Originally Posted by
77Whkg
Hey guys,
Currently flying for an airline in Asia but marrying my American girlfriend and looking at going to the US with her. I was wondering if anybody has any experience with employment while on the working visa while the green card is processing. I don’t want to not fly and not work for up to a year (the processing time atm apparently) so am curious to know about airlines hiring people who have a work permit with the GC pending and also the parole permit on how to leave and re-enter the country while the green card is processing.
Many thanks
Some rather misinformed information on this thread, but that's not unusual for APC.
As a person with a US work permit, employers are not allowed to discriminate against you for the supposed "length" of your employment eligibility. All they are allowed to do is require you to show proof of your eligibility to work in the US. That may
Does that stop employers coming up with another reason to not hire you, but the real reason is they're not sure you'll stick around? I'm sure it's been done so never say never.
Technically E-3 visas (and the related work authorization) are non-immigrant visas and only valid for 2 years, although they are renewable indefinitely. To me that shows less intent to stay in the US permanently than a K-3 visa, since the whole idea of a K-3 visa is to marry your US citizen fiance(e) and establish permanent residency.
And yes, I have personal experience working in the US as a pilot while waiting for my adjustment of status to process after marrying my US citizen wife. I never applied for advance parole during my adjustment of status period so I can't help you with that one. My understanding these days is that if you apply for travel authorization with your adjustment of status, that your employment authorization document will be issued with an endorsement, allowing you to use it for both work and travel.
It should only take 90 days from filing I-485 to getting your EAD. I highly doubt not flying for 3 months will cause any issues in getting hired, especially at a regional.