Pl. respond. Stamping at chennai

subash1977

Registered Users (C)
Hi,
I had a question with regard to my upcoming stamping of my h1b at chennai consulate. Appreciate your opinion on it.

I was on OPT previously and in h1b since March 2003 with a consulting company.

Here is what I am trying to ask.

I worked on my OPT for the same employer for 2 months in 2002 (Nov & Dec), and one month Jan in 2003 when my project ended.

My OPT expired Feb 14th 2003. and my h1b notice date is March 10th 2003. I then started on project again in Apr 2nd 2003 and till now continuing on project.

So I did not get paid for a few weeks towards the end of my OPT and also did not get paid from March 10 2003 (My h1b notice date) to Apr 1st.

Now in OPT, I need not be on payroll or be paid for idle time, so I am not worried about that. But what about the 20 days gap between getting my h1b & starting on project.

Can one start a little late (as in not being paid) from the h1b approval date?

Also when the consular officer looks at the total amount in my 2003 w2 I hope he understands that its not based on working for a year, but for about 10 months.

Appreicate your paitence to read all this.
thx.
 
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