Retrogression Question

puja101

Registered Users (C)
I am on H4 and my spouse has 485 pending. His PD is June 2005 in EB2 Category .However my spouse is maintaining H1B status because of me. The way EB2 is moving , it looks like his PD may be current after 6 months. Can I file 485 when his PD becomes current. If not what would be my status if his 485 gets approved. Appreciate your input.
 
puja101 said:
Can I file 485 when his PD becomes current. If not what would be my status if his 485 gets approved. Appreciate your input.

You can, and should, file an I-485 when his PD becomes current. If his gets approved then you will be out of status, but 245k allows you to file an I-485 for 180 days after this.
 
puja101 said:
Thank you for your reply. I am of the same view however some days ago i saw on murthy.com that a Primary applicant had to maintain H1B status even his 485 was approved.

This is talking about approvals in error, which is a completely different situation. You cannot maintain H1B status once your I-485 is approved!
 
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