H-4 and 6 year limit...effect on GC?

sbhojani

New Member
Hello,

My wife came to the country on a H1-B in March 1995...we got married in July 1999 and reqested a change of status for her to H-4(based on my H1-B) as she decided to quit her job. We filed the change of status asking for her H-4 to have the same validity as my H1-B, which is till November 2003. We were surprised that the INS approved this because we were under the impression that the 6-year limit is imposed on \'H\' status...which maybe a combination of H1-B and H-4 and by that rule she would have exceeded 6 years on \'H\' status.
Now that it is approved, I guess we\'re fine...but will it come back to haunt us during our Green Card application...especially if we opt for Consular processing?

Please advise and share any related experiences...

Thanks!!
 
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