H1B and gap in the cap--Please help!!!

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esesbee

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Hi
Can someone provide me some info on possible problems if multiple H1Bs are filed for the same person by same/different companies in the same time frame?
Also, my OPT expires on 31st August, and H1B become valid from October 1st. What are my options?

I shall be grateful for any advise/help.
Thanks
Esesbee
 
esesbee said:
Hi
Can someone provide me some info on possible problems if multiple H1Bs are filed for the same person by same/different companies in the same time frame? No possible problemAlso, my OPT expires on 31st August, and H1B become valid from October 1st. What are my options?

Go back to home country, Ask your employer to send the approval notice to your home country for visa stamping, come back 1 Oct 2005, if you are not eligible for grace period, like last year INS granted to all F1 students. (fill the gab)
I shall be grateful for any advise/help.
Thanks
Esesbee
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Hi
Iam in a similar situation.
My Opt ends on may. H1 will be filed by my employer in 20 K or 65K.
Can I go to India and ask my employer to send the H1 approval noice to India .
Do I need to go the Indian embassy for that purpose.

Some of my freinds said that if H1 is filed and you leave the country, it is abandoning the H1 application. Is it true?

Pls reply.
 
sholuanand said:
Hi
Iam in a similar situation.
My Opt ends on may. H1 will be filed by my employer in 20 K or 65K.
Can I go to India and ask my employer to send the H1 approval noice to India .
Do I need to go the Indian embassy for that purpose. Yes
Some of my freinds said that if H1 is filed and you leave the country, it is abandoning the H1 application. Is it true? How it can be true. If X is in india and some company files H1 in US (mean X abandoned the visa ?) To apply new H1, the candidate need not be in USA.
Pls reply.
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esesbee said:
Hi
Can someone provide me some info on possible problems if multiple H1Bs are filed for the same person by same/different companies in the same time frame?
Also, my OPT expires on 31st August, and H1B become valid from October 1st. What are my options?

I shall be grateful for any advise/help.
Thanks
Esesbee
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Esesbee,

I think you will be fine since under your F1 you are granted a 60 day grace period after OPT runs out, and since yours ends up on 31st August you will be able to stay in the country until H1 becomes valid. Important, you cannot work or be under payroll during that period of time!! Anyways, better consult a lawyer for further information.
 
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