looking for work

[jeepguy 0]

i'm processing a K-1 & once it's all been approved & we are able to get her to the states how long of a waiting period do we have to wait before she can start looking for work & get a drivers license? she is getting excited about getting here & listing all the kinds of jobs she would like to look at possibly getting & i'm just not sure of the time frame that she can start looking.

[ivory 1]

you still have to fill for AOS and EAD for your fiancee to start working. it will take you 2 to 4 months on the average to get the approval. :-)

[payxibka 10,044]

i'm processing a K-1 & once it's all been approved & we are able to get her to the states how long of a waiting period do we have to wait before she can start looking for work & get a drivers license? she is getting excited about getting here & listing all the kinds of jobs she would like to look at possibly getting & i'm just not sure of the time frame that she can start looking.

not a "Bringing Family Members of a USC" forum topic... moving thread

[gandacel 7]

after you get married, you'll have to file for an AOS (adjustment of status). Along with your AOS application you can also file for EAD (employment authorization document) which takes about 3 months. check this out, there's a lot of info about the whole k1 process. good luck!

forgot to actually add the link here it is http://www.visajourney.com/content/guides

[happyme'11 3]

i'm processing a K-1 & once it's all been approved & we are able to get her to the states how long of a waiting period do we have to wait before she can start looking for work & get a drivers license? she is getting excited about getting here & listing all the kinds of jobs she would like to look at possibly getting & i'm just not sure of the time frame that she can start looking.

She can start looking for a job now BUT the first thing u have to do is apply for your Adjustment of Status first or get an Employment Authorization Document for her to work legally here. Without any of this she can not work.

EAD could take 2- 3 months and same with AOS if there is no problem.

About the driver's license she needs to obtain a Learner's PErmit first and valid id's as well like SSN.

Edited February 20, 2011 by happyme'11

[uverseman 5]

Does the officer at the POE gate still have the authority to stamp the work authorization in the passport or has this changed? I had a friend who's fiancee asked the officer for the work stamp at check in the airport and received it there, because it was a K1 and immigration was expected. Of course this was about 8 years ago. Used to be you could get it at POE if you requested it. If you didn't you had to file for it the normal way.

Edited February 20, 2011 by uverseman

[Anh map 2,098]

Does the officer at the POE gate still have the authority to stamp the work authorization in the passport or has this changed? I had a friend who's fiancee asked the officer for the work stamp at check in the airport and received it there, because it was a K1 and immigration was expected. Of course this was about 8 years ago. Used to be you could get it at POE if you requested it. If you didn't you had to file for it the normal way.

That is no longer enough to obtain work authorization for the duration of the I-94.

[Darnell 8,478]

ya, grab an I-9 document, study it, soonish.