Help! Cannot apply for H1B while 485 pending?!

Hi,

I have filled I485. (My hu*****and is the primary applicant.) However, the case has been stuck at FBI for more than 2 years. I have recently got a job so I want to apply for H1B. The laywer of my employer claims that it cannot be done. See the follow message:

"She cannot obtain H-1B for the first time during the adjustment of
status process. If she wants to be separate from her hu*****and, she would
have to withdraw her pending adjustment of status and THEN file for
concurrent H-1B's. "

Is this true?

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• 這律師看來對移民法沒有什麽經驗；但事實上如果你隻有aos身份的話 -xiaobaitu- ♀ (113 bytes) () 11/12/2007 postreply 08:12:34

• 你為何不用EAD哪? 雇主有時會覺的 -wihaha- ♂ (42 bytes) () 11/12/2007 postreply 08:22:33

• 律師說的不對，你可以申請H-1B，不會影響你的 I-485 -giant_hippo- ♂ (198 bytes) () 11/12/2007 postreply 08:19:15

• 白兔說的那一方麵也是正確的 -giant_hippo- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/12/2007 postreply 08:21:32

• 實際上也對，但說得不清楚。 -yeeha- ♂ (297 bytes) () 11/12/2007 postreply 08:56:09

• 不對的地方在這裏：樓主並不需要放棄I-485就可以轉成H-1 -xiaobaitu- ♀ (186 bytes) () 11/12/2007 postreply 09:02:09

• 回複：不對的地方在這裏：樓主並不需要放棄I-485就可以轉成H-1 -yeeha- ♂ (302 bytes) () 11/12/2007 postreply 09:13:27

• 實際上隻要事先申請了AP離境就不會被認為放棄了I-485 pending -xiaobaitu- ♀ (108 bytes) () 11/12/2007 postreply 10:08:41

• 回複：不對的地方在這裏：樓主並不需要放棄I-485就可以轉成H-1 -tidytiger- ♀ (510 bytes) () 11/12/2007 postreply 09:17:20

• AP re-apply? -tidytiger- ♀ (73 bytes) () 11/12/2007 postreply 09:21:48

• you can apply AP anytime if your I-485 still pending -xiaobaitu- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/12/2007 postreply 10:10:43

• xiaobaitu: I missed one thing -tidytiger- ♀ (227 bytes) () 11/12/2007 postreply 10:30:40

• If the period less than 180 days,still fine. If longer than -xiaobaitu- ♀ (77 bytes) () 11/12/2007 postreply 10:51:35