manickan Posted February 25, 2018 Report Share Posted February 25, 2018 Hi, I work fulltime directly with the client as a remote/virtual employee and I work from home. My immigration guy says whenever I change my address they need to file a H1 amendment since my home is my work address, is that true? I thought filing a AR-11 form is enough since my employer is the same and I do the same job and only my address is changed but they insist that an H1 amendment need to done if I change my address. I was thinking of filing the AR-11 form myself without telling my employer/immigration if I change the address, is that a good idea? - TIA Link to comment
NotAnAttorney Posted February 26, 2018 Report Share Posted February 26, 2018 You may not be needed to file an amendment, if nothing changes except address and if that address is within the same metropolitan statistical area. Link to comment
manickan Posted February 26, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2018 Thanks. Just want to make sure, my employer is in different state and I live in different state. I am planning to move around 50 miles from my current address or move altogether to another state. So given this situation I need not file the amendment in both cases? -TIA Link to comment
Surfer123 Posted February 27, 2018 Report Share Posted February 27, 2018 Since you are remote employee, your current home address would have been listed as primary work location on your LCA. Anytime you move to a new address and if this address doesn't fall under the same MSA, your employer has to file for H1B Amendment with the new work location. Logic is quite simple - prevailing wages almost always differ by region and uscis needs to know that the employer is paying the prevailing wages at least https://www.uscis.gov/news/alerts/uscis-draft-guidance-when-file-amended-h-1b-petition-after-simeio-solutions-decision Your employers' immigration team is obviously well aware of what needs to be done. Link to comment
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