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How is everyone receiving their EAD so quickly? Did you guys put in an expedite request? I've been waiting since February and haven't heard anything since. My case is held at national benefits center, is that why? I really wanna start working and just wondering if there is any way to get my EAD soon....

Hi all, I wanted to make this group to post updates on everyone's AOS/EAD/AP etc. I'm personally very interested in everyone's work authorization status, if you've already received yours? My timeline is; Feb. 24 2023: AOS/EAD/AP submitted Mar. 03 2023: Rejected (used an old version of form) Mar. 04 2023: AOS Resubmitted Mar. 28 2023: RFE received May 19 2023: response to RFE submitted Waiting since.

Hi, for those of you who applied for your work authorization, did you already get it? Could you guys share how long it took for you to get your work authorization? Thank you!

Yes, you can still drive with your international license fill it expires. In my case, car insurance was very high with my international license and for it to go down, I had to have a US drivers license for at least a year so I wanted to get started on my US license ASAP. If you don't have that problem, I think it's smarter/simpler to use your international license till you get your EAD. My friend in VA said she had no problem getting her husband's US license and also to renew it as well!

Very true. I'm just very paranoid because I don't want to be recognized as an undocumented immigrant after I've come so far with this bullshit immigration process. I've read a few posts about Maryland people getting their license renewed too so I'm gonna post them in case there are other people in the same situation. I'm gonna go back to a different MVA and try giving them my i-485 and i797c and see if that'll get me anywhere. Thank you guys so much for your help!

@EatBulagathank you! @DemiseUnfortunately, I still have not received my EAD yet. I will try contacting the senator or congressman. So people in Maryland, did you get your driver's license and lose it after 4 months and waited for EAD to come in? Is there anyone who "negotiated" their way into extending their drivers license? MVA staff offered to put me on a non compliant status and she said after I get my papers, I can simply update my status. It sounds so easy, but I can't imagine there to be no catch. It sounded like she could do it right there and then and didn't say anything about 2 years of taxes or anything.

Need advice with drivers license! Has anyone else struggled with getting/ renewing their driver's license? The background info is: December 2022 I moved to Maryland on k1. Got my Maryland driver's license on AOS in April 2023, BUT it has the expiration of 4 months from the day I get it. Fast forward 3 months later which is today, I went to renew my license. They told me I need to have my green card to renew it otherwise, even if I renewed it today, it will still expire in a month. They told me there's nothing they can do about it because the expiration date is what the homeland security gives to the motor vehicle administration. Has anyone had this issue when trying to renew their driver's license? If so, what did you do to resolve it?? Any help is much appreciated!!!

Need advice with driver's license! Has anyone else struggled with getting/ renewing their driver's license here? The background info is: December 2022 I moved to Maryland on k1. Got my Maryland driver's license on AOS in April 2023, BUT it has the expiration of 4 months from the day I get it. Fast forward 3 months later which is today, I went to renew my license. They told me I need to have my green card to renew it otherwise, even if I renewed it today, it will still expire in a month. They told me there's nothing they can do about it because the expiration date is what the homeland security gives to the motor vehicle administration. Has anyone had this issue when trying to renew their driver's license? If so, what did you do to resolve it?? Any help is much appreciated!!!

Need advice with driver's license! Has anyone else struggled with getting/ renewing their driver's license here? The background info is: December 2022 I moved to Maryland on k1. Got my Maryland driver's license on AOS in April 2023, BUT it has the expiration of 4 months from the day I get it. Fast forward 3 months later which is today, I went to renew my license. They told me I need to have my green card to renew it otherwise, even if I renewed it today, it will still expire in a month. They told me there's nothing they can do about it because the expiration date is what the homeland security gives to the motor vehicle administration. Has anyone had this issue when trying to renew their driver's license? If so, what did you do to resolve it?? Any help is much appreciated!!!

That's good news!!!! I didn't know that. Do you know how I can file to expedite the process?

Hi @Fil&Em, thank you so much for your detailed reply. I 100% agree that it's probably the best to apply for it with AOS. My future employer was pushing me to get the work authorization ASAP so I wanted to see what would be the efficient way of going about it. It was super helpful& thank you!

