bright777

Hello,

I was just wondering if you can drive on a fiance visa while you are waiting for your EAD or Temp EAD?
I know you can drive using the British driving license for 30 days upon arrival but after that can you take a driving test while waiting for an EAD on a fiance visa?

Also does anyone know if you can do voluntary work while waiting for an EAD on a fiance visa?

Thanks....

Noorah101

You'll have to look up the requirements in the state you'll be living in. DMV requirements are different for each state. Normally, they need your SS card and something to show you are here legally, with an expiration date. Then they give you a drivers license for that amount of time only, and you have to go get a new one when you get a new document with a new expiration date. So, for example, if you were to get a drivers license by using your I-94, it will only be valid as long as that is. Then when you get your 1-year EAD, you'll replace your drivers license and it will be valid until the EAD expires. When you get your green card, same procedure.

What's the job? Do you have anything in mind at the moment? To my knowledge, as long as it's truly a volunteer job, which no one would ever be paid for, you might be OK. Not if it's a job one would normally be paid for, but you're offering not to get paid.

Rene

fatbrit

50 states and a few odds and ends means that many different laws.

bright777

Thanks for the replies,

I did some research on what you suggested and found that I need to provide legal proof of presence and proof of identity.

I need to have a (N-550, N-570, or N-578) or a I-151, I-551, AR-3, AR-3A, or AR-103 all of which as far as I know I can not get until I get my right to work.

S Folinsky

An I-151, AR-3, AR-3A or AR-103???? That is really hilarious, ROFL big time. Certificates of Naturalization and a valid green card I can see. A Certificate of Citizenship won't work?? You should attach a of some sort to that one. Thanks for the laugh.

Noorah101

What state are you in? (besides a state of confusion, lol)

Rene

meauxna

As you might tell from the other reply, the numbers you list are not documents you will have as a K-1 immigrant. The only one that will apply to you is I-551, which is the Green Card.
That is what you get after arriving with your K-1, getting married, and applying for your AOS/Adjustment of Status.

The interim work permit you will apply for *with* your AOS (per your previous thread) is called an EAD/Employment Authorization Document I-766.
That is normally the first document you will get that shows sufficient legal presence for you to get a driver's license in most states.

fatbrit

Still haven't got a state of the OP -- so even if someone did have experience of that particular authority, they're unlikely to know it.

md95065

... and, even then, knowing what is required in a particular state and having the appropriate documents is only the first part of the battle - once that is over the real fun starts when you have to deal with the employees at your particular state's Department/Bureau of Motor Vehicles ...

Noorah101

To literally answer the OP's question: "Can you drive on a Fiance Visa?" The answer is "Yes, if you line it up under the tire just right".



Rene

bright777

Thank you all for your replies, the state is Arkansas.

meauxna

Fine, now do you have the link to share with the required documents?
We can help you decode it.

S Folinsky

I just took a look at the Arkansas driver's license manual. It makes sense and I don't see what OP's problem is. But I did appreciate that list he posted -- it was funny.

meauxna

Really? That seems unkind. If you do not want to explain jargon that the OP is unfamiliar with, you don't need to but I don't understand publicly 'laughing' at him.

bright, this is the page I viewed:

http://www.dfa.arkansas.gov/offices/...FAQ%27s.aspx#e

All new applicants for an Arkansas driver's license or identification card are required to provide proof of legal presence in the United States as well as proof of identity.

To prove legal presence in the United States one of the following documents must be shown:

* U.S. Passport/U.S. Passport Card
* U.S. Birth Certificate
* U.S. Visa
* Photo Document from DHS -
(Department of Homeland Security, Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration) -
(No Border Crosser)
* Photo Military/Military Dependent ID
* Armed Forces Discharge Papers
* Naturalization Certificate

The bold item is the only one you will have access to. The first photo document you will get from DHS is either your EAD, or your green card.

Anything on the document list that refers to "INS" means "DHS" now.. there is no more INS, but basically, it's the Immigration bods.

FWIW, Arkansas seems to have a pretty restrictive driver's department.

S Folinsky

To OP -- the link is a good one. When you enter on an F-1 visa you will have your foreign passport with the visa and notation of admission in it. I respectfully disagree with Meauxna's implication that this is not so.

By way of apology -- I see that the identification part of things makes specific reference to obsolete forms. As amusing as this may be, the references are a superfluity and don't affect the requirements in your case.

I also respectfully disagree that Arkansas has the strictest requirements.