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What is your employers take on the matter? Discuss the matter with the employer and a lawyer of your own. You are going to join the sponsor as a System Analyst though it is their call as to what else you can do for them.

Ideally, she should not travel on the b2 visa after the filing. There is a small chance of being sent back if their computers tell them the whole story.

It takes about a year to get the Immigration Visa. Other than that it is your call. Good luck.

Talk to an Immigration Lawyer.

She will most likely get a month or two in her I94 as the duration of stay. On the other hand, she may get 6 months.

Use AP.

If you were out of status, an H1 petition filed by a new employer will not have an I94, if approved and you will need to leave and return with an H1 visa stamp.

I suspect the way it works is that the Previous PD will apply for an AOS application filed by you now and the lawyer simply attaches both approvals in a cover letter. AOS being your baby, ask the company lawyer if he will file for you on a cash basis and have him do so.

This complex matter demands a lawyers attention. Get one involved.

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/step-1-submit-a-petition.html Go through this site in detail.

She will be in limbo for a long time if you go to the AOS route. WHY are you not filing for CP? No confusion. No need for a lawyer. That is what I did for my Mom and she got the IV in Bombay and came over.

Since it would be the third time and the company seemingly has very little idea of the H1 program, get a lawyer involved to do the filing.

That would be correct.

AP is taking a very long time. AOS is taking a very long time. During this time she will be confined here. Apply for her GC via Consular Processing, which is foolproof,and the total time frame is about a year

Once the I94 expired it becomes a bridge petition. You can always leave and return with the visa.