A friend of mine was issued with an Approval Notice by US Citizenship immigration Services, by a company in the US, for his H1B (Petition type: I129 Petition for Non-immigrant Worker). It states it is valid from October 2014 to August 2017. He is an IT guy, with bachelors in Engineering from India (and with an additional 1 year diploma in Animations) and working in the field for the last 4 to 5 years and considered to be high value professional in his field. During the visa interview at the US consulate, he could not answer certain questions (he did not take help of an agent or representative but decided to manage it himself at that time) and his visa issuing is still pending. The company in the US is not very helpful (or not able to help?), then onwards.
My question is, once the application for H1B is approved for the candidate, stating that he is eligible for H1B visa (or selected as a candidate), is it possible to change the employer? Is it legal? If so, how to proceed with it? We will be interested to hear from potential employers, agencies, professionals, regarding taking forward his application.
Any informed information/response will be highly appreciated. Is it quite usual that this happens?
Is it possible to change Employer or sponsor after approval of H1B visa application but before visa issue?
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A friend of mine was issued with an Approval Notice by US Citizenship immigration Services, by a company in the US, for his H1B (Petition type: I129 Petition for Non-immigrant Worker). It states it is valid from October 2014 to August 2017. He is an IT guy, with bachelors in Engineering from India (and with an additional 1 year diploma in Animations) and working in the field for the last 4 to 5 years and considered to be high value professional in his field. During the visa interview at the US consulate, he could not answer certain questions (he did not take help of an agent or representative but decided to manage it himself at that time) and his visa issuing is still pending. The company in the US is not very helpful (or not able to help?), then onwards.
My question is, once the application for H1B is approved for the candidate, stating that he is eligible for H1B visa (or selected as a candidate), is it possible to change the employer? Is it legal? If so, how to proceed with it? We will be interested to hear from potential employers, agencies, professionals, regarding taking forward his application.
Any informed information/response will be highly appreciated. Is it quite usual that this happens?
Thanks in advance.
KoriarGuy