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The 8 Mistakes H‑1B Families Make, and How to Catch Them
Start tonight: compare your I‑94 "Admit Until Date" (from i94.cbp.dhs.gov) with your I‑797 end date.
For H‑1B and H‑4 families
Your I‑797 says 2028.
Your I‑94 says 2027.
If you trust the wrong one,
your family could be out of status
before you know it.
It happens to careful, organized families every day. Not because they did anything wrong, but because the dates live on different papers, for different people, and nobody is watching all of them at once.
And that's just one date. Sound familiar?
Real searches and real words from H‑1B and H‑4 families.
- 🔍 "i94 expires before i797"
I'm getting conflicting info regarding the i94 expiry date.
Which date is real?The date that controls your stay is usually your most recent I‑94, not your I‑797. - 🔍 "will h4 ead be removed"
Legal to stay. Not legal to work.
Your spouse's work permit gap.Your H‑1B extension doesn't extend your spouse's H‑4, and pending H‑4 work permit renewals no longer get an automatic extension. - 🔍 "h1b grace period ending"The layoff clock.You have up to 60 days, or less if your I‑94 ends first.
- 🔍 "when my priority date will be current"
Stuck in backlog.
Visa Bulletin day.Every month, another chart to decode by category and country. - 🔍 "h4 kid turned 14 registration"Your kids have dates too.At 14, they have 30 days to register and be fingerprinted, unless they were fingerprinted before.
- 🔍 "how to track h4 extension status"
They're the firm's lawyers.
I'm checking like every hour.
Your answers live in someone else's inbox.Your filings sit with your employer's attorney, and your family's record shouldn't leave with the job.
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- Why your I‑797 can say 2028 while your I‑94 says 2027, and the one to check first
- The automatic extension your spouse's H‑4 work permit no longer gets while a renewal is pending (it changed in October 2025)
- Why day 60 after a layoff is a hard stop, not a soft deadline
- The 30-day deadline that comes with your child's 14th birthday
- Where your priority date stands, every month, by your category and country
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| Instead of… | You get… |
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| Refreshing the USCIS site every hour | Every family member's dates in one place |
| Waiting on your employer's lawyer to send copies | Your documents in your own secure vault, even if the job changes |
| Decoding the Visa Bulletin chart every month | Your priority date checked for you, by category and country |
| Comparing dates from memory | Your I‑94 right next to your I‑797, so mismatches jump out |
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- ✓A secure vault for every family documentOther apps charge from $120 a year for this feature aloneIncluded
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Refund requests must be made to info@inhousecore.com within 60 days of your first paid charge. Connect is an organizational tool and does not provide legal advice or guarantee any immigration outcome. Other apps' prices are their publicly listed prices as of November 2026. Educational information only, not legal advice. Know your dates.
