images walt disney world magic kingdom logo. walt disney world magic Blogorail - Disney Worlddesi48511-13 01:57 PMAs far as I know, you can file (or even decide not to file if you have H-1) anytime. This should not be an issue. In fact, one my friend's was in similar boat, he filed his EAD after gap of 3 months and got it approved. EAD is only a backup for most of us if we are working on H1B.