Originally Posted by
sigler
Almost everyone who gets a green card goes through the adjustment of status phase towards the end of the process. At some point during AOS, you get an Employment Authorization Document (EAD), which gives you the right to work in the US but is not yet the final permanent residency document. My question is, do US airlines hire pilots with an EAD or do they make you wait until your green card process is 100% finished?
An EAD allows you to work in the US and there should be no discrimination between an EAD and a green card. That being said you can’t leave the USA until you have your green card as USCIS would consist you to have abandoned your application if you leave without advanced parole.
Airlines really don’t understand anything other than a green card so I doubt you will have much luck without it.