Is this "Company transfer" or not?

[Siddharth1]

Gurus,

I have the following situation:

My co A was acquired by co B in November 2004. According to INS rules, this continues your current employement from H1B perspective.
In may 2005, my lawyer said that it would be good to file a new H1 before I travel abroad so that the new H1 reflects my new employer. (My visa stamp is from co A and expires in Nov 06).

I'm planning to travel to India in Jan. I am wondering how I should present the I-797s for co A and co B to the immigration officer at the Port of entry. If I say I did a company transfer, the officer may say "why did you wait for 6 months before applying for H1 transfer?", and may deny me re-entry. I guess I could tell him that it wasn't really a "transfer" but an "acquisition", but I'm not sure if this is a valid answer.


Any suggestions on how I should proceed?

Please advice

Thanks in advance
Siddharth

 

[Siddharth1]

Gurus,

Plssss let me know, especially if you have experienced an acquisition in the co where you worked.

Thanks.

 

[Siddharth1]

Does anyone have any prior experience in this? I would be very relieved to read some past experience.

Thanks.