Work status question

indiandude1

Registered Users (C)
I am currently on an H-1B which expires very soon.

My EAD was first issued 8 years ago. I have an I-140 approval (National Interest Waiver) but am visa retrogressed (have to wait years to file my I-485).

My gf (US citizen) and I are thinking of getting married soon (the plan was to wait a year and do the full romantic thing, but this situation is forcing our hands). The situation is that my job hunt may take a little longer than I have on my H-1B.

Does being married immediately grant me a temporary work status so that I can start a new job as soon as I find one (subject of course to the interview)?

I know nothing about green card through marriage (and I do not want to do it this way, but it seems I am being left with no option).
 
Ok. Kind of ***-backwards if you think about it. Would they not want an economically productive foreigner to become economically active in a high paying profession and pay taxes as soon as possible?

Oh, well, logic never matters in legal matters.
 
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