Leaving US while H1 application pending with USCIS

Hi,

My wife is going to have her H1B visa applied this year. However she is going to leave US on Feb and will return in May.

My questions:

  1. If her visa is selected in lottery and gets approved before may - will she be able to enter US on H4 Visa.

  2. If her visa is selected in lottery but in process by may - will she be able to enter US? will that cause any problem?

  3. Does applying with premium processing going to help?

Thank you

  1. If her visa is selected in lottery and gets approved before may - will she be able to enter US on H4 Visa.

Ans: Yes

  1. If her visa is selected in lottery but in process by may - will she be able to enter US? will that cause any problem?

Ans: Yes, without problem

  1. Does applying with premium processing going to help?

No.

Please understand that regardless of her H1 approval(in other words her COS approval), she remains in non-H1 status(in other words, H4 status) till September month end. She cant avail H1 status before Oct 1st. She she is free to go and come back on her current status.

thanks for quick response.
can you tell me if we can apply her visa from US consultants and will there be any issue during COS?