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Corrections to my previous post. My future/prospective employer is not exempt from cap. His petition for my H-1B will defintely be counted against cap. Also he said that applying for H-1B itself will make one counted against the cap. My employer might be true because INS/BCIS released a...

I am in a similar situation too. I am on my OPT right now and will end in May 20th. I have my H-1B approved by my Univ to start on March 20th. I have a prospective employer who is exempt from the cap and would like to hire me in June. He says he would like to file a H-1B transfer under normal...

Raj, Thanks for your suggestion. Most of the employees are H-1 holders. I would say 90%. So he is H-1B dependent. Does the firm need to state special forms if he is H-1B dependent? Given that 43.5K visas were issued until Dec 31st should I ask for a premium processing (or) general...

Meow, Thats not true. Infact a H-1B transfer from a non profit organization to a corporate employment requires that it qualifies under CAP. I want to add one more question to my original post My H-1B with the Univ starts on Mar20th. Can I still apply for a transfer on a H-1B that has...

Hi all.. Does the H-1B transfer application process from a University to a Corporate employer differ in any other way except that it has to count against the CAP limit? Are there any other special forms to be filled out? (or) Any special options need to be checked in the transfer...