You can change job by availing AC-21. The conditions are: EAD is approved; I-485 is pending for more than 6 months; the new job is similar (same or more salary) to the current one.
keep in mind you should be aboe to show you are doing similar work in case they send RFE.
Not necessarily I140 is not approved you can invoke AC21 if your I140 is going toba pproved. as if you are confident that it will be approved, you have required education and experience and company has Ability to pay.
EAD has to be approved before you can work for another employer (unless the next employer is going to sponsor an H1).Not EAD approved. It is I140 approved.
And in response to the original question, yes you can work anywhere with an EAD, but only a "same or similar" job or job offer will preserve your green card process. In other words, if your green card application is based on an IT position but you get laid off and work as a truck driver for a couple of months, it is legal to work as a truck driver but from a green card perspective it is the equivalent of staying home, because you can't use the truck job as "same or similar" to satisfy AC21 requirements if USCIS sends you an RFE about your employment situation.
Going by what I know of both (I am also in IT), it would not be similar at all. "IT" is too broad.Jackolantern, switching from network administrator to software architect is treated as same or similar position since both the positions are in IT?
And in response to the original question, yes you can work anywhere with an EAD, but only a "same or similar" job or job offer will preserve your green card process. In other words, if your green card application is based on an IT position but you get laid off and work as a truck driver for a couple of months, it is legal to work as a truck driver but from a green card perspective it is the equivalent of staying home, because you can't use the truck job as "same or similar" to satisfy AC21 requirements if USCIS sends you an RFE about your employment situation.
No it is not better to stay home. Nothing is wrong with the truck driving. An EAD associated with an I-485 authorizes you to work anywhere (unless a US citizen/GC holder is legally required). All I am saying that the truck job is the equivalent of staying home as far as your GC is concerned. Whether you stay at home or drive a truck or wait tables at a restaurant, for AC21 purposes the result is the same ... you don't have a same or similar job as the one on the labor certification/I-140.So, if laid off, its better stay at home rather doing truck driving or do not say any thing that you have worked as Truck driver to USCIS.
No. You are not supposed to be looking for a job. You are supposed to have a same or similar job, or at least a job offer. If you don't have a job, you have to find one before the deadline to respond to the RFE.If USICIS issues an RFE at that point of time, can we say that I got terminated from job and since then I am trying find same or similar job ?
It is not mandatory to inform USCIS of the new job. But if you don't inform USCIS, and the old employer revokes the I-140, USCIS might deny the I-485. Hopefully they will send an RFE or NOID and allow you to respond before they deny the I-485, but they don't always give you that chance.Does the new employer need to send a letter or fill a form and send to USCIS in case one changes the old job to a new one while on EAD?
No it is not better to stay home. Nothing is wrong with the truck driving. An EAD associated with an I-485 authorizes you to work anywhere (unless a US citizen/GC holder is legally required). All I am saying that the truck job is the equivalent of staying home as far as your GC is concerned. Whether you stay at home or drive a truck or wait tables at a restaurant, for AC21 purposes the result is the same ... you don't have a same or similar job as the one on the labor certification/I-140.
No. You are not supposed to be looking for a job. You are supposed to have a same or similar job, or at least a job offer. If you don't have a job, you have to find one before the deadline to respond to the RFE.