Sevusal

you can change employer while on E3 in USA. your new employer will need to apply for new E3 visa. it is same as applying for a new visa. there is no transfer of E3 visa like H1.

you can not work for the new employer until your new E3 visa comes. after that you have 10 days to change employer.

Technically, E3D visa based on the previous employer will NOT work. my advise is to apply for new E3D as well as EAD at the same time you are applying for new E3.

I am in a same boat right now where I am waiting for my E3 visa from last almost 3 months. my advise is NOT to go through I-129 form at USCIS instead go to overseas consulate and get new E3 visa. this is much quicker.

currently, Canada is not taking any foreign visa application due to summer rush but you can try new mexico.

hope this helps.

docnetau

You *can* transfer employers on an E3 (without getting a new visa), however it's a slow process, and leaves you without a valid visa so you can't leave and re-enter the US. In general, everyone gets around this by applying for a new visa which is much faster, and generally easier.

I presume you mean "old" Mexico, not New Mexico.

msgd

hey thanks for your quick reply and my question here would be am i allowed to work for my current employer though? while new I-129 getting processed?

what if my new application gets rejected? does that mean i have to leave the country or can i continue working for my old employer as i have the current visa approved till 2016.

i got my e3 extended not too long ago(may) at Jamaica and don't really wanna go for another new visa this soon as it wasn't that cheap to travel overseas.

Sevusal

Sorry. i don't know why i typed 'new'

Sevusal

Yes

don't sure but i think you can continue to work on your old visa.

msgd

thank you sevusal

aokashi

Thanks Ian Wish this forum had a "thank you" button somewhere so i wouldn't need to clutter up the thread...

Michael

There is a "Karma" button at the center below the persons name.

auschamp

can some one please confirm how long I need to wait before to confirm that US consulate in Canada have accepted my E3 application and will process it.


I booked my appointment with Ottawa consulate, it's been three working days since I booked it online.

Sevusal

i have some queries regarding E3 visa.

I am currently with company A on L1B visa. I have a job offer from company B. the company B has now applied for E3 visa (actually have been waiting for my visa for more then 2 months now).

my questions are:

1. Once i get my E3 visa approval, how long do I have to change my job to new employer B? i read somewhere its 10 days. can it be more then that as i want to give 2 weeks notice to my existing employer A.

2. once i get my E3 visa approval, what if my existing company A offers me a better package. what option do i have to stay with my existing company A?

3. what if my new E3 visa gets rejected for any reason, my previous L1 is invalid? can i continue working with my company A?

4. What if I send a request to USCIS to cancel the application for COS for new E3 visa. can i continue staying on my L1 visa until it expires?

Thanks in advance.
TD

ian-mstm

Unless you plan on leaving the US, I believe you're not actually getting an E-3 visa, but are changing status from L-1B to E-3. You won't actually get a new visa in your passport until such time as you leave the US and appear at a US Consulate abroad. At any rate, it's the status that's important... because a visa is nothing more than a travel document.


You can change the day it's approved, or anytime afterwards. I don't think there's a time limit on when you can change jobs.


I don't believe you have an option. Company A would need to apply for a new change of status for you.


If the E-3 is denied, your existing L-1B does not become invalid. You remain in L-1B status, and can continue to work for company A.


Yes.

I caution you against playing games with different companies. There's a lot to be said for professional integrity - and if company B decides that your application was frivolous and a waste of their time... well, they might just tell others, and you might find it difficult to move to some other employer in the future... because some employer might just figure you're going to the same to them.

Ian

Sevusal

Thanks Ian. I couldn't get a straight answer from USCIS but uyoudid.
No I am not planning to do anything stupid like this. I always belive in professional integrity and try to follow it. It's just that I have been waiting for my approval for 2 and half months and crazy thoughts are popping up because of the frustration of waiting game at US IS.

Contacting USciS isno use. Tried to create e-request but keep saying it's within processing time. I wish I could do the overseas consulate interview to get my visa sooner.

augigi

It would be much faster to just go to a consulate and get a new E3. It always takes several months to change visa categories or extend E3 visa within the US, and is always faster to get a new one.

docnetau

If you scroll back through the pages of this thread you'll find dozens of recommendations not to go the change-of-status-via-USCIS route, but instead to apply for an E-3 visa as a consulate outside of the US. This is exactly why.

Sevusal

I knew it would take two months but didn't know it will go beyond that. also at that time (July and I think still is) Van consulate was not processing non-canadian resident applications and Tijuana doesn't process first time e3 applications. I didn't have any other choice but to go through this pain.