two H1B from different employers at same time?

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AGM6

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Hi,

I have been on H1B as a researcher at a University here in the US, but I am now starting a clinical residency at a different University, now on their H1B. I would like to continue collaborations with my initial research institution and work on some weekends part-time in the lab there as well.
The H1B as a researcher is still valid, and my research institution would like to pay me a small part-time salary, while I would get my full-time salary from my residency program.
Is this possible?
Can I have two H1B visas that are active at the same time and get a salary from two employers at the same time?

P.S.: I intend to apply for EB1 soon. Would the above mentioned situation jeopardize the EB1 application?

Thanks!
 
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> Can I have two H1B visas that are active at the same time and get a
> salary from two employers at the same time?

Yes.

> I intend to apply for EB1 soon. Would the above mentioned
> situation jeopardize the EB1 application?

No.
 
Will this arrangement be compatible with your residency program requirements? Taking a part time job during residency will technically render your residency part time too.
 
In most residency programs, this would require approval by the residency program director. Not unlike the situation where someone moonlights in the ER once he has his medical license.

During your first year of residency, you will have hardly any time to do research anyway. If you can lie down and sleep uninterrupted once in a while, you will praise the lord for it (unless you start out in something like pathology which tends to be 9-5 with occasional home call during residency.
 
response to two H1Bs during residency

HI,
thanks for these suggestions.
The idea is that I have officially a full-time residency job, which in my case is Monday to Friday (I'll do a specialty residency with only home calls and mainly free weekends). In addition, I would like to do one day (e.g. Saturdays) lab work. My lab supervisor recommended that I ask the program director to approve it in a way that I have 100% of my time assigned as a resident (Mon-Fri) and on call my Saturday work as 20% additional time effort. This way I hope to have an additional part-time job, and if I have two H1Bs then I could also have some additional income.
Does this sound feasable in terms of visa requirements or do you see problems?

Thanks!
 
People do have 2 h1bs at the same time. E.g. physicians working at a veterans hospital 4days/week and the university hospital 1 day/week.

Don't know whether your PD would go for this. They tend to discourage anything besides residency 'thou shalt only serve one master, thy PD'.
 
two H1Bs

Thanks for the quick reply.
One more question:
I am now applying for my H1B for the clinical residency training. The H1B from my job as a researcher is still valid and will continue to be valid until at least one more year.
That H1B indicated at the time of application (2 years ago) a full-time salary as a researcher.
Once I start residency, in case my program director approves a part-time effort in the lab under a second H1B, can I simply continue with that previous researcher H1B, or do I need to apply for a new one once more in order to indicate a part-time job with only part-time salary.
If I have to amend that initial H1B, do I need to wait until the residency clinical H1B has been approved?
Ideally, I would like to just continue with my old H1B in the lab, without having to delay my work and salary, because of an H1B amendment.
DO I also have to indicate on the H1B for my residency program that I am doing a part-time job in the lab as well, or is this totally independent?

Thanks!
 
I would imagine that you need a new or at least amended H1b for the now part-time research gig. The employer will have to show that they pay you the prevailing wage for your part time job, I don't think just continuing to draw a paycheck under the old H1b would fly.

Talk to an attorney.
 
two H1Bs

All right, so the time table would be like this:
1. first, get the clinical residency full-time H1B approved and start residency.
2. then, ask the program director and probably also someone from the Graduate Medical Office to ok a part-time research job
3. then, amend the current research H1B to be a part-time job (instead of a full-time research job)

If that's correct, it would mean that I would not get paid for the first months at least. Do you think there is a way to get a part-time salary under the current research H1B right with the start of residency and amend the research H1B retroactively? Or get a salary paid back retroactively?

I guess this should be possible, since I was told that I can already start my clinical residency even if my H1B is not through yet, since I have a previous H1B in my passport (this was the reason why we did not apply for a premium processing).

Thanks!
 
1. first, get the clinical residency full-time H1B approved and start residency.
2. then, ask the program director and probably also someone from the Graduate Medical Office to ok a part-time research job
3. then, amend the current research H1B to be a part-time job (instead of a full-time research job)
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Sounds like a plan. You could approach the PD and the GME office before you start about this. It doesn't sound like you are interested in doing this for the money alone, they might even be encouraging if you are able to maintain a research affiliation.

since I was told that I can already start my clinical residency even if my H1B is not through yet, since I have a previous H1B in my passport (this was the reason why we did not apply for a premium processing).
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I believe the ability to change jobs with an H1b once the I129 has been received by USCIS is part of the AC21 law. Make sure that it applies to your case, it might be limited to fundamentally similar jobs (other AC21 benefits are).
 
H1B visa with two employers

Do you mean that once I file the I129 I could already obtain salary from a part-time job?
So, can I submit my I129 for the research H1B right at the time when my H1B visa for the clinical residency is approved, and thus obtain a part-time job/salary right from that time?

Do I need to indicate at all for the clinical residency H1B that I plan to submit also a part-time research H1B, or is this totally independent?

Thanks!
 
Hi AGM6 and other members,

My spouse is an MD from india and thinking of giving USMLE. However, he also wants to take up some part time research job just as you have mentioned. Could you please give us ur valuable advice as to how do we go about it?

We really require guidance..My spouse will be coming to US on H4 but does not at all want to stay back home...Plzzzzz guide
 
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