I appreciate any thoughts/suggestions, if you are/have gone through the same situation or know someone has gone through please share what happened. Thanks a lot.
After getting H1B (expiration date -September 2018) for the first time I went home on 2015, got visa came home with my wife. At that time my passport was about to expire in 8 months. Before leaving USA I tried to renew my passport but officials denied, they suggested start the renewal process three months before.
The border patrol officer put I-94 valid until my passport expire date i.e. June 2016 and put September 2018 on my wife’s. I asked the office why and what should I do if the validate date expires, he said renew your passport and you are good to go, don’t forget to keep the old and new one together. So I got relief from the tension. I got my passport renewed before the I-94 valid until date.
In March, 2017 I got my perm approved, lawyer was about to file I-140, then they found out that I’m out Of Status. I had my new born the day before, she was born preemie; admitted to the hospital when my lawyer told me the story was wrong with me. I should have gone out of USA or filed for I-94 renewal, well lawyer had the copy of new passport, new visa, I-94 everything, but they didn’t notice it.
We filed for H1B renewal, I mentioned my situation, I admit the guild even though I’m not a law person, and I’m not supposed to know about all these rules. I got an RFE on H1B renewal last September, uscis asking for details how my salary corresponds to my job duties. We already submitted response for RFE. FYI, I applied for I-140 (regular processing) at the same time I applied for H1B renewal.
Now my questions are –
1. What are my options if I get denial?
2. OOF will affect my I-140?
3. H1B renewal on processing will put on hold my I-140?
I’m really getting nervous at this point. My lawyer is hoping and confident that my H1B renewal will be accepted, and they have got positive result in same case scenarios. But I wanted to know if someone has really gone through the same situation and what are their experiences look like. My apologies for the long story, thanks for understanding.
After getting H1B (expiration date -September 2018) for the first time I went home on 2015, got visa came home with my wife. At that time my passport was about to expire in 8 months. Before leaving USA I tried to renew my passport but officials denied, they suggested start the renewal process three months before.
The border patrol officer put I-94 valid until my passport expire date i.e. June 2016 and put September 2018 on my wife’s. I asked the office why and what should I do if the validate date expires, he said renew your passport and you are good to go, don’t forget to keep the old and new one together. So I got relief from the tension. I got my passport renewed before the I-94 valid until date.
In March, 2017 I got my perm approved, lawyer was about to file I-140, then they found out that I’m out Of Status. I had my new born the day before, she was born preemie; admitted to the hospital when my lawyer told me the story was wrong with me. I should have gone out of USA or filed for I-94 renewal, well lawyer had the copy of new passport, new visa, I-94 everything, but they didn’t notice it.
We filed for H1B renewal, I mentioned my situation, I admit the guild even though I’m not a law person, and I’m not supposed to know about all these rules. I got an RFE on H1B renewal last September, uscis asking for details how my salary corresponds to my job duties. We already submitted response for RFE. FYI, I applied for I-140 (regular processing) at the same time I applied for H1B renewal.
Now my questions are –
1. What are my options if I get denial?
2. OOF will affect my I-140?
3. H1B renewal on processing will put on hold my I-140?
I’m really getting nervous at this point. My lawyer is hoping and confident that my H1B renewal will be accepted, and they have got positive result in same case scenarios. But I wanted to know if someone has really gone through the same situation and what are their experiences look like. My apologies for the long story, thanks for understanding.