H-4
visa holders are permitted to study at any U.S. university. They are not
required to obtain F-1 student visas before beginning a study program. However,
H-4 visa holders are NOT permitted to work in the United States. There are no
exceptions to this rule.
If
an H-4 visa holder begins working, that person is violating the conditions of
his or her status and may lose status and be subject to other serious
penalties.
H-4 visa holders are also entitled to travel in and out of
the United States. There is no requirement that the H-1B worker accompany them.
However, in other business and skilled
foreign worker non-immigrant visa legislation such as L-1 multinational
corporate executives, managers, and specialized knowledge workers, J-1 foreign
exchange visitors, etc, the law has accommodate this issue to relieve the primary
foreign workers from such family issues and spouses' career issues.
Somehow, however, the law has failed to
extend the identical consideration in the case of H-1B highly skilled foreign
workers visa for unknown reasons.
Importantly, any time spent in H-4 status
does NOT count towards the six-year maximum period of time that workers are
allowed to be in H-1B status.
My
Law,
LLC
Immigration & Tax Law Firm
Phone:
(630) 903-9625
1230 E. Diehl Rd. Suite 106
Naperville, IL 60563
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