Attorney Michael Jolic recently represented a Venezuelan foreign national whose TPS status expired abruptly. He first submitted an application for a change of status from TPS to H-4 so that the client could continue to maintain nonimmigrant status. While the H-4 application was still pending, Michael prepared an H1B visa petition and a request for change of status to H1B to make it possible for the client to return to work. USCIS approved the H-4 application and the H1B visa petition and changed the status of the client to H1B.