After being on COVID ext.—is it even possible to switch to an "extension based on working"?

[ThLT]

For those whose visa have long-since expired (SETV/VE stamp, ED visa), and who got on COVID extensions after that... 

- Is it even possible to switch from COVID extensions to "extensions based on working"?
- Does the fact that the initial visa expired many months before affect getting "extensions based on working"?

 

[ubonjoe]

Your original permit to stay you got could of been from a tourist visa or visa exempt or a non immigrant visa.

Extending your permit to stay does not change the visa category used for entry to the country. A visas expiration date means nothing after you use it to enter the country.

A non immigrant visa entry cannot be changed to a different category of it. A tourist visa or visa exempt entry can be changed to a non immigrant visa at immigration.

[ThLT]

But can you switch from COVID extensions to an "extension based on working"?

@ubonjoe

[ubonjoe]

9 hours ago, ThLT said:

But can you switch from COVID extensions to an "extension based on working"?

If you already have a non immigrant visa entry it could be possible to apply for the extension with all the correct supporting documents from a employer.

If you entered visa exempt or on a tourist visa you would have to apply for a non-b visa before you could apply for the extension.

 

[ThLT]

On 3/16/2021 at 7:27 AM, ubonjoe said:

If you already have a non immigrant visa entry it could be possible to apply for the extension with all the correct supporting documents from a employer.

If you entered visa exempt or on a tourist visa you would have to apply for a non-b visa before you could apply for the extension.

Thanks, ubonjoe. 
I'm considering going through the whole process (which will require finding a job and preparing all the needed documents).
Have seen any reports of people successfully changing from COVID ext. to "extension based on working"?

[DrJack54]

37 minutes ago, ThLT said:

Thanks, ubonjoe. 
I'm considering going through the whole process (which will require finding a job and preparing all the needed documents).
Have seen any reports of people successfully changing from COVID ext. to "extension based on working"?

What type of job. If it's teaching might be idea to deal with school.