Work authorization in passport not valid for work?

[ACINLOVE 2]

Hi,

I have been reading lately that the EAD stamped on passport upon entry on JFK (K1 visa) is not valid for work.

Can u please clarify that to me. Why the POE officer stamping my passport told me that I was able to work showing my passport? Of course he told me that I would have to do AOS but I was good to go with that stamp for the first 90 days.

Should I be worried. I am starting a new job next week and I told my employer that I have all papers to work legally.

Many thanks

[rsn 135]

Hi,

I have been reading lately that the EAD stamped on passport upon entry on JFK (K1 visa) is not valid for work.

Can u please clarify that to me. Why the POE officer stamping my passport told me that I was able to work showing my passport? Of course he told me that I would have to do AOS but I was good to go with that stamp for the first 90 days.

Should I be worried. I am starting a new job next week and I told my employer that I have all papers to work legally.

Many thanks

You had better tell your employer that you are not authorized to work after all and wait until you receive your EAD!

This is explained at http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...180237&st=0

[ACINLOVE 2]

Thank you very much.

I am now wondering what would have happened to me if I didn't know that I was not authorized.

And please who is gonna educate all the officers at POE JFK about the rules of the little and nice stamp they do on your passport that is worthed 0?

The officer told me "you are good to go and you can work for the first 90 days".

So who is right now?

[Eric-Pris 1,602]

Thank you very much.

I am now wondering what would have happened to me if I didn't know that I was not authorized.

And please who is gonna educate all the officers at POE JFK about the rules of the little and nice stamp they do on your passport that is worthed 0?

The officer told me "you are good to go and you can work for the first 90 days".

So who is right now?

The stamp you receive at JFK is a temporary Employment Authorization Document. So why wouldn't you be allowed to work?

If anybody from the government were to ask you why you worked or why you are working, all you'd have to do is show them the stamp with the current date and you'd be ok.

Edited September 28, 2009 by Eric-Pris

[rsn 135]

Thank you very much.

I am now wondering what would have happened to me if I didn't know that I was not authorized.

And please who is gonna educate all the officers at POE JFK about the rules of the little and nice stamp they do on your passport that is worthed 0?

The officer told me "you are good to go and you can work for the first 90 days".

So who is right now?

The stamp you receive at JFK is a temporary Employment Authorization Document. So why wouldn't you be allowed to work?

Read the link I posted in my initial response to the original question, then you will understand.

If anybody from the government were to ask you why you worked or why you are working, all you'd have to do is show them the stamp with the current date and you'd be ok.

No, you wouldn't. Read the link.

Edited September 28, 2009 by rsn

[Eric-Pris 1,602]

Thank you very much.

I am now wondering what would have happened to me if I didn't know that I was not authorized.

And please who is gonna educate all the officers at POE JFK about the rules of the little and nice stamp they do on your passport that is worthed 0?

The officer told me "you are good to go and you can work for the first 90 days".

So who is right now?

The stamp you receive at JFK is a temporary Employment Authorization Document. So why wouldn't you be allowed to work?

Read the link I posted in my initial response to the original question, then you will understand.

I read the link. It's just another thread that somebody started. Another subjective opinion.

Why do some people refer to EAD, and completely discount the stamp like it's nothing, like some kind of ornament for your passport. What do you think the stamp that they issue at JFK is? It IS an EAD, but a temporary one.

Per that other thread... K-1's are allowed to work once they have been issued an EAD. At POE, some people are issued temporary EAD's. That's what the stamp is. It doesn't differentiate between temporary and permanent.

Edited September 28, 2009 by Eric-Pris

[ACINLOVE 2]

Thank you RSN,

I read the document by USCIS and from what I understood it says that immigrant with k1 visa status are required to apply for EAD when they do AOS.

I didn't find any info about the stamp given at POE.

Can u please show me where it says that the stamp is not valid?

Thank you again

[ACINLOVE 2]

Thank you Eric-Pris,

I agree with you and I need to see with my own eyes the USCIS law about that stamp!

[Eric-Pris 1,602]

To me this smells of jealousy by those didn't enter through JFK and who are angry that their POE didn't issue them a stamp and are trying to hold back the people that did get one.

[rsn 135]

Thank you Eric-Pris,

I agree with you and I need to see with my own eyes the USCIS law about that stamp!

Use your own eyes and read page 53 of the following document released by USCIS: http://www.uscis.gov/files/nativedocuments...grants_2006.pdf.

[ACINLOVE 2]

I would be very sorry for the jalous people.

I specifically planned my enter in the US through JFK to have that stamp!

Is anybody saying that the stamp is not valid able to prove it?

I should start my job next week and I don't want to break the law!

Thanks

[rsn 135]

I would be very sorry for the jalous people.

I specifically planned my enter in the US through JFK to have that stamp!

Is anybody saying that the stamp is not valid able to prove it?

I should start my job next week and I don't want to break the law!

Thanks

Yes, there is proof. Take a look at page 53 of the document at the top of the link I sent earlier.

Thank you Eric-Pris,

I agree with you and I need to see with my own eyes the USCIS law about that stamp!

Use your own eyes and read page 53 of the following document released by USCIS: http://www.uscis.gov/files/nativedocuments...grants_2006.pdf.

Also look at appendix B.

[ACINLOVE 2]

Do you mean this part of page 53?

Nonimmigrants Authorized to Work Incident to Status

Some nonimmigrant categories include individuals who, notwithstanding their nonimmigrant

classification, are likely to remain permanently in the United States. In particular, nonimmigrant

categories that are designed to ease family separations caused by visa wait times are based on

the expectation that the individuals will apply for adjustment of status to permanent resident

once in the United States. Thus, persons in these categories are permitted to work once they

have applied for, and been issued , an Employment Authorization Document (EAD) from USCIS.

Please could you tell me the page about the stamp issued on passport?

I understand that k1 visa need to apply for EAD but I don't understant why at POE I have been told that I could work starting next day of my arrival.

[rsn 135]

To me this smells of jealousy by those didn't enter through JFK and who are angry that their POE didn't issue them a stamp and are trying to hold back the people that did get one.

That's an interesting, I mean ignorant, theory. Try reading the document I posted which comes directly from USCIS. This document was also posted in the link I mentioned (which I told you to read).

Do you mean this part of page 53?

Nonimmigrants Authorized to Work Incident to Status

Some nonimmigrant categories include individuals who, notwithstanding their nonimmigrant

classification, are likely to remain permanently in the United States. In particular, nonimmigrant

categories that are designed to ease family separations caused by visa wait times are based on

the expectation that the individuals will apply for adjustment of status to permanent resident

once in the United States. Thus, persons in these categories are permitted to work once they

have applied for, and been issued , an Employment Authorization Document (EAD) from USCIS.

Please could you tell me the page about the stamp issued on passport?

I understand that k1 visa need to apply for EAD but I don't understant why at POE I have been told that I could work starting next day of my arrival.

Who cares about the stamp issued on the passport! It clearly states in two places in the PDF (appendix B & page 53) that you MUST apply for and receive a work permit via USCIS.

[Eric-Pris 1,602]

A stamp is an temporary EAD. Therefore, you have the Employment Authoization Document which is required to work per that website. Once it expires, you can't work, until you receive a new EAD.