還想請教一下皮老師和8大俠關於H4 transfer的問題,謝謝。
小弟我情況如下(以前帖子裏麵說到過)
老公司6月1號結束,H1b還沒有revoke,不過可能還是會6月1號結束。我的I-140已經批了,但是不能交485.
新學校於5月31號寄出H1b petition,但是是用的regular,不是加急處理,移民局6月2號早上收到,新的H1b申請的開始日期是6月15號。
我太太H4原來到期日期和我H1b 一樣是09/30/2012.但是由於我的H1b可能是06/01/2011終止,她的H4也應該同時終止。新學校為我file 的H1b有效期是到05/31/2012. 在做H1b transfer的時候,對方學校告訴我,因為我太太的I-94有效期到09/30/2012,所以她的H4不用做tranfer. 所以新學校沒有file I-539給她。
我找到了下麵這段official的規定關於H4的transfer問題
7.45.1
Contingency on H-1B principal's status Although an H-4 nonimmigrant is admitted to the United States for a fixed period of stay, the H-4's status is contingent upon the continued validity of the H-1B principal's status. Unlike H-1B status, however, H-4 status is not specific to an employer. As long as the period of authorized stay has not expired on the H-4's I-94, the H-4 nonimmigrant remains in valid status as long as the H-1B principal continues to maintain status, even if the H-1B principal changes employers. No action is required on the part of the H-4 nonimmigrant when the principal H-1B changes employers within the H-1B classification, unless the H-4's I-94 will be expiring, in which case an extension of stay application must be filed by the H-4 before the I-94 expiration date.
我想請教的是:從official的規定來看,H4維持合法的身份前提是H1b continues to maintain status. 但是對我的case,我算是continues to maintain status嗎?雖然新的H1b在舊的過期前file了,我可以合法的等到receipt就上班。但是新的申請日期是06/15,和舊的有2周的gap。這樣的情況還是算continues to maintain status嗎?如果不算,那麽是不是就是說我太太的H4就out of status了?如果有這個問題,我就考慮讓我太太回國簽證了。
謝謝各位老師的幫助!