H1B approval only for 6 months! Please help

[neelamrakhi]

Hi
I applied for H1B cap and got my visa approved,but only for 6 months. i.e from 1 st October 2009 to 31st March 2010.As per my understanding initial H1B approval is for 3 years.I would like to know the reason as why my H1B was approved just for 6 months ...Is this due to below reasons or something else?


1)H1B petition not prepared properly by company's attorney?
2)I am working on F1 visa , do the years worked on F1 visa also counted?
3)Or is this a error on the part of USCIS?
4)or the service contract, statement of work, or a purchase order was shown as 6 months by company's attorney...


Please also help and suggest as what should be my future course of action:

1)Should I have to again apply for H1B extension on 1st october 2009.
2)Should I have to contact my company's attorney and ask him/her to again file a petition for 3 years regarding H1B approval?
3)Or should I have to contact USCIS .?

Thanks a lot for your cooperation!

[sk4ih]

Don't confuse H1B permit with visa (as many would do). Visa is just to gain entry to US. If you enter in that time, you can still work for 3 years.

[honestimmigrant]

Your question is not very clear! Are your right now on OPT and F1? H1 B I 797 is different from the H1 B visa. You need a Visa to enter the US. if your I 797 approval and I 94 is only for 6 months you can work for 6 months. If your I 94/I 797 is valid till 3 years you can work for 3 years.

[neelamrakhi]

H1B approval only for 6 months! Please help

Thanks for the reply
Question rephrased:
I am working in USA on F1 visa , I did got my I797 approval with I 94 but it is only valid for 6 months ....I just want to know the reason as why it is just 6 months instead of 3 years....is it due to below reasons

1)H1B petition not prepared properly by company's attorney?
2)or the service contract, statement of work, or a purchase order was stated as 6 months by company's attorney...

Please help...

[PriyaSS]

Are you working on F1 visa?or OPT? F1 visa is a student visa!

[txh1b]

If the contract/work order provided was valid for 6 months, USCIS would have approved the H1b for only the period of the work order.