kaksha Posted December 12, 2019 Report Share Posted December 12, 2019 Hello All, I am working for company A right after from my OPT started (since Jan, 2017) and November, 2019 my H1B got approved with same employer. overall i am working for the same company close to 3 years. I am planning for visa stamping by jan 2020- These are my questions while filing DS160. 1) Work/Education/ Training Information Employment start date- Do I need to give my start date when I actually started working (Jan,2017) (or) it should be the start by i797 (November,2019)? 2) were you previously employed? Do i need to mention any previous employment , since i have only one employer right from the OPT. I appreciate your response. Thanks, Kaksha Quote Link to comment
PremJ Posted December 13, 2019 Report Share Posted December 13, 2019 19 hours ago, kaksha said: Hello All, I am working for company A right after from my OPT started (since Jan, 2017) and November, 2019 my H1B got approved with same employer. overall i am working for the same company close to 3 years. I am planning for visa stamping by jan 2020- These are my questions while filing DS160. 1) Work/Education/ Training Information Employment start date- Do I need to give my start date when I actually started working (Jan,2017) (or) it should be the start by i797 (November,2019)? 2) were you previously employed? Do i need to mention any previous employment , since i have only one employer right from the OPT. I appreciate your response. Thanks, Kaksha I have the same exact question, appreciate any help from the team. Do we need to answer NO to the above question as we had the same employer on OpT, STEM and H1 after stamping. Quote Link to comment
User099 Posted December 13, 2019 Report Share Posted December 13, 2019 If there is no gap in employment, you can treat everything as one and current employment. Your start date will be Jan 2017 If you were previously employed (before OPT) you need to mention that. On 12/12/2019 at 2:36 AM, kaksha said: Hello All, I am working for company A right after from my OPT started (since Jan, 2017) and November, 2019 my H1B got approved with same employer. overall i am working for the same company close to 3 years. I am planning for visa stamping by jan 2020- These are my questions while filing DS160. 1) Work/Education/ Training Information Employment start date- Do I need to give my start date when I actually started working (Jan,2017) (or) it should be the start by i797 (November,2019)? 2) were you previously employed? Do i need to mention any previous employment , since i have only one employer right from the OPT. I appreciate your response. Thanks, Kaksha Quote Link to comment
User099 Posted December 13, 2019 Report Share Posted December 13, 2019 15 hours ago, PremJ said: I have the same exact question, appreciate any help from the team. Do we need to answer NO to the above question as we had the same employer on OpT, STEM and H1 after stamping. Same employer, no gap will be single employment. Quote Link to comment
shekar11# Posted December 13, 2019 Report Share Posted December 13, 2019 On 12/12/2019 at 2:36 AM, kaksha said: Hello All, I am working for company A right after from my OPT started (since Jan, 2017) and November, 2019 my H1B got approved with same employer. overall i am working for the same company close to 3 years. I am planning for visa stamping by jan 2020- These are my questions while filing DS160. 1) Work/Education/ Training Information Employment start date- Do I need to give my start date when I actually started working (Jan,2017) (or) it should be the start by i797 (November,2019)? 2) were you previously employed? Do i need to mention any previous employment , since i have only one employer right from the OPT. I appreciate your response. Thanks, Kaksha 1) Start date of employment. Jan 2017 2) No. Quote Link to comment
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