H1-B visa status post marriage.

[mano8057]

Hi All,

I am curious to know how visa change works post marriage. Me and my girlfriend both are currently on H1-B visa working for 2 different employers. We are supposed to get married in Dec 2016 and plan to travel back together to the States early January.

However just couple of weeks back my girlfriends employer told her that her project is going to get over before she is traveling to India for marriage and till now her employer doesn't have any visibility for her next project. 

My question is can she legally enter U.S again with me, since we will be married ? Or can she use her current H1-B visa to enter back ?

What happens if I marry her here in the States before we go back to India in December ? Does that change her visa status ? And in that case can she come back to the U.S with me in January ?

thanks.

PM

[pontevecchio]

She can apply for the H4 visa and come over on that basis after Marriage. You can apply before Marriage though the interview would need to be after.