What is my status while my Form I-485 application to adjust status is pending?
If the applicant is maintaining her H-1B status while the adjustment is pending, then she is both an H-1B alien and an applicant for adjustment of status. This is the case even if the alien travels abroad and reenters the US using the H-1B and not advance parole. Once the alien loses her underlying nonimmigrant H-1B status, then she is considered an applicant for adjustment of status and needs the EAD to work and the advance parole to reenter the country after traveling abroad.
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