Fresh H1-B 2015 - Documents already sent by my Employer - Employer has no Petition no

[mexico]

Dear Friends,

I am currently working on L1-B Visa. I had found an employer to Sponsor my Fresh H1B Visa. There are some questions about the Fresh H1-B mentioned below,

1) Employer Says the Documents are already sent for my Fresh H1-B Visa. Ques - For Fresh H1-B 2015 Visa does USCIS accept filing before April 1,2014?

2) Employer Says that he has Does not have the EAC/Receipt number for the petition he has filed. Ques - Can this be true?

3) Employer Says that it takes approximately 1 month for USCIS to provide information if the petition is selected in lottery. Ques - Is this correct?

4) Employer Says that he has sent a Draft check of Amount $4400. Once the amount is en-cashed it means that H1-B has been selected in lottery. Ques - Is this correct?

5) Employer Says that once the H1-B selected in Lottery I will get the Petition number. Ques - Is this correct?

6) Employer Says the status of H1-B can be found out only after its selected in lottery. Ques - Is this correct?


Many Thanks for all your responses!

[raghvi]

It seems you dont trust your employer much.

1. Sent to? USCIS would accept only from 01-Apr-2014. The documents should most probably be on their way.
2. Yes. Receipt will be generated later on.
3. Yes considering that a lottery is a possibility.
4. Yes, if not selected in lottery the money will be refunded. Its illegal to pay for ones own H1.
5. Yes.
6. Yes.

This is my opinion not legal advice.

[mexico]

It seems you dont trust your employer much.

1. Sent to? USCIS would accept only from 01-Apr-2014. The documents should most probably be on their way.
2. Yes. Receipt will be generated later on.
3. Yes considering that a lottery is a possibility.
4. Yes, if not selected in lottery the money will be refunded. Its illegal to pay for ones own H1. [mexico] -My Employer is paying for the H1-B intial filing fees
5. Yes.
6. Yes.

This is my opinion not legal advice.

I had few more questions and responses are much appreciated,

A) My Employer said that once the petition is selected in Lottery then only it can be upgraded to Premium Processing - Ques - Is this correct?

B) My Employer said that Premium Processing fees can be paid by me online - Ques - Is paying the premium processing fees by me Legal?

C) I did not sign any documents while filing H1-B 2015. I was concerned if this is correct procedure?

Many Thanks in advance!

[mexico]

I had few more questions and responses are much appreciated,

A) My Employer said that once the petition is selected in Lottery then only it can be upgraded to Premium Processing - Ques - Is this correct?

B) My Employer said that Premium Processing fees can be paid by me online - Ques - Is paying the premium processing fees by me Legal?

C) I did not sign any documents while filing H1-B 2015. I was concerned if this is correct procedure?

Many Thanks in advance!

Response to the above is much appreciated.

[raghvi]

A. Yes.
B. Yes.
C. I do not see anything procedurally wrong in this.

This is my opinion not legal advice.