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No Title I\'m not an attorney but my research indicates very stongly that you can have more than one H1B at the same time. If you are no longer working for the original H1B employer you will be out of status within 10 days unless you begin a new H1B by filing an I-129. Your new...

No Title My understanding is that an alien cannot be in H1-B status for more than six cummulative years under any circumstances. You will have to change to a different status. I\'m not an attorney.

No Title I\'m not an attorney. My understanding, however, is that company A cannot make you pay the fee. A reasonable thing to do would be to have company B repay the fee to company A, especially if company B did not petition for a new H1-B for you. Another way to look at it, however...

No Title You may have a private contract with an employer which would legally bind you to pay. However, according to INS the employer cannot make you pay the $1000 H1-B fee. Also, it seems likely DOL will be interested to know if the employer is taking unfair advantage of your alien...

No Title You can have many H1s at the same time, but you must have applied for and received acceptance for each H1 before beginning employment. INS FAQ says: "Who can an H-1B alien work for? H-1B aliens may only work for the petitioning U.S. employer and only in the H-1B...

No Title If you have been approved by INS and your employer answered "YES" on Part 2, 4, AND provided the city and country of the consulate on Part 4 of the I-129, INS will automatically notify the consulate of your approval. If your employer is filing an extension or change of...

No Title You would need your employers to file a change of status to cover the new situation. I\'m not an attorney, just someone looking into the same thing.