Between EAD and Green Card - work history considered?

[JL & ML 20]

Hello,

 

We have just received the EAD (filed for AOS a year ago, after marriage under the terms of the K-1 visa), for which we are very grateful. My question is to what extent, if at all, employment/work history is taken into account during the Green Card interview. I am a language interpreter/translator and have been doing much to establish my business in the U.S. and be able to hit the ground running when work authorization comes. But now that it's here, many things remain to be done. I don't expect my income to suddenly shoot up. (Those who are private contractors or have a business of their own understand this - all these things take time.) Supposing a Green Card interview were to take place a year or two from now, do you think I might get questions the likes of "Well, you've had work authorization for over xyz amount of time now, and why are making so little money?"

 

Or is this simply irrelevant, since the whole immigration process is based on marriage, not on work? (I wonder about this only because of how much emphasis, and rightly so, is placed on contributing to the U.S. economy rather than being a drain on it.)

[Chancy 6,233]

19 hours ago, JL & ML said:

My question is to what extent, if at all, employment/work history is taken into account during the Green Card interview.

 

If you are the immigrant, your income and work history will not matter much for the AOS interview.  There are many here on VJ whose AOS applications were approved before they even started working, either by choice or because they were not authorized to work prior to their AOS interview.  Your AOS from K1 will be adjudicated based on the bona fides of your marriage and the financial capacity of your sponsor(s).

 

Edited April 25, 2021 by Chancy
clarification

[arken 4,197]

Your AOS interview, if happens, will focus on your marital relationship, nothing on your work or EAD.