H1 in Admin processing..Applying for H4

[nandanv]

Hi All

My wife's H1 is under Admin Processing (221g blue) for past 3 months and I am planning to bring her on H4.

We got married 5 days after she attended H1 visa interview.

I am in US with H1 stamping and I can provide her all the documents.

Question:

1) Dose she have to withdraw her H1 petition before she apply for H4? If so what is the procedure.

2) Or can she attend interview for H4 and let the VO cancel her previous H1 petition?

[nandanv]

Been waiting for 15 weeks now....please reply if some one has similar experience.

[jaymanickam]

Dont think so. You can ask her to apply for H4 visa and appear for an interview in parallel.

[my4visa]

I had the same scenario. We have to withdraw the H1 application first. Also you can ask one of those vfshelpline people. Send an email to infoushyderabad@vfshelpline.com or whatever the consulate you went for H1. They will give you the guidelines. I asked one of the lawyer and they suggested to withdraw the H1 application first.

[raajils]

Nandan,

i am also in same situation now. Can you please let me know what you did.

Thanks a lot in advance.

[221g_processing]

I was in same situation.....I send an e-mail to chennai consulate(chennainiv) to withdraw my pending application...I got reply from them stating come to chennai embassy on any thursday to withdraw but i did not go to chennai since my H4 visa slot was in 1 week at hyderabad consulate....I got my H4 visa stamped without any questions about my previous H1 stamping.I am back in US now...