H1-h4 rfe

[joeb2104]

My wife applied for Change of Status from H1 to H4 last year and she received a RFE asking for paystubs. She was on leave and doesn't have the pay stubs for about 3 months prior to applying for COS but has all the docs before that. Is there usually any grace period allowed in these situations?

Thanks in advance for your help.

[shervin143]

There is no such grace period. You should have applied the COS to H4 before the last pay slip. You cannot go on unpaid vacation (another term for bench) when you are in H1B (If you do, then you will go out of status on H1B).