Hi, Currently I am on F1 OPT and employed. My OPT is expiring on 15th Sept 2015 and I have plans to travel to my home country(India) from Sept 10 to Sept 30. I am looking forward from F1 to H4EAD and my husbands H1b expiry period will start in Aug 2015. We are planing to apply for his h1b extension in premium to avoid a risk of h4ead rejection. Cosidering h1b expiry period starts in Aug shall i apply for H4 first and then H4 ead or both simultaneously? How my travel plans affect processing stages? What is the impact on h4 processing is h1b expiry period starts before approval? Need to know the best course of action so that I donot have to discontinue my current employer due to lack of authorization or how the period will be minimum. Plz note unfortunately I can not avoid my travel.