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My stepson has just been married to a Chinese girl who is on a student visa. He is also Chinese with permanent residency. They were married here in US. What is the next step that the girl needs to take in order to stay in US? Does she need to get another type of visa or does she perhaps need to be petitioned? Thank you for any help...

Greetings everyone! Long time no see! This is slightly off topic from the usual immigration questions for loved ones. I ask because I have found this forum to be incredibly knowledgable. I spent quite a bit of time on here previously for a loved one. I come back to you with some questions, for a friend that approached me because they knew I was somewhat familiar in dealing with USCIS. Issue Begins: My friend lives in Chongqing China, they are a kindergarten teacher. They were recently granted a 10 year multiple entry B1 visa to attend a couple meetings / conferences conducted by a charter school in NJ. These meetings are specifically geared towards early childhood language education. Their english is very good, and because so they were approached by the school asking if they would would like to work in a training / assistant position teaching Chinese to the kindergarten class in the school. The program would last 21 months, and they would compensate with some money/housing, the charter school will petition for a h3 visa, and the program would start shortly after the meetings (beginning this school year). So for the problem of time, they would enter under a B1 visa, and within 3/4 months change to a H3visa. It seems pretty straightforward but I wanted to ask a couple clarifying questions. Questions 1. I read that current wait times for H3 is up to 3 months. So if I'm correct the duration of stay under B1 is determined at point of entry for maximum 6 months or less. So if the agent grants 30 days, can they stay after the original 30 days while waiting for the H3 petition in USCIS's channels? 2. Is this difficult? 3. Could it ultimately harm the B1 visa? I apologize for various grammatical errors. I am trying to jot this in between doing some work haha. Any advice/suggestions welcomed.

Hi, did anyone there apply for a SSN with EAD? How long did it take? We did not apply for the SSN before the I -94 expired. Got EAD a bit more than 2 weeks ago and went to apply for the SSN. Got a letter with a reference number that they need to confirm things with USCIS, and that it could take 4 weeks. We are in urgent need of the SSN to buy insurance and for employment. Do you guys know anything we could do to speed up the process? Thanks a lot!

My wife got a job and they said to her they do not take out any taxes since she does not have a green card. Is that correct? She gets paid per hour. She does have her Employment card and should have a green card by Oct.She only works about 30 hours a week.

My wife has been in the USA since April 2007, we finally got greencard in January 2009. She finally gets a job interview in October 2009 (how sad it took that long). She got a work permit in June of 2007. It expired 2 years from the day that she came into the USA, on April 23,2009. I swear it seems like I remember hearing that you didn't need a work permit once a greencard was obtained. Is that correct? Do we need to renew the old expired one? I totally forgot hers had expired, it took her 2+ years for an interview...as a cashier at a grocery store, and her with 2 bachelor degrees and bilingual.

I do not think I have heard any thing about this... Can my Incoming Fiancee and her Son from China fly into any U.S. City/International Airport??? or do they need to fly in a certain Airport coming in with a K-1 Visa...???? I live in Tampa, Florida but of course always flew into Seattle Washington or New York coming in from China...before going to Atlanta and then Tampa... Thanks, Mark

We applied for her SS Card today. No problems with her. But her son (11 years old) needs work authorization before we can apply for his SS Card. He is K2. The lady at the SS Office said that Yan can work after she gets SS # in about 2 weeks, because she is K1 attached to me. Is this true? I was understanding that she would need to wait 3 months for Work Authorization. we are not complaining! She is very bored sitting at home.

AOS for K1-K2 has been pending for some time now. My question is whether when approved does a child's status change to allow for a SSI#?

Hello, My wife went for her biometrics last week. Is there a general rule as to when the "work permit" will be sent out after the bio is completed? Also, I have heard others say that they received a green card without an interview. How often does this happen and what is the factor that controls whether a interview is performed or not? If a interview is needed - how far out is it usually scheduled? Thanks, Scott

Ok, Jie received her SS# card today. As I remember, from the www.SSA.gov website, they said "The K-1 symbol on your immigration document indicates that you are the fiancee of a U.S. citizen and you are eligible to work. We, therefore, can assign you a number and card so that you can work." I assumed that once she got the # and the card, she can work. However, on her SS card they typed the following: "VALID FOR WORK ONLY WITH DHS AUTHORIZATION" Did I miss something, or did they miss something? Is there another step now? Shouldnt she already be eligible according to the SS website?

