H

[optimistguy]

Hello Friends,

This is my first post to this forum. Thanks to everyone for sharing there experiences and helping us pass through this tough journey.

My wife's LC was filed in NJ on 04/28/02 in RIR category. Waiting since then..... We both are on H1 (work for different companies). I will be completing 6 years H1 in Sept 2005. If we don't get our 485 by then, I will probably have to leave the country. Or, may be I will be able to change my status to H4 (our attorney said he is not 100% sure if that is possible). But I will not be able to work in that case. I am considering if I should file for my own LC so that I can apply for 7th year extension when the time come. So far I did not apply for it because I did not want to put my head into the consulting company's nook! (Also, I have to finance this out of my pocket!). I was hoping agaist hope that by end of 2003, we will have the LC clearence and we will be OK by the time I am due for my 7th year extension. But now I think I should probably file my LC seperately, else I might run out of time for my 7th year H1 extension. What do you guys think? I will be greatful for any suggestions from you guys. I am planning to file the LC under regular (RIR again might take more time), is it a good strategy?

Thanks and have a happy new year everyone!

 

[lca_001]

I would suggest that you file your LC too - firstly it will provide you with the premise for extensions of H1 should the LC drag on for a long time, also in the unlikely case that your wife's LC runs into rough weather due to some reasons, you will have a fallback LC application in the works. You can leverage your wife's LC to make sure your consulting company does not take any unfair advantage with your LC filing.

001