The H-4 and H-4 EAD Spouse Survival Guide

You followed your spouse to America on an H-4 visa. Now what? For hundreds of thousands of dependent spouses — especially Indian families facing a green card wait measured in decades, not months — the H-4 is not a brief chapter. It can shape a decade or more of your life: years of waiting for work authorization, navigating a status that depends entirely on someone else, and trying to build a real career, a family, and a future on uncertain ground.

This is the guide that treats you as a person building a life, not merely a visa holder. Written by an immigration consultant with more than 25 years of experience guiding over 10,000 families, the H-4 / H-4 EAD Spouse Survival Guide is one of the most comprehensive resources of its kind — 33 chapters and 10 reference appendices covering the entire journey, whether you are already in the United States or still preparing to join your spouse.