Hi,
My name is Rajeev. I’m working as a senior technology consultant (Senior Business Analyst/ Senior Quality Assurance) with a top IT consulting and service company.
Background:
My H1-B visa and 1-94 are expiring on July 06th 2009 (almost 4 months from now) and final 6 year H1-B time is ending on May 2011.
I spoke with the HR manager of my company to renew my H1-B visa four times in last couple of months but every time she says that there is of integration going on (Actually, my company was acquired by another company and right now integration is going process is going on). However, I spoke with the immigration department of my company and they told me that since integration process is under way, however this integration process will not effect the renewal of H1-B process, company will deal it in the same way it was dealing before. I explained this thing to my Manager on Tuesday but again, she was not convinced and want to speak with the her immigration contacts and advised me to wait and didn’t gave me a date when she is going to get back to me ( I don’t know what is going on in her mind).
So far, I’ve not applied for Green card, actually, last September, I submitted all the paper work to my Manager (till Dec 2008, I was employed with the consulting division of my company and afterward, I was transferred to the local account). With this transfer, my consulting division manager refused to process and pay for my GC and advised me that I should apply it through local account.
Now local account is saying that it is very unlikely that they’ll sponsor my GC because there is lot of cost cutting going on and GC process takes anywhere from 10 K to 14K. I did told them that company may deduct the GC fees through my pay. But I didn’t hear anything from them so far. Its been almost 2 months now.
Advise and Help:
Since my final H1-B is expiring on May 2011. Almost 2 years and 2 months. My GC is not filed yet. What should I do now?
1. Look for a new job, who can sponsor my H1-B (actually, I’ve started looking but no luck yet).
2. What if if I don’t find a job till July 6 2009?
3. is it a good idea to transfer my H1-B visa to Indian consultancy company without a project in hand?
4. Please recommend good Indian consultancy companies to whom I speak regarding my H1-B transfer and GC application process.
Please ask me specific questions or which I may not have addressed above or I’ve not explained any section above.
Many thanks,
Rajeev
My name is Rajeev. I’m working as a senior technology consultant (Senior Business Analyst/ Senior Quality Assurance) with a top IT consulting and service company.
Background:
My H1-B visa and 1-94 are expiring on July 06th 2009 (almost 4 months from now) and final 6 year H1-B time is ending on May 2011.
I spoke with the HR manager of my company to renew my H1-B visa four times in last couple of months but every time she says that there is of integration going on (Actually, my company was acquired by another company and right now integration is going process is going on). However, I spoke with the immigration department of my company and they told me that since integration process is under way, however this integration process will not effect the renewal of H1-B process, company will deal it in the same way it was dealing before. I explained this thing to my Manager on Tuesday but again, she was not convinced and want to speak with the her immigration contacts and advised me to wait and didn’t gave me a date when she is going to get back to me ( I don’t know what is going on in her mind).
So far, I’ve not applied for Green card, actually, last September, I submitted all the paper work to my Manager (till Dec 2008, I was employed with the consulting division of my company and afterward, I was transferred to the local account). With this transfer, my consulting division manager refused to process and pay for my GC and advised me that I should apply it through local account.
Now local account is saying that it is very unlikely that they’ll sponsor my GC because there is lot of cost cutting going on and GC process takes anywhere from 10 K to 14K. I did told them that company may deduct the GC fees through my pay. But I didn’t hear anything from them so far. Its been almost 2 months now.
Advise and Help:
Since my final H1-B is expiring on May 2011. Almost 2 years and 2 months. My GC is not filed yet. What should I do now?
1. Look for a new job, who can sponsor my H1-B (actually, I’ve started looking but no luck yet).
2. What if if I don’t find a job till July 6 2009?
3. is it a good idea to transfer my H1-B visa to Indian consultancy company without a project in hand?
4. Please recommend good Indian consultancy companies to whom I speak regarding my H1-B transfer and GC application process.
Please ask me specific questions or which I may not have addressed above or I’ve not explained any section above.
Many thanks,
Rajeev