How to avoid L1 to H1 status change

[veerukodavati]

Hi, I am working for company A, from OCT 2013 on L1B visa. Company B sponsored H1 with COS this year and petition was picked in lottery and application received in April 21st. company-A applied L1 extension on July 10th in premium processing and petition was approved in July 21st. On September 22 my H1 petition was approved. Now I am in confusion which one was valid. I don't want to change from L1 to H1. Can I continue to work with company-A, as my L1petition recently approved or I need to go to India for L1 stamping to avoid status change from L1 to H1

[pontevecchio]

The way to do this is to leave and return with the L1 visa after October,1.