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我孩子明年12月就年滿21歲了，我的NIW是2012年2月份遞交的，現在看到EB2龜爬的速
度，基本不敢指望在明年12月之前能遞交485了，我現在已經開始辦EB1a，孩子的H4簽
證明年9月份到期，在此之前必須轉成F1，假設我僥幸EB1成功或者EB2放水我們在明年
12越之前能遞交485的話，F1身份對我孩子拿綠卡有什麽影響？
我的朋友告訴我可能有
影響。

1）我應該是在孩子轉成F1之前遞交EB1a申請還是無所謂？
-You can do your EB1A any time before your child reaches 21, but your child had better file I-485 after changing H-4 to F-1. Thus, your kid can file I-485 as F-1 holder together with your I-485 filing or after you file your I-485. His/her I-485 filing does not affect the pre-existed F-1. But he/she had better not leave US before he/she gets the H-1 or green card. Otherwise, he/she can not get the F-1 visa to come back due to immigration intent. Of course, he/she can use AP to travel to China, but he/she will lose the F-1 status in this case and it is risky if his/her I-485 is denied after he/she uses AP.

2）遞交485之後孩子再轉F1是不是有影響？
-Yes, he/she can not change H-4 to F-1 after filing I-485 due to immigration intent.

3)孩子現在轉成F1，對NIW有影響嗎？
-No. Your NIW or EB1A I-140/I-485 filing is irrelevant to your child until he/she files I-485.