H1B Denied - Applied H4EAD - Can I work?

[h1busybee]

Hi, 

I have H1B since 8 years (extended after GC filing 140 stage). I recently got married and moved to another state to join my spouse. I found a job in the new state and my H1B Amendment was filed. 

I got NOID few months ago and my employer replied to the NOID. In the meantime, I applied for H4 EAD while NOID was going on.

Yesterday H1B Amendment was denied. 

Does that mean that the Amendment is denied or base H1B is denied? 

Can I continue to work and get paychecks while I wait for EAD? 

Thanks.

 

[h1busybee]

Hi, 

Please can someone respond on this?

Thanks !

[JoeF]

You have to stop working immediately, and you can only start working again when the EAD is approved.

 

[satya2k1]

You have two options, if your base H1 with old location is still valid (I-94) then you can go back to that location and work there on base H1.  You cannot work on pending H4-EAD petition, you have to have H4-EAD approval with employment dates to be authorized to work.