Does as anyone know how the work authorization work for k1 holders? I was told that once I'm married and am on the US soil, I can apply and receive my work authorization in about a week. If I understand correctly, if I apply for work authorization separate from i-495, the work authorization is only valid for the 90 days my k1 visa is valid for. And then I'll have to file for it again for AOS? But it takes like 10 months to get the work authorization while going through AOS right? Any information is much appreciated!!! I'm trying to gather as much information on this as possible. Thank you guys!

Does as anyone know how the work authorization work for k1 holders? I was told that once I'm married and am on the US soil, I can apply and receive my work authorization in about a week. If I understand correctly, if I apply for work authorization separate from i-495, the work authorization is only valid for the 90 days my k1 visa is valid for. And then I'll have to file for it again for AOS? But it takes like 10 months to get the work authorization while going through AOS right? Any information is much appreciated!!! I'm trying to gather as much information on this as possible. Thank you guys!

Thank you for your reply. After I ready your reply, we realized that the USCIS never sent us our NOA2. We contacted USCIS and asked to send us the NOA2 and they said it'll take them up to 30 days to let us know........ Like let us know if they can do that. Unbelievable.

Hey guys, do k1 visa holders have an A number? Is A number same as USCIS account number? There are sections in the form where they are asking for the US citizen partner's A number too, but is this something everyone has in the states?

@Etherial @Emerick Hi guys thank you! I already filled ds160 and I’ll proceed with it. Thank you for all your replies!

@Ako & Rich thank you for looking into it for me! even on the hospital website, it says I need to bring the confirmation page of ds260 so it’s a mystery. but I will look into it and find out! Thank you for your help!!

Hi @Ako & Rich! Thank you for your reply. I believe I have to do both ds160 and ds260… Screenshot is from the official site of my embassy. Could that be a typo?? did anyone else applying for k1 receive an invoice ID from NVC? and did anyone else submit their ds260 to get their medical exam?

Hey guys. I’m so confused please help me out. On my embassy website, it says I have to submit my DS-260 online in order to take my medical exam. However, when I try to login to DS-260, it asks me for an invoice ID number. My fiancé got an email from the NVC informing our case number, but it says nothing about invoice ID. I looked it up and some people even say k1 doesn’t get an invoice number. Am I missing something here?? For those of you wondering about my timeline, here it is:) NOA1: April 22, 2021 RFE: June 7, 2022 NOA2: Aug 1, 2022 NVC Email: sep 27, 2022

I see! Thank you for the reply. It makes me happy you hear you’re moving a step closer to being together:) it’s so concerning the fact that they only send you an email to notify because they seem so unreliable when it comes to sending emails. Even between NOA1 and NOA2, my fiancé SOMETIMES received email updates and SOMETIMES didn’t. Their work is so inconsistent it’s almost offensive.

Did you get any update or notification after your NOA1 got approved till you received your email saying it’s on its way to embassy? Or do we just wait with no updates?

Like @gooblue said, I am talking about when I adjust my k1 visa to green card. I know I can’t work while I’m on k1 visa, but I’m talking about when I will have started the AOS process to when I actually get my work authorization takes up to 2 years from what I’ve read.

They are “working on it” is what they tell you. Or that they can’t do anything about it. I think when it comes down to it, it’s just luck of what kind of person you can get on the phone. Some people are a lot more sincere than others, but the ratio is like 1:8.

Hi sorry for the late reply. it was just a regular outside of normal processing request. I think when you’re well outside of your “normal” processing time that’s on USCIS page, you can put in a request to pay more attention to your case. im sorry I don’t know the official name for the request:(

Hey:) we were also waiting for the response to our RFE. What we did was, we put in a request for them to look at our case again since it is well outside the normal processing time. (I didn’t know we could do this because they told us we have to wait at least 2-3 months to hear the response to our RFE, but I asked my fiancé to keep calling them till they’ll get on it and found out we could put in a request) ours got approved about 2 weeks after. If you already haven’t done that, you should definitely try that. I hope this helps and you’ll get approved soon!