STATUS AFTER EAD BEFORE GC

[gemini42]

1.       My wife is on F1 status. She is about to graduate in August 2015.

2.       Me and my wife got EAD recently which is valid till Jan 2016.

3.       She wants to apply for OPT can she do it without affecting our current EAD. What status will she be in if she doesnot apply for OPT. Will her status be valid.

4.       Should she change back status to H4.

 

 

 

[pontevecchio]

3. Why would she want F1 OPT instead of being able to work for any person in any field?

4. Why? Is she not awaiting AOS?

[rahul412]

What's the need of OPT when you have EAD??

 

She cannot get OPT now since she is no longer on F1.

[JoeF]

The EAD allows her to work anywhere. Why would she want OPT???

Forget all the F1 stuff. She has a pending I-485 and isn't on F1 anymore.

[gemini42]

Thank you for the responses. I understood that she is not on F1 status.

[pingpong]

Not sure why you want your spouse to be on F1 status.

 

In my case my spouse was on F1 status with her OPT approved when her EAP/Advance parole based of my I 485 got approved. We continued with her OPT till the last day of her employment (You dont have to pay SSN, Medicare taxes while on OPT). We wrote to her school's DSO to update that after the last day of her OPT we will be using her Advance parole. DSO updated her Sevis record accordingly and we were all set.