KoreaninHawaii

Hello all, My wife is currently awaiting her I-485 to be approved and to get a GC. She already received her EAD and SS card ("VALID FOR WORK ONLY WITH DHS AUTHORIZATION"). We are planing to visit my family in NY (We are currently in HI) I was wondering if there are any concerns I should be aware of? I am planning on getting her a state REAL ID since she has a valid foreign passport but the last name is different since we are now married though I am in the process of getting her passport update but it will take awhile and won't be done by the time we are planning on the visit. We will bring her passport and our marriage certificate and NOA just in case as well. WE are just worried with all the changes that is happening with USA immigration we feel maybe we overlooked something or over thinking something. Thank you to everyone that replies. 😊

I see. I was just organizing her paperworks and I noticed the i-94 had expired 2 days before USCIS had received and began processing her case so I was curious if that would affect anything.

Question, While awaiting approval for my wife AOS Does the expiration date on her I-94 affect anything? I already filed everything that I should of needed but I was just wondering if I needed to do anything about it.

My RFE for my I-485 says was delivered on march 11 but my case hasn't updated since then. Did anyone have to wait awhile too for any updates?

Hello, My wife EAD was approved in about 40 days. She received her EAD about 1 week after approval and her SS card (if you had asked for one) 2 days after that.

Sent out my RFE reply back yesterday via priority mail express so hopefully the case will continue processing.

It’s the opposite for me. If it takes 2 weeks to show up i’m lucky. Sometimes up to three weeks for some items for me lol.

Since I live out in the middle of the ocean sometimes stuff takes longer to come in go (here's looking at you Amazon lol) so I didn't want to chance it if it got super late.

I stressed a little too when I was sending in the wife's paperwork that's why I paid for priority mail express. Sadly I still had to pay for it twice and the second time it didn't get there in the time that I paid for it 🤣

Thank you so much for the info and help. 💓

Thank you for the reply. She wasn't working for a few years while in Philippines so there's no income to report. I filed married jointly so hopefully that is ok. For next year would I have to change anything resident or non resident when she gets (hopefully by end of this year) her green card?

Hello all, I am trying to do my taxes this year. I am currently married to my wife who came on a K1 visa. We got married on Oct 11 2024 and at the current time of this writing we are awaiting her I-485 case to be approved. I usually use turbotax to do my taxes but this year I need some help. My wife received her EAD card on Feb 26 2025 and her SS card on Feb 28 2025. She has not worked since arriving in the USA and she was unemployed for a few years prior to her arrival here to USA (she live in Philippines). I am filing jointly and there's a question asking: "is a nonresident alien or dual-status alien spouse". I am unsure if I should check the box for the question or not. Any help would be much appreciated thank you.

Trying to do my taxes now and I am filing married jointly but with turbotax one of the questions is if my wife is a nonresident alien or dual-status alien spouse. It's a checkbox. Do I check it or not since we filed for her greencard but she doesn't have one yet. Not sure the correct answer.

My wife SS card should be arriving later today. 😊 Hopefully everything will be all set so me and her can go visit my family on the East Coast later this year. 💓

Wife's EAD card arrived today! Now hopefully the SS card soon. 😊