Is H1B Amendment needed if my work location changes to Canada for 5 months ?

[Indra1]

I joined an american company as a FTE last year and got H1B petition approval for 3 years. I scheduled H1B stamping in Canada and got a date in March end 2020. I traveled to Canada with tourist visa in middle of March and immediately after that the COVID-19 lock down happened and US consulate Canada cancelled my stamping appointment. From then I am stuck in Canada, but working remotely for my employer. Now US Consulate in Canada has opened up and is taking in fresh appointments. I was able to get an appointment 3 months from now.

Now my employer's immigration team is planning to file an amendment for me. I am wondering if this is necessary, as I did have a change of location, but that location is a city in Canada, which is outside the USA. So do I still need to file amendment ?

[JoeF]

You are on H1 by definition only when you are in the US. If you work abroad no amendment is needed.

[gopalakrishnach]

If you are outside USA no amendment is required. I maybe wrong.

[User099]

If the only reason for amendment is for the location change to Canada, then that doesn't make sense. You are not on H1 when you are not in US.