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mesagh
My wife and I live in the US on F-1 visas. My wife has recently applied for permanent residency through National Interest Waiver (NIW). She has submitted I-140 but not the adjustment of status (I-485). The reason for not submitting I-485 concurrently was our concern about my visa status. I am going to finish my study very soon and apply for OPT (she is already on OPT). We thought submitting I-485 might affect my OPT application. Is this true? Does submitting I-485 affect OPT application? I should mention that we have no plan to leave the US before we get our green cards.
Thanks.