Applying for new h4 visa with 2 months validity for h1b and extension application on

[vjramco]

Hi all,

My H1b visa is due Oct 31st 2017, I also have an approved I-140. I am currently working to file my extension. I have been under current h1 for 9 years now. I am getting married this August in India and plan to re-enter the US in mid-September. I am looking to apply for a h4 visa for my fiancee in early September. With less than 2 months validity left in my current H1b, can I use my current approval notice to apply for her H4 visa? what are the chances that this will get approved? And can she stay with me in the US, past the Oct 31st date?
Please share any insight you might have.

Thanks in advance,

Victor

[kavink11]

Thanks vj. I am in same situation. Except my 6th year expires in augus 31st. wedding date is june 1st, and hoping to go for stamping june 6th. And return june mid. With 2.5 months left. Planning to carry 140 approval, and letter from employer saying, i am travelling for wedding, and they will file extension as soon as i return. We had a quick call with lawyer. He said it should be fine. But i will defer this to folks that have gone thru this situation.