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TO amarmistry
What do u mean by H1 expired? Are u talking about H1 visa stamp or the H1 itself?
If it is the VISA stamp in your passport, then there is no restrictions for leaving the country if you have a valid AP with you.
If it is the H1 status that is expired, then you must be using the EAD already as you need some kind of status to work with the employer.
Even in this case, you can just leave US and come back on AP. NO PROBLEM.
That means, in either case, you can leave and come back as long as you have a valid AP with you.
If I were you, I will just wait for the 485 approval, get stamped with GC and then leave, as there are lot of July Filers approvals are coming in now a days UNLESS it is a family emergency.
TO netboyks
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If you have a valid AP with you, there is no problem coming back to US. I just came back to US 6 weeks ago using AP. No problem. FYI I didn\'t even have the H1 visa stamp in my passport. It expired 2 yrs ago. I never validated as there was no need.