Hi,
Wife is finishing up school and just recently applied for her OPT EAD and requested an SSN with it. We're also preparing to file our GC documents and I know an option is to apply for an EAD (seems to be a different one than the OPT version) as part of this process as well.
Our advisor is saying it'll be fine to receive the OPT EAD first and then request a replacement EAD after she has received the OPT EAD which would be different from requesting a new EAD. Would this work or should we still file for a work permit/EAD with our GC application? Asking because our advisor has been wrong several times and I am trying to think through any issues with this plan as we need to make sure that we have her GC EAD before her OPT expires for work sponsorship reasons.
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