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senkoushik

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Hello,
I'm married to an US citizen. Being immediate relatives, we plan on filing I-130 and I-485 simultaneously. Would appreciate if you can help answer the following questions for us:

1. Can I apply for the Work Permit and Advanced Parole along with I-130 and I-485?
2. Is it true that I need Work Permit before I can take a job where Company doesn't have to sponsor me?

Thanks
 
senkoushik said:
Can you please let me know what those abbreviations mean in your earlier post?
And also what's I-765?
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RD-receipt date -date USCIS received your application
ND-notice date-date INS inputs your info in their computer system
When you receive your receipts after you mail your application your notice date and receipt date will be on your receipts.
FP/BIO-Fingerprint and Biometrics
RFE-Request For Further Evidence(If USCIS wishes more info you get this)
EAD - Employment authorization Document (work permit)
I765-Application for employment authorization (that is work permit)
I131-Application for travel document (advance parole)
AP-Advance parole
 
First of all, appreciate your responses on my requests.
So it seems you got your EAD almost in 3 months after you had applied for your green card. Is that pretty much the normal time it takes to go through this route or is it dependent on any other factors.
Also do I send all the 4 forms(I-130, I-485,I-765 & I-131) to one single address or do I have to send it to different places?
 
You should send all applications together to Chicago Lockbox, I-765 ( work permit) usually takes a little less than 90 days to get. Make sure you send your medical with your applications, otherwise you'll get RFE which will delay the process.
 
The application for the green card in my case(I-130,1-485,I-785), seems pretty straight forward. In that case, is it allright if I do not take the services of a lawyer firm and do this process by myself?
Thanks
 
You could do that if you want to. It is NOT necessary to obtain an attorney. My wife and I did for consultation, the know-how/in's&out's and cover-our-a$$es sake. If you have a clean history, myself as an example, most likely you don't need a lawyer; we could have gone without a lawyer, but we opted to obtain one. If your history is not spotless, then it's probably a good idea to obtain one. Do what makes you comfortable, that's my best advise.
 
With all the hoopla that I hear about name check and how long it takes, does it hinder the process of getting the work permit ?
 
need advice

Please advice

I married illegal alien who filed forms under 245(i). INS received forms today.
Which date is counting as In Process (received date or notice date).
Can he be deported until sutch date?
 
With all the hoopla that I hear about name check and how long it takes, does it hinder the process of getting the work permit ?
 
senkoushik said:
With all the hoopla that I hear about name check and how long it takes, does it hinder the process of getting the work permit ?
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No, name check does not hold up the EAD (work permit), only the final green card.
 
Cofused

On the USCIS websit I found a form I-761 for advanced parole. THe URL below for I-131 is also for advanced parole. Which one should we be submitting?

browngirl said:
90 days for EAD is generally the norm unless you get an RFE after filing which slows the process sometimes.
The I765,I130 and I485 are filed together at the Chicago Lockbox. The filing of the I131 is determined by which state you live in.
Check this link.
http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/I-131.pdf
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vanlilly said:
On the USCIS websit I found a form I-761 for advanced parole. THe URL below for I-131 is also for advanced parole. Which one should we be submitting?
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Where did you find I-761? Can you give us the link?
 
I currently hold a H-1B visa. After I get my EAD, I hear I have to apply for SSN and such. So what really needs to happen after I get my EAD.

Also once I get my EAD, can I get employment in a different company without any hassles of sponsorship right away, or do I have to wait for any other thing to be completed?

Thanks in advance
 
Being on H-1B, I already have a SSN. But in one of the posts I found someone commenting that, there is some work to be done at the SSN office after getting the EAD before I can start a job without any sponsorship. Is that right?
 
Understand the filing instructions...

senkoushik said:
Being on H-1B, I already have a SSN. But in one of the posts I found someone commenting that, there is some work to be done at the SSN office after getting the EAD before I can start a job without any sponsorship. Is that right?
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Sen,

If you have a social security card, they why would you need another social security card at the SS office? :confused: You are basically acting like a nut....

If you have balls, why would you ask the doctor to implant another set of balls, just because you moved from Arizona to Las Vegas? If the balls were working fine in Arizona, then in Las Vegas they should definately be in good working conditions....:rolleyes: Basically, moving from an H1-B visa doesn't necessitate a new SS card. :mad:

Simple advise: spend a day reading the forms which you need to complete so that you can understand the process, because all the questions which you are asking aren't going to guarantee a successful filing of the petitions, especially since you have difficulties understanding a simple process of a social security.

Personally, I have no problems helping you with the process, but you have to be educated and knowledgeable cause once you send the paperwork and you have wrong information in those forms, USCIS is going to barbacue you, give you hell on earth till you are forced to hire a lawyer. In most cases, people who end up in the lion's cage of USCIS didn't follow the simple filing instructions in the forms, because they were anxious to send the forms of USCIS, and in the process, get their assess handed to them on a silver platter with a golden patato....:rolleyes:

An EAD is an employment authorization which is issued to you for being a spouse of a US citizen, and no one owns the EAD except you and USCIS. If you get one, and want to change your employers, then your H1-B becomes immediately invalid once another employer hires you on an EAD. Moreover, should the employer who hired you on an EAD no longer offers you the right money or benefits, you can go back to your previous employer (if he still cares for your experience) on an EAD, but you cannot go in and out of the H1-B visa as it pleases you....:(

Applying for a Green card is simple, but you have to do the homework of thoroughly understanding each and every form that is required for the GC application. However, from reading your questions, you still need work on understanding this simple process, and don't rush file before you clearly understand this process, because your intention doesn't satisfy the requirements of USCIS. What do I mean by intention?:confused: USCIS expects you to accurately complete all forms, and what you meant or intended to fill in the application form is not for USCIS to assume or interpret. For example, in the I-485, part 2 asks you the basis of your filing this AOS petition. Assume that you chose G in the form, USCIS is going to process your application with G as your basis and reject it, even though a rational person would know you meant A as an immediate relative of a US citizen, and not subject to a visa cap. :eek: So, USCIS officer adjudicating your petition isn't going to infer from his flatulence that you meant A...:)
 
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