Dear friend, don\'t make that mistake
One fellow he had the same issue. He is in a big soup now as the INS came to know that he got unemployment benefits while his AOS was still pending. If you don\'t have savings in your back account, try to borrow the money from ur friends. Just a friendly advice, DO NOT APPLY FOR EMP BENEFITS. Your attorney probably doesn\'t know it I guess and he will be the first person to back off if the INS issues and RFE later on..