我們還有希望留美嗎，急啊

我剛問了H4延期的問題,原來PERM應在H16年到期前的365天遞出去，現在才有再延一年的理由。我們的6年到期日是03/03/08，可是PERM是11/05/07遞的，再查了剛剛延的H1 and H4，是要求延到07/25/08，（根據幾個月的在外國的累計日數）。 這就是說這中間有了gap。律師在遞140時02/05/08，要我們寫了一封信附上，說是證明我們的確有hardship, 才那麽需要綠卡。以次理由來催140盡快批下來。

我現在非常擔心，在07/25/08以後，我們又以什麽理由延期呢，假如140還沒批下來。

真是後悔沒在每一步都自己緊看著，明明公司也配合，律師卻沒在H1到期的前365日遞PERM, 現在卻又說希望07/25 前140得到批準。 若不批，我們是否就給這律師害的要卷包袱回中國了呢？ 還剛下了一個買房的offer, 怎辦哪？剛才都急得哭了。。。。

The 7th year AC-21 rule requires that the labor certification application must be pending for 365 days before reaching the H-1B 6-year limit, unless the labor certification application is filed before reaching 5 years in H-1B, he/she is not eligible for the 7th-year extension.

Also, ONLY both I-140 waiters and I-485 waiters whose priority date is 365 days or older can apply for extension of H-1B status "indefinitely" until his/her I-485 application is decided by the USCIS.

For your case, your priority is 11/05/07, so even you I-140 gets approved before the 07/25/08 (assume it is the last H-1B visa date), you still can not get the 7th year H-1B extension, because your priority is less than 365 days. (NOT like in your initial email and the following replies by others, if your I-140 is approved before 07/25/08, your status will be OK, but actually it is not)

Solution: 1) apply for O1 visa

Solution: 2) after I-140 approval, try to keep the job in US, than apply for "Consular Processing" in China to get immigrant visa (Green Card).

Also see
http://www.greencardapply.com/news/news07/news07_0206.htm

http://www.greencardapply.com/h1b/h1b_ac21.htm