H1B to B1 - Urgent Need Help

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benjaminzhang

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I need your helps urgently.

The company is going to terminate my work by the end of this month, and I have not found another company for keeping my H1B status. Someone told me that I could apply for B-1 for keeping the stauts.

My questions are:

How long will be B-1 processing time?

Could I switch baxk to H1B from B-1?

Do I have 10 days grace period that I can stay in the states?

Need your helps immediately..

Regards, Feng
 
Answers are

1. B-1 processing time: 3 to 6 months
2. You can switch baxk to H1B from B-1.
3. You have 10 days to leave US. In order to change status you should have applied before expiry date of H1.
 
H1 -> H4 visa URGENT !!

Hello Rajiv,

I had a question regarding Change of Status for my wife. Both of us currently have H-1 visa s. My wife s H-1 visa expires on the 30th of June  02 and we were wanting to get her visa status changed from H-1 to H-4 visa i.e she would like to transfer to a spouse visa linked to my H-1 after 30th June so that she is in status.

My question is : If we file for her Change of Status request now and we don\'t receive an approval from the INS by the 30th of June will she have to leave the country. Her I-94 says  Admitted till June 30th 2002  which is the duration of her H-1 visa. Is it possible for her to stay in the US after 30th June as long as we have filed the Change of Status request before her present status expires.

Any help/input will be greatly appreciated.
 
While a COS is pending

the applicant is not considered out of status .

Rajiv does not answer Qs here. You gotto find him in the main page.
 
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