I worked on my SSN while on F1 for more than 180 days for sure. I was also worried that if it would cause issues while applying for H1. But it got approved, and I did not travel outside the country. I don't think it's a huge issue. I'm not sure about GC applications for a spouse though. Hope that helps. Also, I had a question, do you know how long is the wait on EB3 for GC, or do you know a place where I can check it. I've been searching and cant find the queue for Nepal. Thanks,

Roshan Gajurel · Jul 25, 2014 12:41 PM

It's a risk u have to take n i guess everyone is taking. One of my friend who had worked on ssn for more than 6 months had no issues getting GC while staying in US. N looks like lots of people have gotten through with no issues. However uscis definitely talks about potential problem in adjustment of status with 180 + of unauthorized work. If you mention ur wifes work on the application, that would definitely raise the red flag, however if don't mention it, they might not find. There r cases when uscis has sent RFE for unlawful presence. It could be like they will randomly audit an application for the work history based on ssn and find some. So u can apply without mentioning the work and hope for the best. The other option is that ur wife will got out of US and come back on F2 and apply therafter together. For EB3, current priority date is April 2011 which is i140 receipt date. Considering 8-12 months for other steps till i140 application, total wait time is 4 years which might vary. For updates see. http://travel.state.gov/conten...

ark · Jul 25, 2014 7:09 PM