H1 -> H-4 visa

khosla_ra

Registered Users (C)
I had a question regarding Change of Status for my wife. Both of us currently have H-1 visa’s. My wife’s H-1 visa expires on the 30th of June ’02 and we were wanting to get her visa status changed from H-1 to H-4 visa i.e she would like to transfer to a spouse visa linked to my H-1 after 30th June so that she is in status.

 

My question is : If we file for her Change of Status request now and we don’t receive an approval from the INS by the 30th of June will she have to leave the country. Her I-94 says “Admitted till June 30th 2002” which is the duration of her H-1 visa. Is it possible for her to stay in the US after 30th June as long as we have filed the Change of Status request before her present status expires.

Any input on this will be highly appreciated.

Thanks.
 
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