Urgent: H1B petition query (F1 to H1). New H1B petition with new Employer possible??

[Praveenj]

Hi All,

This is my friend case:

Currently he is working on OPT and his OPT end date is 06May2012. He is working with employer A for client A and he is on E-V-C model.

He filed his H1B through current Employer A 15 days back and got queries!!! The bad luck is, his project with Client A is going to end on 07May2012 and not getting extended!! So, his current employer A is not interested in replying for queries raised by USCIS and said helpless!

Now the question is,

1. Can he apply his new H1B petition through new employer B, even though the current H1B petition is on hold because of queries?

2. If Yes, we should have to file the new petition before his OPT end date 06May2012 (or) before the due date mentioned on current H1B RFE document 21Jul2012?

Plz reply ASAP, as you suggestions are very valuable...

Thanking u....

[livliv]

RFE received by the first employer has nothing to do with B's petition.