Help! Cannot apply for H1B while 485 pending?!

Hi,

I have filled I485. (My hu*****and is the primary applicant.) However, the case has been stuck at FBI for more than 2 years. I have recently got a job so I want to apply for H1B. The laywer of my employer claims that it cannot be done. See the follow message:

"She cannot obtain H-1B for the first time during the adjustment of
status process. If she wants to be separate from her hu*****and, she would
have to withdraw her pending adjustment of status and THEN file for
concurrent H-1B's. "

Is this true?

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• 这律师看来对移民法没有什么经验；但事实上如果你只有aos身份的话 -xiaobaitu- ♀ (113 bytes) () 11/12/2007 postreply 08:12:34

• 你为何不用EAD哪? 雇主有时会觉的 -wihaha- ♂ (42 bytes) () 11/12/2007 postreply 08:22:33

• 律师说的不对，你可以申请H-1B，不会影响你的 I-485 -giant_hippo- ♂ (198 bytes) () 11/12/2007 postreply 08:19:15

• 白兔说的那一方面也是正确的 -giant_hippo- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/12/2007 postreply 08:21:32

• 实际上也对，但说得不清楚。 -yeeha- ♂ (297 bytes) () 11/12/2007 postreply 08:56:09

• 不对的地方在这里：楼主并不需要放弃I-485就可以转成H-1 -xiaobaitu- ♀ (186 bytes) () 11/12/2007 postreply 09:02:09

• 回复：不对的地方在这里：楼主并不需要放弃I-485就可以转成H-1 -yeeha- ♂ (302 bytes) () 11/12/2007 postreply 09:13:27

• 实际上只要事先申请了AP离境就不会被认为放弃了I-485 pending -xiaobaitu- ♀ (108 bytes) () 11/12/2007 postreply 10:08:41

• 回复：不对的地方在这里：楼主并不需要放弃I-485就可以转成H-1 -tidytiger- ♀ (510 bytes) () 11/12/2007 postreply 09:17:20

• AP re-apply? -tidytiger- ♀ (73 bytes) () 11/12/2007 postreply 09:21:48

• you can apply AP anytime if your I-485 still pending -xiaobaitu- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/12/2007 postreply 10:10:43

• xiaobaitu: I missed one thing -tidytiger- ♀ (227 bytes) () 11/12/2007 postreply 10:30:40

• If the period less than 180 days,still fine. If longer than -xiaobaitu- ♀ (77 bytes) () 11/12/2007 postreply 10:51:35