The_Raymonds

thank you, we gonna try this bank this week. Northside Credit Union

Hello.
Where are you?
Me and my husband have a saving account here in US even we are going to do consulate processing.
We open it in Georgia, Atlanta. Northside credit union with his passport when he was here on his visa. 

True each stat can be different. Definately need to find some other Georgia people who know how that state works in sense of this or what they did. Think we waited all of 3-4 weeks after he got here to make the joint account so long before his I-94 expired and long before we submitted for AOS cause we wanted that 'evidence' in the packet. Try going to the top of the page, click on "portals"... that will take you to the "Haiti forum" but then on the left side of the screen should be members of VJ near by you. Perhaps can message some of them and see if they know anything more that can assist you.
 
If they can't, honestly don't over stress the banking thing right now. Get other items like joint bills/lease/ect. And come the interview, explain the banking thing if you want to.

I don't think you understand reality.
 
By federal law, all employers are supposed to ask for work authorization to hire you. And they are supposed to have you fill out an I-9 to prove so. Many of them do not, especially the smaller ones. How else do you think 11 million undocumented immigrants are working without authorization? Some falsify documents, but many more are not even asked to prove they can work legally. The local deli on the corner or the landscaping company with 3 contractors rarely ask for work authorization, so they are hiring people who should not be working.
 
Now, if you work without authorization because the company has not asked you to provide documents, you have unauthorized employment. This is a serious issue - EXCEPT for people who then apply for adjustment of status through immediate relative that is a US Citizen, or have already applied for it, because that is forgiven. So he is in the midst of adjusting status and assuming he get it (this won't be a bar to it), it will be like it never happened. So what possible consequence are you envisioning, that millions of others have not received? Are you conflating the consequences for misrepresenting oneself as a US Citizen or presenting false documents? Are you conflating the serious consequences for unauthorized employment that those applying for EMPLOYMENT-BASED not FAMILY-BASED visas will face?
 
Nothing here is meant to condone or encourage unauthorized employment. Simple fact: millions of people work illegally and most of them can do so because they are not asked to prove they can work here. Many of those millions are overstays for 5 or more years and this how they work. Simply because they are not asked to prove they can work here. The second they are granted  adjustment of status, unauthorized employment (NOT misrepresenting oneself as a US citizen or presenting false docs) is forgiven which by definition means all potential consequences are removed. And unauthorized employment is not a bar to being granted AoS. 
 
Employers face the potential civil consequences, but in reality the government does not have the resources to go after small employers, so they audit the bigger ones (Wal-mart, 7-11, Bank of America etc). That is why smaller employers don't feel forced to use I-9s, even though by law they should. 
 

Correct. But all unauthorized work is forgiven for immediate relative of USC. 
 
Correct. The employer takes on the potential consequences, which range from $1,000-$2,000 per instance for a first occurrence. The employee does not take on this penalty.
 
Correct. No penalty. No impact on adjustment of status. No legal issues. No liability. Therefore, no consequence. 
 
Correct, but no one said anything about a false claim to US Citizenship. that is not in the discussion here. It is simply working without authorization, without misrepresenting oneself or presenting false documents. In OP's case he was not asked (yet) to prove his work authorization. This happens all the time, especially with smaller employers. 
 
Correct. Nothing I have said here condones or encourages unauthorized employment. But it is a FACT that it is forgiven and it won't impact the AoS, as long as there is no misrepresentation, which OP never said he was doing. All he said he was doing was producing his social security card when asked to do so. 

In trouble for not working? He is not misrepresenting himself, he is not presenting false documents, he is not lying. If they don't hire him because he has no work authorization, that's it, there's nothing to get in trouble for because nothing has actually happened. 

Yeah, great immigration lawyer.  Doesn't even know that PLENTY of people have gotten SSN ahead of the EAD.  Would not take advice from this idiot.

Try to get an expedite in all reality but please don't do anything to mess up your status.

It's illegal for you to work without authorization.  It's illegal for a US employer to hire you.  Illegal.
 
A person can still adjust status if he is the IR of a USC despite unauthorized work.  This mean you will not be penalize for AOS by working illegally.  
 
However, it doesn't mean that there are no consequences.  Make a false claim to US citizenship to work, and you are putting your future at risk.  

No one is going to tell you that it is safe for you to work illegally.  All people can say is that unauthorized work will not prevent you from AOS.

None of this is correct. 
 
Yes, you need work authorization in order to work. At the same time, unauthorized employment is forgiven if you adjust status through immediate relative, as OP is doing. This is law by Congress. So it will not be denied on this reason alone and you certainly won't get a deportation order. This is adjusting status 101. 
 
By federal law all employers are SUPPOSED to ask for work authorization. Many do not, especially the smaller ones. If a company asks for your social security number, but does not give you an I-9 to fill out or run e-Verify with your social security number, they may not know or care about your work authorization. (To be crystal clear you cannot misrepresent anything on an I-9). In that case, you would be working without authorization, until your EAD card comes but it won't affect your status or application. 
 
Note: nothing here is meant to condone or encourage unauthorized employment, these are all simple facts.