我先生140通過了,現在準備遞交485. 但是我的H1b extension 有點麻煩,當時遞交時候沒注意,結果遞交時間比I94過期時間晚了10天.結果3月初收到RFE要我解釋為什麽有10天gap. 現在我的RFE response 還沒有遞交. 我先生的485律師說要我們等我的H1b extension 批下來再遞交485,並建議我們用premium processing. 她的理由是"when a person is submitting an I-485 based on an employment-based I-140, that person is supposed to be in lawful non-immigrant status. While often USCIS overlooks this requirement when an extension is pending, they may not overlook it in your case due to the potential issue with her H-1B extension." 另外她說即使我H1b extension 被拒了也沒關係,隻要在身份失效180天內遞交485,然後遞交485後停止工作就可以了.
-Your lawyer is right. You can file I-485 now (the sooner the better) with providing the H-1 extension rceipt and apply for the EAD at the same time. Your H-1 extension may be approved without I-94, so you can use EAD to work. You can go to China to get the H-1 visa in the future if you want to be the H-1 status again.