Originally Posted by Demise

No, EAD in this case is tied only to eligibility to file I-485, and you can only do that if your priority date is current, so basically in IR cases, and generally in most employment cases. You should really look into having an employer petition for you, EB-3 is current for Mexico, meaning that you can concurrently file I-485 when I-140 is filed.

Whether you get petitioned in F2B or F1, or get upgraded from F2B to F1 doesn't matter in this case.



I don't think corporate lawyers really deal with matters of 245(i) and waivers very often.