really knowing but nothing I have come across that the basis of entry to adjust matters.

[Loren Y 2,755]

I managed to pull off an expedite for my wifes EAD card last year around April. Took about a month to process from start to end, we also used the extreme financial hardship category, but My wife had emergency surgery early April, and I had a 60,000.00 plus medical bill that was denied by my insurance carrier at the time, so was able to get EAD expedited, don't know how well a job offer would work, but as others have said it's worth a try.

[TravelingLilly 14]

1 hour ago, Loren Y said:

I managed to pull off an expedite for my wifes EAD card last year around April. Took about a month to process from start to end, we also used the extreme financial hardship category, but My wife had emergency surgery early April, and I had a 60,000.00 plus medical bill that was denied by my insurance carrier at the time, so was able to get EAD expedited, don't know how well a job offer would work, but as others have said it's worth a try.

I am glad you managed to obtain it and keep going on your way. Obviously, my case is not comparable to yours. I am just living on my husband's incomes, health insurance and I also have to face living without incomes for next 6 months, at least. Not an extreme situation, but not a happy one either. LA is very expansive. But what worries me most is the long stop in my career I have to face. So that's why I'd give it a try since it does not affect other applicants' process, I guess. 

[JFH 12,190]

2 hours ago, Boiler said:

Seems like the OP is VWP Express not K1.

Figures...

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59 minutes ago, TravelingLilly said:

I am glad you managed to obtain it and keep going on your way. Obviously, my case is not comparable to yours. I am just living on my husband's incomes, health insurance and I also have to face living without incomes for next 6 months, at least. Not an extreme situation, but not a happy one either. LA is very expansive. But what worries me most is the long stop in my career I have to face. So that's why I'd give it a try since it does not affect other applicants' process, I guess. 

So what was your plan as you would have known about the long wait?

[TravelingLilly 14]

9 minutes ago, Boiler said:

So what was your plan as you would have known about the long wait?

So, my situation was the following. After he proposed, we decided to get married in France. We both loved my country for the wedding and also, at that time, there was not the option to get married in US with the intent of overstaying or, like I said, the K-1 Visa because we did not know what our plans were. After the wedding I kept traveling back and fort to US from France with an ESTA for some time, still because we had no plans at sight. There were chances of him moving to France. But eventually after my last visit in December, we discussed and chose to ask for AoS. And had no idea, before the consult with the lawyer, I would not work until EAD. But I decided to follow this path anyway. 

32 minutes ago, JFH said:

Figures...

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