Legal Question in Immigration Law in California

Re: can a E2 visa holder work after applying for the green card through marriage?

The E-2 visa sponsor, your employer, can continue to employ you, even as you apply for the green card, since your wife is a U.S. citizen, and you are applying as her immediate relative. I would, if you haven't already, notify your employer of your actions, however. Failure to do so may cause them to be concerned about their own status as an E-1/E-2 visa investor. They may need help maintaining that, through the establishing of executive employees in addition to you and showing they are not depriving U.S. citizens of job opportunities.

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Re: can a E2 visa holder work after applying for the green card through marriage?

Yes you can, until expiration of the E-2. Once you get the EAD (Employment Authorization Document), you can work anywhere. Plus if your spouse is a U.S. citizen, you wouldn't even be penalized if you work without authorization! What the EAD does is make you more marketable. That's because while you'd still be able to adjust whether you were working without authorization or not, an employer could be penalized for hiring you if you are not employment authorized. Go figure, but that is the law.

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Re: can a E2 visa holder work after applying for the green card through marriage?

Dear Inquirer:

As long as your I-94 is still valid, you are legal to work. Additionally, since you are adjusting status as an "immediate relative," i.e. the spouse of a US Citizen, there is no penalty for working without permission. You are still eligible to adjust status in the US even if you have been working without authorization under these circumstances.

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Re: can a E2 visa holder work after applying for the green card through marriage?

Can you send by scan a copy of the visa you have. Have you brought this up with your Employer yet?There is no charge for consultaion.

By the way I'm applying for Italian Citizenship and may need some documents translated.