Be careful traveling with the world citizen passport – they are not always accepted for travel purposes. If you have a Refugee Travel Document or some other US travel document, at least you will be able to return to the US after your trip. Take care, Jason

Hello Poet, I am also an asylum seeker with a pending application but I got married to a US CITIZEN and she applied for adjustment of status and I immediately got my green card. The asylum office asked me if I wanted to keep either the green card only or both green card and asylum. I kept both because I cannot get my country passport. I am waiting a bit to get naturalized next year. In the meantime if I get any emmergency to go anywhere except to my country of origin I can use the world citizen passport but I will have to make sure I have the visa of the country I will tend to visit. So go ahead and get married. As Jason said make sure you don’t have any crime records in the system. If you entered lawfully and are clean you can immediately apply after you have got your marriage license.. Good luck.

You can try to get a copy of her biometric notice by filing a Freedom of Information Act request, form G-639, available at http://www.uscis.gov. However, that will take a long time. You can probably submit a copy of your receipt, your marriage certificate, and her old EAD, and hopefully that will be enough. You may want to file the G-639 as well, in case you need that information for a request for evidence (it is free, so there is no reason why you shouldn’t file it). Take care, Jason

The proposed rules discussed above are not in effect. However, there are rules already in affect to identify and presumably block certain asylum-pending EAD applicants with criminal convictions. As for submitting additional documents, you can. Some office have rules about the timing – out local office (Virginia) requires evidence one week before the interview. You can contact your local office and ask their rule. You can find their contact info if you follow the link at right called Asylum Office Locator. Take care, Jason

Any updates about if these proposed changes have already gone into effect? I might have interview in the next couple of months, so I am wondering if I can submit supplimental documents on the interview date or I should try to submit it ASAP? Thanks

Many proposed rules are being blocked or delayed by federal courts, but I doubt many proposed rules would be discarded voluntarily. Take care, Jason

I was in the same boat, don’t worry , coz some times different offices issues the ead card , I got Mine after my wife in 45 days

Your lawyer (or you) can contact the asylum office and inquire about the case, and inform them of the need to expedite the decision – you can find their contact info if you follow the link at right called Asylum Office Locator. Take care, Jason