H1B and H4 visa parallel processing for same candidate

USA H1B Visa
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Hello everyone and admins.
Ita great to see so many contributions here. I have a situation to discuss.

My wife already has H1B visa stamped and she is traveling in couple of months to US.

I am based in Bengaluru, India. I have H1B selected in lottery for FY2023. My wife’s employer is ready to sponsor H4 dependant visa for me. So can I get H4 processed while I am processing my H1B visa in parallel, both from India.

If not H4, can I visit US on B2 tourist visa while H1 is under process ?

Will it cause any problems for H1 process ?

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You can go for H4 stamping based on your wife’s H1B, travel to the US and amend your H1B to do change of status from H4 to H1B.

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Thanks for your response. The challenge here is my wife would be travelling to US in July. So as per my understanding, I need to file for H1B visa application before end of June. So I will not be able to file for an amendment from US.

So I was trying to explore options to enter US while my H1 is under process. Please suggest.