CountCet
Feb 14 2008, 07:42 AM
I have some questions about working. Can my wife work while still holding a K-1 Visa?
She did not receive a temporary EAD. We are about to file for her AOS. Her Visa expires in March. I assumed that even if she got her EAD, in March she would have to stop working. My plan was to wait until she got her 1 year EAD.
She has now found a website that claims she can work on a K-1, I assume that means, once it is expired, she will have to quit her employment and wait for her 1 year EAD. Is that correct?
Thanks in advance for any answers.
bichon82
Feb 14 2008, 11:39 AM
Hello, under a K1 your wife has the right to apply for a work card that will expire on the date that her K1 exprires. However, it takes about 90 days for her temporary work card to be approved... which is the same time that it will take for you to obtain the real EAD through AOS. That is why it is not recommended to apply for both (you have to pay for both of them and they will arrive more or less at the same time). And .. if by unforseen curcumstances her K1 work permit arrives before her EAD then she will have to stop working if there is a gap between the two. EADs are coming out really fast (look at the timelines) so I suggest that you just go through AOS and forget about working before that.