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I am one of those who applied for H1b COS this year and still waiting for the approval. Current status is L1 valid until 2009 Sept.
I am wondering if I resign from my L1 providing company on 30 Sept and just stay in USA on the basis of pending H1b approval or this will be called illegal stay ? How long am I allowed just to stay in USA ? anything written on this by immigration dept ?
I would like to give my company atleast a week's notice if not 15 days instead of getting approved on 30 sept and resigning on last day.
I am assuming that if I get approval before 1 Oct then 1 Oct is start date for my H1b while for approvals after 1 Oct, H1b start date is same day/date when h1b is actualy approved/status appearing on site. I am also surprised reading on some sites that some people did not see status changed on uscis site and approval was actually mailed by uscis. I want to know what exactly i s H1b start day for approvals after Oct 1 and what if status is not updated on uscis site and approval was mailed to employer but employee were still working for L1 providing company due to pending approval...
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I am one of those who applied for H1b COS this year and still waiting for the approval. Current status is L1 valid until 2009 Sept.
I am wondering if I resign from my L1 providing company on 30 Sept and just stay in USA on the basis of pending H1b approval or this will be called illegal stay ? How long am I allowed just to stay in USA ? anything written on this by immigration dept ?
I would like to give my company atleast a week's notice if not 15 days instead of getting approved on 30 sept and resigning on last day.
I am assuming that if I get approval before 1 Oct then 1 Oct is start date for my H1b while for approvals after 1 Oct, H1b start date is same day/date when h1b is actualy approved/status appearing on site. I am also surprised reading on some sites that some people did not see status changed on uscis site and approval was actually mailed by uscis. I want to know what exactly i s H1b start day for approvals after Oct 1 and what if status is not updated on uscis site and approval was mailed to employer but employee were still working for L1 providing company due to pending approval...
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