H4 to H1 transfer and 485 filing

vanava

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I am on HI and my wife is on H4. My H1 is expiring in August and we have applied for extension for both my H1 and my wife's H4. Also, we have applied for her H1 in april. I just went to the USCIS Site and checked the status for my wife's H1 and it shows that the approval notice has been mailed on June 22nd. Her h4 is also approved on the same day - June 22nd. Does this mean she is on h4 status till oct 1st and moves over to h1 on oct 1st ? Just wanted to make sure we are not getting into 'status' issues. To complicate things, now that the priority dates have become current we are planning to file our 485 on July 1st and that will include the application for EAD. If my wife chooses to work on EAD how can she change her status ? If she wants wants to use her H1 when does her status change from H4 to H1 ? Any inputs are appreciated. Thanks
 
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Between August to October 1, 2007 your wife needs to maintain the status as H4.
On October 1, 2007 your wife status is changed to H1B from H4.

As of filing 484, let's wait for the legal experts input.

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