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8老师您好，我最近公司A帮忙申请H1B时候遇到一些问题，想请教您。我现在公司2024年10月份给我递交申请H1B extension, 两天前收到通知, saying H1B request was approved, but the request for an extension of stay is being denied. The denying reason is that my H1B status expired on July 25, 2024, and the petition was filed on 10/25/2024, so I failed to maintain my nonimmigrant status. 所以在I-797B上显示H1B approved, 但是没有新的I-94附在上面。公司律师还有我自己都认为移民局的判断是错误的，我是一直保持我的valid status的。以下是我的H1B申请的时间线。

我之前的公司M在2024年4月帮我申的I-129(H1B extension), 4/24/2024收到的receipt notice，收到receipt notice之后我就开始工作，但是我的H1B 的申请一直是pending状态，一直到10月份现在的A公司帮我申请新的H1B都是呈pending状态。期间我询问了M公司律师好几次，答复现在移民局审理H1B case都很慢，pending是正常的。后来我转换到现在的A公司，帮忙申请新的H1B, 10/28/2024收到receipt notice。USCIS在12/06/2024发出I-797 notice for approval notice for the classification request but denied for the extension of status requst. 在这之后，12/11/2024 USCIS发出M公司的H1B application request withdraw notice。

在12/06 发出的I-797 decision notice中说，the beneficiary's H1B status expired on July 25, 2024, and the instant petition was filed on October 25, 2024. USCIS recognizes petition IOE09... (M公司的H1B request) was timely filed, however, that petition was withdrawn on December 11, 2024. While the beneficiary is in a period of authorized stay, he/she is not in a period of authorized status. Therefore, the requested extesion of stay cannot be granted.

-Because M company withdrew the H-1B extension petition, the  status bridge for your H-1B status transfer was broken. Thus, you have the status gap and then, USCIS denied your status extension. If the H-1B extension filed M Company was approved (if it was not withdrawn, it would have been approved), then you would have no the problem. So, I think USCIS' decision on your case was correct.

对于这个决定公司律师也觉得很奇怪，说M公司在帮我申H1B的时候我的I-94并没有过期（之前的H1B approval上附的I-94有效期到10/25/2026，当A公司帮我申新的H1B的时候M公司的H1B申请是pending状态，不能说我的身份是无效的。而且M公司的H1B withdraw （12/11/2024）是发生在A公司的H1B申请 I-797 notice 出来(12/06/2024) 之后。之后律师跟USCIS沟通了一下，USCIS 还是坚持之前决定。

我想咨询下我下一步应该怎么办。公司律师说因为没有给我新的I-94， 让我应该尽快离境，回国重新申请H1B visa入境。我现在不确定是不是应该这样做，因为害怕回国申请H1B visa以同样的理由被拒，毕竟USCIS拒绝了我的extension。

-This issue should not affect your H-1B visa application if you leave US within one month. The problem is that the relationship between China and US is getting worse, the US Consulate may give you trouble on the visa approval if your major is in a sensitive area such as high technology.

我现在的情况如下，我已经申请NIW绿卡，I-140已经批准，I-485申请表B是current, 但表A还不是。我对象是H1B 签证，但没有申请绿卡。所以我想请问我现在的状况能申请I-485 EAD卡么？

-Has you filed I-485 yet? If yes, you do not leave US and just apply for the EAD to work, but EAD may take a longer time to be approved and thus, you cannot work before it is approved. EAD application is not related to your prority date current or not neither based on A Form or B Form. That means you can apply for EAD any time as long as your have a pending I-485.

或者应该在美国转身份为H4还是应该回国重新申请 H1B visa？

-You cannot change your status within US because you have the status gap.

或者回国再申请绿卡？

-If you do not file I-485 yet, unless your priority date is current to allow you file I-485 within 180 days, you still have to leave US. So, you had better go to China to apply for the H-1B visa as soon as possible.

我的家人现在都在美国，很害怕回去以后visa被拒回不来了，所以想请教8老师我应该怎么做比较好。

非常感谢8老师帮忙解答！