maverick_1975
New Member
Hi Guys!!
I am writing this on behalf of my friend.
He got laid off on Apr 13th 1998 and his employer sent a letter to INS for cancelling his H1.He immediately found a new employer to file his H1 and he got his H1 in 17 days from the day he waslaid off.Since then he has been working for that employer and he has filed for his Green card thorugh that employer.
He filed his GC on MAY 9TH 2001 from MI state.
It takes about 8 to 9 months to clear State processing and then 3 to 4 months to clear Federal processing(Chicago).
He is worried that the will his prior lay off in 1998 have any effct on his GC right now? Will he be considered out of status for the 17 days? The 15 day or 30 daygrace period concept after gettin laid off is not very clear.
He has a valid H1 now till May 2002.Every thing is fine with his since then.
Any help in this regard will be highly appreciated.Sorry for such a long message.We are really worried about his situation right now.
Any feed backs please let me know.
thanks
I am writing this on behalf of my friend.
He got laid off on Apr 13th 1998 and his employer sent a letter to INS for cancelling his H1.He immediately found a new employer to file his H1 and he got his H1 in 17 days from the day he waslaid off.Since then he has been working for that employer and he has filed for his Green card thorugh that employer.
He filed his GC on MAY 9TH 2001 from MI state.
It takes about 8 to 9 months to clear State processing and then 3 to 4 months to clear Federal processing(Chicago).
He is worried that the will his prior lay off in 1998 have any effct on his GC right now? Will he be considered out of status for the 17 days? The 15 day or 30 daygrace period concept after gettin laid off is not very clear.
He has a valid H1 now till May 2002.Every thing is fine with his since then.
Any help in this regard will be highly appreciated.Sorry for such a long message.We are really worried about his situation right now.
Any feed backs please let me know.
thanks