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    Ref during H1B Transfer application

    Bojan, Get your educational transcripts and degree certificates evaluated by one of the academic credential evaluation agencies such as WES(www.wes.org) They will describe each document and state their US equivalency. This may help proving that your degree from Europe is equivalent to a...
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    Change of Status H4->H1. Kindly respond!!

    Change of Status- H4 to H1 Lakshmi, As far as i am aware, if you apply for a change of status and then leave the country, your change of status application is automatically forfeited. So in this case you have your H1 approval, but you would need a H1 visa stamp to begin working in...
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    H4 to H1 conversion???

    H4-h1 Elsie, Once you change your status to H1, you are not dependent on your husband's duration of stay in the US. Since you have completed only 2 years on H-4, you will be able to get another 4 years on H1- And if your H1 is approved alongwith a change of status, you can start working...
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    H1 Visa from H4

    H4-h1- Minimum Requirement Aishwarrya, H1 visa requires a minimum 4 year degree
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    Internship on H4

    Napolean, Your wife can do voluntary/unpaid internship for a non-profit organization on an H4. But she cannot do an unpaid internship for any for-profit company, because corporates generally pay for their interns. The reasoning is that on an H4, you should not take up any internship or...
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    H4 to H1/Time to join employer

    saigc, thanks for your response. for example, if my h1 validity is from dec 1 2004, which is what the employer has also asked, should i be on his payroll from dec 1 itself? or do i have 60 days period to officially get on the payroll. again, this is a change of status from h4 to h1.
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    H4 to H1/Time to join employer

    I was on an H4 visa and recently received the H1B approval, with change of status approved. What is the maximum time I have before I need to be on the employers payroll? I have seen reports saying there is a 60-day period in case of a status change, but I wanted to see if anybody has more...
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    H4 - H1 - Total years stay

    h4-h1- total stay abhi, if your husband completes 6 years on his h1, he cannot convert to h4 and stay beyond 6 years, unless his green card labor certification process is pending for more than a year or he has filed for I-485 stage of green card processing.
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    Received H1 but cant apply SSN

    h4-h1 ssn tpk, i applied for ssn in virginia on dec 10th... i went back on dec 22nd to the office and asked for acknowledgement of my application. on dec 29th, i got the letter saying i will get ssn in 2 weeks, and i got the card on jan 3. please be hopeful, i am sure your wife will get...
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    H4 - H1 - Total years stay

    h4-h1 total years stay abhi2004, if you are maintaining valid h1 status, you will have 6 years from the time you entered on h4.
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    Received H1 but cant apply SSN

    Recd SSN Hkond, just wanted to tell you that i received my ssn card. Like you said, there may be a delay, but you will definitely get the SSN. Thanks.
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    Received H1 but cant apply SSN

    hkond, please could you give me some more information... pending the receipt of the ssn, how was payroll processed for your wife. i have applied for the ssn, but did not get a receipt. do you think i should go back to the ssn office and request for a receipt?
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    Received H1 but cant apply SSN

    Shahi, did you get your SSN as yet? I am in the exact postion as you. Have you started working?
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    SSN experience

    I am in a similar state as your wife... applied for my SSN, but did not get any receipt. Has your issue been resolved yet? Did your wife get the SSN card by now, and did she begin working?
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