skemper19

Ditto, ours came a few days ago, I too was curious as to what the instructions were, but there were none. Enjoy! Congratulations!!!!!

Congratulations!! It's a beautiful thing!!!!!

My hubby and I had no interview. Last Friday we received the e-mail notice saying our I-485 was approved, when the letter arrived two days later it said his card would expire in ten years. We are waiting for it to arrive to see what it says exactly, but the letter said 10 years. Don't know why, we were both waiting and expecting the interview. Who knows.

Good luck! I hope all goes well!

Congratulations!!!!

Congratulations!!!!!

Whatever it is... congratulations!!!!!!

I had an infopass appointment for a silly question. They were very nice to me and struck up more conversation that they had to. And this was in Miami. It all depends on the person. In my experience, they've always treated me better (the Citizen) than my hubby, unfortunately.

Congratulations!!!!!!

Yes, file it as soon as possible. What happens if she has to go out of the country???

Congratulations!!!!

Okay, I received a notice on Friday saying that my husband's AOS was approved, that we would be getting a notice in the mail, follow whatever instructions are on there, BLAH BLAH BLAH.

So, yesterday we received the letter welcoming him to the U.S. saying that he is now a permanent resident and his card is good for 10 years.

We had no interview at all. It said nothing about a temporary residency card with conditions for two years, nothing. Just said "Your new card will expire in ten years".

Why was it so easy for us? Has anyone EVER had this happen? I mean, no interview, now two year residency card with conditions, nothing.....

I mean I'm not complaining, it's great and we are truly blessed. Is this something that is random? Did we just have so much stuff that hey just approved? Does anyone know?

You people crack me up. No his I-94 didn't say "WORK AUTHORIZED" and no his employer didn't decide to let him work, he WAS LEGALLY ABLE TO WORK for 90 days. WHat are you people not understanding here??? JEEZ this makes me crazy. All I was trying to do was help everyone out with my TRUE experience and ease everyone's mind taht you will nto get any POE to stamp WORK AUTHORIZED on your I-94 butthat your I-94 is in fact your authorization to work if you have a SS# taht's it, noo tricky language, nothin AND, again, no one did us any favors by letting my husband work for ninety days? He rightfully and legally was able to work for 90 days with his I-94 that DID NOT say "WORK AUTHORIZED" and his SS# and I.D that he got through teh STate that was valid onlyuntil the expiration of both the I-94 and visa. Thanks guys!

Best of luck to all of you! It's not that complicated, ujless you make it complicated.

As you will see, a K-1 visa holder will not have an EAD stamp on their I-94, but is authorized to work through the expiration date with that plus the SS#. Guys, trust me, been here, done that. K-1's are good to work without specified INS AUthorization ONLY until the expiration.

OK found one of the suporting docs form SS Administration. The link will be available until tomorrow, then anyone else who wants the doc will have to e-mail me for it.

http://packages.colliersawf.com/ssdoc.doc

Okay, I decided on one more reply before I rest this. I also did some resercah and found a public memo form teh SSA to all branch offices advising that as of some date in 2003 (I think), i-94's for K-1 Visa Holders were allowed to receive their SS card and work until the I-94 expired. I'll do some resercah to see if I still have that memo, but it clearly states that.

His TWO employers confimred with their national headqurters. He didn't work for Joe Blow's supermarket but for national firms. Sorry guys, we did everything legally and legitimate. It's up to you to confirm. I did, and this is what happened for us, legally tried and true. have fun! DOnt have time to keep responding to this. It is what it is, take it or leave it!

Okay, all I'm saying is that my husband came through MIA, did not get and EAD stamp, but the regular entrance stamp and was able to work legally for 90 days. That's it, just wanted to share my TRUE experience with all fo you. Do what you will!

No, you dont' ask for it from anywhere it's the normal stamp that is placed on the I-94, there is nothing else extra. With that I-94 you can work for 90 days, period. There's nothing confusing about it. People here make it more confusing than it actually is........ did you get my link for the I-9?

