H1b Validity related question

sbhat77

New Member
Hi,

I am in the following situation and wanted to understand what is the best course of action to take:
I came to USA on Sep 29, 2007 on H1B. Company A(my current employer) filed my PERM application in July 2009 which was denied, filed a motion for reconsideration and that was denied too. the whole process took more than 2 years and during this time my H1B extension was filed and I got an extension till october 2014 (which is actually 7 years). This happened because my PERM application was under audit for more than a year.
I am into software services and now my employer wants to put me into sales. This is a different job profile and I have the following questions:
1. Will it require an H1B Amendment?
2. When the amendment is filed, will they readjust my H1B validity to october 2013 (6 years) or keep it as october 2014 (7 years)?
3. If I decide to change my job and initiate an H1B transfer, will the new H1b be valid till october 2013 (6 years) or october 2014 (7 years) which is the validity of my current H1B?

-Sanjeev
 
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