Drivers license 797A or 797B (K1 to AOS)

[Jeff fed 12]

21 hours ago, Brookeandluuk said:

Dear everyone,

 

Last month I have filed for AOS and received I-797c and a interview date for my biometrics. In the meantime I have been bussy arranging my Arkansas driver's license. My written and skills test have been succesfully completed. But today I went to the revenue office and they only gave me a driver's license until the current expiration of my I-94, which is based on my K1 entry (until the 28th of October). They said I needed a I-797A or I-797B. I cannot find any information about how to obtain these documents. Does anyone have any idea? Is it normal to receive a I-797A or B later in the process? 

 

Will the status on I-94 change automatically later on, when i ring it up at the DHS? 

 

I'm pretty confused, any help is appreciated.   

As soon as you married your status is changed and not eligible for a driver license until you receive your EAD card

[Letspaintcookies 2,235]

3 hours ago, Gatekeeper said:

I can confirm what was said here. Once you file for AOS, you cannot get a local driver licence until you get your EAD or Greencard. In Pennsylvania where I am, there is even an additional requirement for non US citizen to have accrued 1 year of lawful presence before you can apply for a DL! 
until then, you are not allowed to drive, even if you have a DL from your country of origin. It’s not fun, but it is what it is.

I would love to see your source for that cause the PA DMV page says none of that.

[Gatekeeper 35]

4 minutes ago, Letspaintcookies said:

I would love to see your source for that cause the PA DMV page says none of that.

It does 😊 Here is the fact sheet coming from their website. See 3rd line of top paragraph « A minimum of 1 year legal presence is required by Pennsylvania law ».

[Loren Y 2,745]

Sounds the same as Nevada. Wife had license issued until 90 days expired( I-94), then was invalid until ead card showed up. Then they issued it until the EAD card expired 1 year later, then we went back after she received green card and they issued the full term 8 year license.

[Letspaintcookies 2,235]

1 hour ago, Gatekeeper said:

It does 😊 Here is the fact sheet coming from their website. See 3rd line of top paragraph « A minimum of 1 year legal presence is required by Pennsylvania law ».

That means that you have to be allowed inside the US at least one year in the future to get it issued. Like your visa, greencard, ead has to be valid for at least a year. Not that you have to be in the States for a year until you can get it.

[Gatekeeper 35]

1 hour ago, Letspaintcookies said:

That means that you have to be allowed inside the US at least one year in the future to get it issued. Like your visa, greencard, ead has to be valid for at least a year. Not that you have to be in the States for a year until you can get it.

Oh then that would good news for me! You will admit that the way it is phrased can be confusing, right?…

can somebody else confirm how to interpret this? Ideally someone who recently had a DL in PA less than 1 year after 1st day of presence in the Us?…

[Letspaintcookies 2,235]

3 hours ago, Gatekeeper said:

Oh then that would good news for me! You will admit that the way it is phrased can be confusing, right?…

can somebody else confirm how to interpret this? Ideally someone who recently had a DL in PA less than 1 year after 1st day of presence in the Us?…

Have you ever called the DMV and asked them? 

[Gatekeeper 35]

52 minutes ago, Letspaintcookies said:

Have you ever called the DMV and asked them? 

No, since there was no point in doing so before I get my EAD anyway. By the time I get it (or my green card), 1 year will have passed anyway, so again, no point in calling them for this.

[HRQX 4,145]

33 minutes ago, Gatekeeper said:

No, since there was no point in doing so before I get my EAD anyway.

You should still try to get the Pennsylvania DL before you get the EAD. Here is an example of someone getting his Pennsylvania DL before the EAD was approved; it was also issued way before "being in the US for 1 year" as he entered in May of that year:

 

https://www.dot.state.pa.us/Public/DVSPubsForms/BDL/BDL Publications/pub 195nc.pdf Scroll down to the "Applicants for adjustment of status" row

Edited September 26, 2021 by HRQX

[Jöla 27]

On 9/24/2021 at 12:13 PM, Brookeandluuk said:

Dear everyone,

 

Last month I have filed for AOS and received I-797c and a interview date for my biometrics. In the meantime I have been bussy arranging my Arkansas driver's license. My written and skills test have been succesfully completed. But today I went to the revenue office and they only gave me a driver's license until the current expiration of my I-94, which is based on my K1 entry (until the 28th of October). They said I needed a I-797A or I-797B. I cannot find any information about how to obtain these documents. Does anyone have any idea? Is it normal to receive a I-797A or B later in the process? 

 

Will the status on I-94 change automatically later on, when i ring it up at the DHS? 

 

I'm pretty confused, any help is appreciated.   

 

I would try to speak to someone higher up in your state's DMV. E.g. a DMV constituent office or something similar. Maybe they can re-issue it valid for one year.

 

I got my DL here in AZ with my I-797C valid for one year from the notice date, even though many people on this forum will just tell you "you're out of luck, should not have done the K-1". That is not just useless, but most of all false advice.

Yes it differs from state to state, and I don't know how yours will handle it but in the end it highly depends on who looks at your case and how much they know the processes and IT systems.

 

Best of luck.

[Brookeandluuk 7]

49 minutes ago, Jöla said:

 

I would try to speak to someone higher up in your state's DMV. E.g. a DMV constituent office or something similar. Maybe they can re-issue it valid for one year.

 

I got my DL here in AZ with my I-797C valid for one year from the notice date, even though many people on this forum will just tell you "you're out of luck, should not have done the K-1". That is not just useless, but most of all false advice.

Yes it differs from state to state, and I don't know how yours will handle it but in the end it highly depends on who looks at your case and how much they know the processes and IT systems.

 

Best of luck.

Thank you for sharing your experience! Definetly worth trying. Im surely not giving up yet and see what they can do for me.