Anyone else slightly confused by Skemper??

Um I suppose what he is saying is that you can get the Temp 90 day EAD stamp from anywhere but you have to go in and ask for it somewhere (didn't quite understand where...) and you don't necessarily have to get it from your POE....Although somehow I think it would be a lot easier to just fly into JFK or some few other places and simply ASK for the stamp from Immigration. Although I understand that not ALL people have easy access to JFK (like for instance the UK)....But regardless you have to get an SS card (which I knew about before).

AND they don't give the EAD's like they used to at JFK, if you call, they're goign to say they don't do that anymore, because what they USED to give is a one-year EAD, they DON'T anymore, they just stamp the I-94 like they're supposed to do and that's it. That IS your 90-dat EAD, not the one year, but a 90-day EAD. It's not confusing at all.

There is no stamp on the I-94 that says "EAD". What they do stamp is that you have entered the country, and that your I-94 and Visa expire on ______ (90 days). The I-94 IS your EAD for 90 days.

See this link, it's the I-9 form, on page three it shows what you need to show eliginiity to work. The I-94 is on List A. This is your 90-day temporary EAD, you CAN use this to start working as soon as you get your SS card BUT can only work until the expiration date. My husband, went to work for two national companies that DO NOT hire people unless they have ;egal authorization towork in the U.S. and this is the temp EAD. His bosses even told him he needed to get his new EAD before his I-94 expires or else he could no longer work for them, and he didn't get it and he could no longer work.

My hubby did not go through JFK, but through Miami, thank I did my reserach cause we would have paid and extra $500-$800 just to go through JFK.

Like anything here, I sugesst you do your own research, I made calls (tons of them) and this is what happened to me, plain and simple. Like I said, I love this site, it's helped me TREMENDOUSLY, through allof this, and without a lawyer. You just have to cross your t's, dot your i's check, check and check again.

Hope this helps!

"LISTEN TO ME"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have been through this many, many, MANY times here on VJ and though I love this place, sometimes people's "experiences" and "opinions" aren't exactly right!!!!!!

The stamp that you get on the I-94 when you come in on a K-1 visa IS a temporary EAD!!! You have the authority to work only for the 90 days formthe date of yoru entry it's clearly stamped on your I-94 (the date it expires) PLUS you still have to get a SS# before you can work too, so basically, it takes anywhere from two to four weeks to receive a SS card, THEN you can work. But only until your I-94 expires which is 90 days from the date of entry. Don't believe that hype about only going through JFK, don't waste your money, and no POE gives you an EAD. WHat they are referring to is an EAD that is valid for one year (NO, they don't give those). If you want proof, look at the form that you need to fill out when accepting a job, I think it's the I-9..... on page two it plainly states what you need in order to prove to the employer that you are eligible to work, and that is a valid, unexpired I-94, which is what you received when you entered the county, FROM ANYWHERE!!!! And of course, you still need your SS# and an ID, could be your foreign passport. This is tried and true, by yours truly. I spent FOREVER trying to figure out if I should go through JFK, BLAH BLAH BLAH, called JFK three seperate times to ask them if they give these EAD's taht every one was talking about. THANK GOD I didn't go through JFK and THANK GOD I did a little more research and didn't listen to many people here. Just look on the I-9, page two, column A, rigth tehre it says Valid, Unexpired I-94, which all get when the enter theUS.

Hope this helps those who are weary and doubtful!

S

Actually, last year, they updated every two weeks. Then came the holidays and they've been late ever since. But, again, they do whatever they want....... Hopefully, they'll get back to "normal" soon...... I think we all want that September 25, 2005 date to be updated! LOL:)

I just received a touch by e-mail saying that our I-765 EAD was approved! USCIS hasn't updated their processing times as of yet, but our receipt date for I485 and I-765 was November 16th.

Lots of love and luck to all!