H1B Extension After 6 Year

[SuBi1]

Hi Friends

I have my H1B till Sept 2018 and I140 Approved. Now I have below options with pros and cons , need your advise which one should I choose.

1) File extension now On premium if for whatever reason it gets Rejected I can look for any other employee to file H1B based on my approved I140

2)File towards the end of the Visa  that way I can stay in US for some additional day irrespective of the decision of H1B extension

Hope on any of the above scenarios there will be no impact on my GC processing.

*Please note I will complete my 6th Year in Sep 2018

[pontevecchio]

1. Extensions of H1 petitions can only be applied for up to 6 months before petition expiry.

2. See 1. Is it so alluring? The idea of Trumplandia?

3. You can of course have another H1 sponsor apply to get a total of 3 years including time till September,2018.

[care_candidate]

Concur with potevecchio. 6 month is the earliest you can apply for extension. Why are you worrying about rejection? Normal cases go smoothly most of times. Beware that if you change employer, you will have to start GC process from scratch. That is PERM-I-140-GC. Only good thing about that is that you may be able to capture your same Priority date.

Think thoroughly before making any harsh decision.