Well my wife got her H1 and she had the stamping outside the country last month. It is for 3 years. She was on H4 already for 4 years and J1 for 4 years.
I don't understand how you have only 2.5 years on H1. After you complete your residency on J1, when you start your your waiver job on H1, your 6 year period on H1 starts. The earlier period on H4 before J1 does not count towards your new H1.
My wife was in the same situation. She was in H4 for 4 years and then started her residency on J-1. She continued and completed her fellowship last year. She started her waiver job last month and has her H-1 is for 3 years.
Submitted my application to USCIS on Feb 24th and at the same time submitted for H1B (regular with the option of upgrading to premium processing). I was waiting for Georgia Medical license. Once I received the license, H1B was upgraded to premium processing on March 24th. Received my H1B and...
H1B approved April 4th
My J1 waiver was sent to USCIS on Feb 23rd from DOS. H1B petition was sent on Feb 24th to Texas center. On March 24th my application was upgraded to premium processing. My H1B got approved today and they said the original document will follow in 7-10 business days. Does...
I was in the same situation few years ago. My wife took a J-1 eventhough everybody advising against it. It is like a gamble. After residency she tried for a waiver job in NewYork. It got rejected. She immediately got a fellowship for a year. She tried again for a waiver job last year and got...
Last week my wife got her application approved by DOS. DOS just checks all the required documents and most of the time it is a favorable recommendation. Then USCIS approves your H-1 if all the documents are in order.
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