Extension

When used in relation to immigration, this is another name for extending your status.

H-1 transfer during pending extension

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My H-1 extension with the current employer is applied and is pending. My current H1 expires on 25th. If I apply for a transfer to another employer after 25th Sept., then is it necessary to have approved both extension and transfer in order to work with new employer, because I file transfer after my expiration of current H1?

If, by the time your second H-1 is approved, the first H-1 is not, USCIS can approve the second H-1 only without an I-94.

Guestbook Entry for Marites de Luna, United States

Name
Marites de Luna
Country
United States
State
NC
Comment

If you will ask me what is the definition of the word HOPE, the first thing that I will definitely remember in my lifetime is Atty. Rajiv. I have asked numerous lawyers who can fix my case which was messed up by incompetent lawyers and they all told me the same thing, HOPELESS[b].[/b] Atty. Rajiv and his team, specifically Atty. Jagbir,  literally saved my family's future! We have been subjected to a 10-year bar but because of Atty. Rajiv's ingenuity, we were able to escape the impossible. He is a[b] [/b]miracle worker. No adjective could ever describe the way we feel right now. We were finally granted our extension of stay which had been countlessly denied. His staff were very kind and accomodating, they were able to understand what we were going through at that time that they were very sensitive in answering all emails, calls and questions that I had. We are now in the process of filing our greencard and I am very optimistic that everything will now run smoothly since Atty. Rajiv is our "superlawyer".  I have learned my lesson, no one could ever have done it best but Atty. Rajiv. My heartfelt gratitude to you and your staff! God bless all of you!!

Guestbook Entry for Mukta Walavalkar, United States

Name
Mukta Walavalkar
Country
United States
State
PA
Comment

We had a case with our employee where his H1 extension was denied. We had very little time to apply for a new extension before his earlier H1 expired. Rajiv Khanna assured us that he will get the H1 for our employee. All the team members at Rajiv Khanna's law offices were very helpful and got the application submitted in 2 days. The employee received his H1 approval in record time. Thanks a lot for all your efforts and help.  We highly recommend Law Offices of Rajiv Khanna for all your immigration needs. 

H-1 Extension

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I have filed for an Extension in the month of August'2010 as my Visa expires on Sep1'2010. I have not received anything yet. The Status is still in initial review. I have plans to go to India on Jan28. Should I convert to Premium now or shall I wait. My Case is with California?

Personally, I have seen no correlation between premium processing and increased RFE's.

Guestbook Entry for srikanth, United States

Name
srikanth
Country
United States
State
illinois
Comment

My 6th year  H1-B extension is done succesfully by Rajiv khanna law firm.I got 3 years extension ..My application has been approved in 4 days...I am really thankful to people of firm especially ana baker,rachel for their support and advice .      Initially i am very afraid of this employer and employee relationship ..i dont  understand what exactly is that .. and most of my friends who filed with different lawyer got RFE or their h1b denied due  to improper documentaion about employer and employee relationship....... With Rajeev Khanna law firm they will explain you what exactly is this and help us to prepare perfect documentation..Once again i really thank firm and all the people who helped for my approval   Thanks, Srikanth.k            

H1B Extension beyond 6 years

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I got my H1B in Feb 2005 however never entered the country for first 22 months as I did not get an opportunity to visit my company here in US. Eventually I came here in Jan 2007. When does my 6 year period start? Feb of 2005 or when I first entered the US in Jan 2007?

H-1 starts on the date you ENTER USA.

Guestbook Entry for RAMA VENKATA PRATAP CHERUVU, United States

Name
RAMA VENKATA PRATAP CHERUVU
Country
United States
State
WASHINGTON
Comment

I received  my H1B Extension as well as my wife’s extension of stay with Rena Waddell, Law Offices of Rajiv S. Khanna, P.C. Rena Waddell is an expert on immigration laws and we never got any problem or incompletion about the paperwork done under her supervision. She is  very co-operative and would return calls & emails promptly.  We are greatly pleased with her as far as her professionalism, courtesy and promptness throughout my H1B Renewal Process. We are very Thankful to Rajiv and his Staff.

Guestbook Entry for Tribendu Datta, United States

Name
Tribendu Datta
Country
United States
State
Nevada
Comment

I am on H1 and my wife (on H4 visa) was out of status for more than 8 months. We received the approval nunc-pro tunc. Just to give little background, we found about this when we were planning to process her F1 visa. We browsed through all known forums and short listed two firms, Murthy's and Rajivji's. After the first consultation with Rajiv, I got some ray of hope and thought of retaining Rajivji's firm at that very moment. I omitted the options of retaining my employer's corporate firm and Murthy's firm. Rajivji was very thorough about our case and even had a discussion with my employer to get all the inputs. 

I want to convey my special thanks to Rajiv's attorney Ms Sheena Gill. She was very prompt during the preparation of this case.I really appreciate her enormous follow-ups with USCIS, without which we could not have achieved this success. Thanks to Rajivji and his entire team, they literally gave us a new life. Winning a nunc-pro-tunc case is not a piece of cake, a lot depends on luck and the skill of the law firm.  I would highly recommend Rajiv's firm to anybody for complicated case like this.