ds_avatar Posted February 7, 2012 Report Share Posted February 7, 2012 Hi, My case is bit complicated and any opinion in this regards will be sincerely appreciated. I used to work with company A on L1 visa. For better prospects I decided to apply for H1B thru some consulting firm (Company B). Fortunately my application was selected and approved, My H1B is valid from 16-Jan2012 to Oct-2014. After receiving H1B approval, I started searching for job and got selected by Company C (direct client of Company B). based on assurance from Company C, I resigned from Company A and my last working day was on 31 Jan 2012. I was about to start my new job from 01-Feb, but at last moment the project got scraped and now I am jobless :( I have following questions: I have been told that there is 60 days grace period and I can hunt for new job till 16 March 2012 without running my payroll. Is this correct? Can I change my H1B employer (Company B) despite of not working for him for a single day? ( If yes, will my last two pay stubs from company A be sufficient to apply for H1B transfer? Or do I need pay stub from Company B, who is my original H1B employer? ) If I don’t get job till 16 Mar 2012, apart from going back to my home country, Do I have any other options? Thank you in advance for your time and opinion. Link to comment
Chitown01 Posted February 7, 2012 Report Share Posted February 7, 2012 1. There is NO Grace period on H1. 2. You can start working wtih B since they have approved petition for you starting 16 Jan 2012 as long as company B is ready to take you, you can work with them and you should be good.... Link to comment
SG81 Posted February 8, 2012 Report Share Posted February 8, 2012 Does,it have any effect on L1,if H1-petition is denied ?Pls answer...Thanks Link to comment
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