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Hi all,
I am currently preparing all the docs to apply for the green card under the NIW (one more week hopefully). I am also applying for adjustment of status including EAD: my understanding is that I can use that to stop my time on H1B from running out. Do I need to show my current employer the EAD card or can I use the return receipt that acknowledge USCIS has received it?
Thanks

I don’t know the answer to your question so may be someone else who knows the answer will post it.

However, if you start using your EAD and your I-485 gets rejected for any reason, you will become out of status and you will have to leave the country immediately! Keep that in mind when you decide to use the EAD.

Hi egisto,
I have to agree with alex09. If you use your EAD anyhow anytime, the underlying visa and status are canceled. In that case, if I485 is denied, you will be out of status. You can file for MTR and appeal, but experience has shown that those are not the strongest routes.
Of course, your lawyers should have told you this in advance.

Thanks for your comment. I am doing the adjustment of status by myself (the lawyer asked for an exorbitant amount of money just to fill a few forms). I had read about this issue in some replies in the forum but I am not sure I have a choice.
I have only 10 months left on my H1B and would like to keep as much as possible: in fact I am currently looking for jobs (my contract as post doc is expiring soon) and i feel that if I do not have enough time on my H1B, no employer will even look at me.
Am I missing anything?
Thanks