gabebalazs
Registered Users (C)
I am posting this here in the B extension section, perhaps I'll get more answers.
Just like my subject says, would a b1/b2 extension of stay in the US hurt the chances of success of any potential future H1B application?
Situation:
A friend of mine's (from Hungary) duration of stay in the US will expire on January 14th and she's thinking about filing for a 6-month extension. She's on a visitor visa. (She's got a 10-year visa in her passport.)
Her question is, would a granted extension of her visitor status affect a potential future H1B application in any way? She has no plans currently for any H1B, but she has a PhD in Pharmaceutics with a spectacular resume, so people in the community are starting to show interest in possibly hiring her. Now that the H1B cap has been reached, even if that should happen, it won't be before April 1, 2012.
So would a 6-month visitor extension hurt her chances for a future H1B?
thanks,
Gabe
Just like my subject says, would a b1/b2 extension of stay in the US hurt the chances of success of any potential future H1B application?
Situation:
A friend of mine's (from Hungary) duration of stay in the US will expire on January 14th and she's thinking about filing for a 6-month extension. She's on a visitor visa. (She's got a 10-year visa in her passport.)
Her question is, would a granted extension of her visitor status affect a potential future H1B application in any way? She has no plans currently for any H1B, but she has a PhD in Pharmaceutics with a spectacular resume, so people in the community are starting to show interest in possibly hiring her. Now that the H1B cap has been reached, even if that should happen, it won't be before April 1, 2012.
So would a 6-month visitor extension hurt her chances for a future H1B?
thanks,
Gabe
