really worried

[confusedn400 0]

i got my gc in may 2004, and was looking at my passport and noticed that i had stamp for i-751 valid till may 2005. i must have filed i140 and i485 concurrently. my spouse was on h4 and she started working in may 2002. does it mean my ead was approved in may 2012 and so she started working then?

it was employment based gc and it shows PR since may 2004 on green card.

i am really confused with all these timelines, can someone help

[confusedn400 0]

i got my gc in may 2004, and was looking at my passport and noticed that i had stamp for i-751 valid till may 2005. i must have filed i140 and i485 concurrently. my spouse was on h4 and she started working in may 2002. does it mean my ead was approved in may 2012 and so she started working then?

it was employment based gc and it shows PR since may 2004 on green card.

i am really confused with all these timelines, can someone help

i meant ead in 2002, and not 2012.

[Inky 1,111]

Are you trying to apply for citizenship? Not really understanding your question or what your needing help with here. Your EAD does not matter. If you have a green card you should not be using an EAD as you have the green card and that is what gives you authorization to work.

[confusedn400 0]

i was just looking at old passports, for ead and green card dates and my wife's employment date and got confused. I am sure she started working with valid authorization as her SSN Card shows that valid for work text on it. But, I wanted to get handle of timeline, in an event, this question comes up.

[Inky 1,111]

i was just looking at old passports, for ead and green card dates and my wife's employment date and got confused. I am sure she started working with valid authorization as her SSN Card shows that valid for work text on it. But, I wanted to get handle of timeline, in an event, this question comes up.

Your application has nothing to do with her immigration.

[confusedn400 0]

Your application has nothing to do with her immigration.

But what about her application, she has applied too and have interview too.

i checked my old paperwork and it seems that i got 485 fingerprinting notice in may 2002, so it should have been approved and then she started working.

Edited March 22, 2013 by confusedn400

[NickD 203]

Your confusion must be contagious, have me confused as well. First off, who is applying for the N-400, you, your wife, or both of you? And what is all this stuff about that EAD card, is history, I had to apply for EAD cards for both my wife and stepdaughter due to long delays in the AOS processing. Looked at it as a means so at least we could have a life while waiting, and so the USCIS could get another 600 bucks out of me.

While they were legal to stay with no more concerns about that I-94, couldn't do anything here without that EAD card, go to work, have a bank account, get a driver's license, go to school, couldn't do anything without that EAD card. Then the first panic, those EAD cards are only good for one year, then expire, will we have to lay out another 600 bucks for two new EAD cards, or will they get their green cards. Was very close, but then they finally got their green cards, but only good for two years. Then that crazy I-751 loaded with loopholes whether we stayed married or not.

That was another long delay, but if we are talking about that N-400, you have to have that valid green card. During our N-400 application, all we could send in was a copy of her expired green card and a copy of her one year extension notice. And for a marriage application, all that counted was was that initial date on her green card, that never changes. But then her one year extension was about to expire so we had to make a long trip to our nearest USCIS office and get that I-551 stamp in her current valid foreign passport so she would be legal to work and travel. But that is also history.

Then you are bringing up those old AOS and ROC forms, with the N-400, glad I had all those on my computer, actually not the original computer, got two new computers since all this started, they come with built in obsolescence. So transferred all those files to my newest computer, they were quite handy in filling out the N-400 because the USCIS was asking for the same exact information they already asked for twice in the N-400, plus they wanted the same exact evidence they already received twice for the N-400 with just some minor updating.

With the AOS and ROC, we have very strong deadlines to deal with, this is one option that is different with the N-400, with this form, you can take all the time you need to apply for it..

Got to thinking about that with our relationship with the government, when it comes time for renewals, taxes, certifications, we have to meet those deadlines or be in very deep trouble. But after we do, they can take all the sweet time in the world to process them. Not exactly fair, like waiting months or even years for a response. They are extremely quick though on cashing our checks.

Just say who is applying for US citizenship, and give that initial date on that green card. If you want help.

[confusedn400 0]

We both have applied for n400, and interview set for mid-april, and the PR since is 05/04.

but, ours was concurrent filling for i-140 and i-485, which the reciept date was 02/02, and would have got ead card in 2002.

[NickD 203]

We both have applied for n400, and interview set for mid-april, and the PR since is 05/04.

but, ours was concurrent filling for i-140 and i-485, which the reciept date was 02/02, and would have got ead card in 2002.

But what about your green cards? Can't apply for US citizenship without those.

[confusedn400 0]

i think the confusion is solved, called Social Security Office and they confirmed that wife's ssn was issued in 03/2002, and then she started working in 05/2002. so its all good.

we both have green card since 05/04.

[NickD 203]

SS cards weren't even around until 1933, and only needed those for the longest period of time to work so they could take FICA taxes from your paycheck. If you didn't work, didn't even need one. With the long delays in our AOS, was even able to claim my wife as an exemption and stepdaughter legally on my income tax returns without either of them having an SS card. But the way things are today, can't even open a one buck bank account without an SS card. If that bank pays one cent interest on that account, they have to report that to the IRS.

I could add my wife to my credit card when she first came here, but that is because this is an interest paying account, but couldn't even open a two buck bank account for her until she received her SS card. I did my stepdaughter at the same time, but didn't have to as far as immigration was concerned, she was way to young to get a job, but what the heck, was driving there anyway. Son had to get an SS number for my newest grandson the day after he was born, wanted to start a college fund for him. Can't do that without an SS card, IRS wants their money from that interest.

In terms of the N-400 for part 3A of the form, this is what the instructions state:

If you do not have an SS number, type in N/A in that for the social security number.

So what does having an SS number have to do with US citizenship? Coming to the USA is learning how to deal with different government agencies, 1,525 to be precise, even have a separate agency to get a dog license. Then after 9/11 learned these agencies can't even get along, so what do they do, create another one with even more retards to deal with. Already experienced fights between the EPA, OSHA, and the DNR in my plant as to whom had jurisdiction. Just told them to go outside and fight it out and let me know the results.

[confusedn400 0]

i just wanted to confirm that she started work after getting EAD and SSN, as before that she was on H4.