Still filling all these forms out and getting the documents together. I want to be sure I understand this correctly as I am unable to find this spelled out as well as I like. (If you have a link to a gov site, please post). If we do not file the I-765 with the I-465, after we have an AOS interview for the I-465, she can then go to work without this form? Or do you need to file it no matter what if you want to work? For example, if she is not going to go to work for a year, and we might get an interview before that, is this just a waste of money? At what point can you get the "not authorized to work" stamp removed from the social security card? Thanks.

My wife starts work next week on her K-1 visa without and ead. I have been to the SSA web site many times trying to decipher their laws and meanings. It is also basically useless to call them. They have to many different replies. I will post this directly from the SSA web site with the address from this page and add some excerpts. I plan to print this out and have my wife bring it with her to the job in case they have any questions. Any lawyers out their want to tell me exactly how to interpret this. In this forum people say yes she can work without and ead. Others say she can defiantly not work. Read from this SSA web site and see what the consensus is. Thank You http://policy.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/36f3b2ee954...b4?OpenDocument . POLICY - EMPLOYMENT AUTHORIZATION BY CLASS OF ADMISSION The following policy applies to employment authorization by class of admission. 1. Aliens Work Authorized Without Specific INS Authorization The following lists nonimmigrants, by alien classification, who are authorized to work in the U.S. without specific authorization from INS. The aliens I-94 will not have the INS employment authorization stamp and the alien will not have an EAD. For those with an asterisk, the principal alien, spouse, and child all have the same visa symbol. FO: Ask the alien which he/she is and see RM00203.500C.2. and RM 00203.500C.3. if the alien is the spouse or child. Class of Admission Description A-1* Ambassador, public minister, career diplomat or consular officer A-2* Other foreign government official or employee A-3* Attendant, servant, or personal employee of principal A-1, or A-2 C-3* Foreign government official in transit through the U.S. E-1* Treaty trader E-2* Treaty investor F-1 Academic student - for on-campus employment, and DSO authorized off-campus practical training. (See RM 00203.470) G-1* Resident representative of recognized foreign member government to an international organization G-2* Other temporary representative of recognized foreign member government to an international organization G-3* Representative of unrecognized or nonmember foreign government to an international organization G-4* Representative of international organization (officer or employee) G-5* Attendant, servant, or personal employee of principal G-1, G-2, G-3, or G-4 H-1B Worker in a specialty occupation H-1C Registered nurse H-2A Agricultural worker H-2B Non-agrarian seasonal worker H-3 Trainee I* Foreign information media representative J-1 Exchange visitor (pursuant to an approved program) (See RM 00203.480) K-1 Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen Aliens Who Require an EAD From INS Authorizing Employment The following lists nonimmigrants, by alien classification, who are authorized to work with authorization from INS. Employment authorization must be shown on an EAD. EXCEPTION: Employment authorization may be shown on the I-94 for a refugee, on Form I-20 ID for an F-1, or on a sponsors letter for a J-1. Class of Admission Description A-1, A-2 Spouse or child of principal A-1, A-2 alien (provision of law: 274a.12©(1)) B-1 Visitor for business who is: A personal or domestic servant accompanying or following a employer admitted to the U.S. as a nonimmigrant (provision of the law: 274a.12©(17)(i)) A domestic servant accompanying or following a U.S. citizen employer (the employer has a permanent home or is stationed in a foreign country and is temporarily in the U.S.) (provision of the law: 274a.12©(17)(ii)) An employee of a foreign airline and the employee is not a national of the country of the airlines nationality (provision of the law: 274a.12©(17)(iii)) NOTE: The instructions in section C.3. apply if the B-1 alien is not authorized to work under one of the above situations. E-1 Spouse or child of principal E-1. Spouse of treaty trader E-2 Spouse of treaty investor F-1 Academic student - for employment while F-1 is pursuing a full course of study or authorized optional practical training (provision of law: optional practical training -274a.12©(3)(i); employment with an international organization -274a.12©(3)(ii); economic hardship - 274a.12©(3)(iii)) G-1, G-3, G-4 Spouse or child of principal G-1, G-3, G-4, alien (provision of law: 274a.12©(4)) J-2 Spouse or dependent child of J-1 alien (provision of law: 274a.12©(5)) K-2 Child of K-1 (provision of law: 274a.12(a)(6)) K-3 Spouse of U.S. Citizen (provision of law: 274a.12(a) (6)) K-4 Child of K-3 (provisions of law: 274a.12(a))