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Gurus....

I am working on EAD for almost 9 months. I H1-B expired on 07 March, 2003.

I only used 3 years and 5 months of my H1-B, though I am in US for about 5 yrs. I studied here and got the H1-B sponsorship while studying.

My 485 is pending (ND November, 2001, FP in Feb'03.)

What are my option to go back to H1-B if I want to use the rest of my H1-B timeframe. (6 yrs - 3 years and 5 months = 2 years and 7 months).

I know, I can renew my EAD as long as my I-485 is processing.

Just want to know, is that option is still open for me or not. Can I do it from US ??

Any good lawyer, I can contact to for this kind of cases.

Any suggestion would be highly appreciated. I heard different things from different group of people.

Thanks in advance.
 
My take on this is that you can get an entirely new H-1B visa (new LCA, new petition, etc). Then you would have to leave the country to get your passport stamped (either your home country consulate or a border post in Canada or Mexico would suffice). And then you will come back showing H-1B at POE (along with I-485 receipt notice).

The new H-1B visa would count towards the same 6-year limit.
 
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