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NJ
Hello,
I am a masters student on F1 visa and currently working on OPT. My OPT expires in June 2007. If my employer files for my H1 in a couple of months I will be fine as I will get my H1 till October 06 and still my OPT runs till June 07.
The problem is if the quoto for this year finishes up, I have to wait till next April to file my H1. Now the problem is my OPT is till June 07 so from June 07 to Oct 07 I will be out of status. I am aware of 60 days grace period which makes me legal till August 07. But will it be illegal to stay in this country from August to October. I am 100% sure that my H1 will be filed before my OPT expires. I heard something about the cap gap rule which allows students to stay in the gap period between the expiration of the OPT and the H1 issue date. I would appreciate your help. Are their any options I can explore to avoid this? I am married and my husband is on H1 . I entered this country on H4 visa and then got school admission and converted it to F1. Can I convert my visa back to H4 during my out of status period? But that again confuses me as I would have filed already for H1 so how could I convert my status for 2 months on H4?
NJ
Hello,
I am a masters student on F1 visa and currently working on OPT. My OPT expires in June 2007. If my employer files for my H1 in a couple of months I will be fine as I will get my H1 till October 06 and still my OPT runs till June 07.
The problem is if the quoto for this year finishes up, I have to wait till next April to file my H1. Now the problem is my OPT is till June 07 so from June 07 to Oct 07 I will be out of status. I am aware of 60 days grace period which makes me legal till August 07. But will it be illegal to stay in this country from August to October. I am 100% sure that my H1 will be filed before my OPT expires. I heard something about the cap gap rule which allows students to stay in the gap period between the expiration of the OPT and the H1 issue date. I would appreciate your help. Are their any options I can explore to avoid this? I am married and my husband is on H1 . I entered this country on H4 visa and then got school admission and converted it to F1. Can I convert my visa back to H4 during my out of status period? But that again confuses me as I would have filed already for H1 so how could I convert my status for 2 months on H4?