Good news for H4 and L2 visa holder

Decoupling H-4 and L-2 Time from H-1B and L-1 Time

USCIS reviewed the current INA provisions governing the H classifications as well as its governing regulations and policy guidance. Neither the statute nor regulations addresses whether time spent in H-4 status counts against the six-year maximum period of admission available to an alien seeking H-1B status. Further, USCIS has not issued any recent policy guidance that clarifies the issue.1
USCIS, therefore, is now clarifying that any time spent in H-4 status will not count against the six-year maximum period of admission applicable to H-1B aliens. Thus, an alien who was previously an H-4 dependent and subsequently becomes an H-1B principal will be entitled to the maximum period of stay applicable to the classification.


Details see:

http://www.uscis.gov/files/pressrelease/PeriodsofAdm120506.pdf

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• 就是說 -CA55- ♀ (183 bytes) () 12/20/2006 postreply 10:26:24

• 你的理解有問題, 你的CASE 本來就可以無限延的, 高興的太晚了. -cth163- ♂ (126 bytes) () 12/20/2006 postreply 14:08:15

• No, 可以無限延的 is my LG, not me -CA55- ♀ (72 bytes) () 12/20/2006 postreply 19:02:14

• As long as your spouse has H1-B, you may have H4 forever. -cth163- ♂ (105 bytes) () 12/21/2006 postreply 07:48:44

• Great news! But, where is the H1-B Cap? -cth163- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/20/2006 postreply 14:15:50

• 回複：Good news for H4 and L2 visa holder -cvw- ♂ (51 bytes) () 12/20/2006 postreply 20:00:55