shri82 Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 Hi, Am posting this on behalf of a friend and want to know if anyone has faced similar situation and what next steps he/she should take in a situation like this One of my friend (on H1B since 2010) recently got an offer from a very reputed firm. He provided all his H1 details, got a start date to join and started working with that company for around 2 months now. Since he planned to visit India, he went back to his HR contact to get his i797 or any documents that could affect his travel plans. To his shock, he was told by his HR, that H1 transfer had not been initiated at all and he lost his status to work and the company told that he will be processed under H1B Consular Processing and he has to go back to India to get it stamped. He was also told to not to come back to work till it’s processed, but asked to stay in this country itself (may be coz of valid i94). Any idea how long this process could take? Should he take any drastic steps as there was no mistake from his side? My Question is, Should he panic and hire an attorney himself to deal with situation like this? What are the odds of rejection? Any inputs here is helpful Thanks Shri Link to comment
jairichi Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 Your friend should talk to an immigration attorney asap and based on that make travel plans. Link to comment
rahul412 Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 How did you even joined that employer without H1?? You need to contact an attorney, something is wrong here. Link to comment
permaudit Posted October 24, 2014 Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 You(Your Friend) is not supposed to join the new company till a receipt notification is received from USCIS. Even thought the company can give a start date, that would change based on the Transfer Receipt notification date. Link to comment
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