B1/B2 visitor status extension affecting potential future H1B application?

[gabebalazs]

Hi all,
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

 

[ginnu]

Hi all,
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.
-------- Why she wants file Extension? Employer can file H1 April 1,2012(Her presence in US is not needed) and it will take time for approval and if approved she can start working Oct 2012. Best option to go back before her I-94 gets expired.

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?
-------If Rejected how she will stay on legal status till Oct 2012?(to work if her H1 gets approved) What is her Intent? she came to visit and after visit she should go out.


thanks,
Gabe

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[gabebalazs]

Thanks, but you basically replied to a question that nobody asked
You also asked more questions which were either irrelevant or I do not know the answer to.

But no problem, I got the answers to these questions in the B visa section.
Thanks again.