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Background: I am a US citizen and my wife came to the United States on an F-1 visa and completed a masters. We recently were married while she was working using OPT from her F-1 student visa (non-STEM). Her F-1 OPT expires in July this year. We applied for Adjustment of Status (I-485) for her concurrently with the I-130, along with Forms I-765 (Employment Authorization) and I-131 in May.
We think we made a mistake with filing for AOS. We filed the I-765 under the C09 category for adjustment of status, whereas her previous EAD category was C03B for post degree completion OPT under her F-1 student visa. In the first question on I-765 where it asks if you are applying to accept initial employment or to renew an EAD, we checked EAD renewal as the option since this was the second EAD my wife was applying for. However, it seems that any time you file under a new category it needs to be for 'first time employment acceptance' and not renewal.
Will this cause our application to be rejected or have other adverse affects? Is there any way to correct this mistake?
We think we made a mistake with filing for AOS. We filed the I-765 under the C09 category for adjustment of status, whereas her previous EAD category was C03B for post degree completion OPT under her F-1 student visa. In the first question on I-765 where it asks if you are applying to accept initial employment or to renew an EAD, we checked EAD renewal as the option since this was the second EAD my wife was applying for. However, it seems that any time you file under a new category it needs to be for 'first time employment acceptance' and not renewal.
Will this cause our application to be rejected or have other adverse affects? Is there any way to correct this mistake?
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