H1 approval required?

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Moving from H4 to H1.

My employer said that you need to have mandatory "H1 approved" status in order to start working and you cannot start to work with your H1 receipt while your H1 is in process with USCIS? This is a special case for H4 to H1 people. How true is that?

Please guide.

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Moving from H4 to H1.

My employer said that you need to have mandatory "H1 approved" status in order to start working and you cannot start to work with your H1 receipt while your H1 is in process with USCIS?
-------- Your Employer is correct. You need H1 approval notice with H1 based I-94 attached with H1 approval notice.

This is a special case for H4 to H1 people.
----------H4 to H1 is Change of status and one need H1 approval Notice with I-94 attached for work on H1 status . if USCIS approve H1 but approval notice does not have I-94 attached then you need to go out of US and get H1 Visa stamp and then enter US on H1 status. How true is that?
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Please guide.

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