URGENT HELP REQUIRED: H1B Extension Denied - Is MTR / Appeal an Option?

[shankarsivam]

Hello Attorneys / Experts,

Thanks for this great forum... Appreciate if you can pl provide your inputs to my situation below :

Jan'09 : My Employer submitted 7th year H1B extension - Vacation Recapture + Extension based on pending I-140

Feb'09 : RFE was issued asking information related to Company

Feb'09 : H1B - 6 Years completed : H1B Visa / I-94 Expired in Passport

Mar'09 : RFE responded with the requested information

Apr 10, 2009 : USCIS Denied H1B Extension petition.

I understand from my employer that I can no longer be on the US payrolls and that I've to leave the country in 180 days.

Is Motion to Reopen (MTR) / Appeal is an option to legally stay in US ? If MTR is submitted, can I continue to work for the employer / client and get paid ?

Appreciate your inputs in this area.

[txh1b]

You cannot work during the MTR/Appeal process.

[shankarsivam]

Thanks for the response....Can you suggest any options for my case ?

[txh1b]

None exist unless you want to appeal or MTR. Go with a reputed attorney or go back, file for a CP H1b and come with a visa stamp.

You posted on "other" forums. Did you not get any useful response?