llizgal

Am new in the forum.

My husbands H1B Visa Petition has just been put through. Its a normal process not the premium one. Its roughly just under a month since when it was applied. Just wondering how long it might take before he gets it?

Also was reading some posts here and my understanding is as H1B applicant you can only start working after october. Is that true? So say if he gets back the H1B Petition say end of november, when can he start working?

Your advise will be appreciated

Ray

He will probably get a Ye or Ne ..this month
if its a Ye he can start Oct 1st at the earliest

llizgal

Thanks Ray for quick response.

I assume and ye(YES)NE (NO)? But in a post i came across earlier it said H1B Petition for april were still being processed. If it is a yes this soon i guess that will be a lottery for us.

So if its a NO as in he gets a reply after oct,, when is the earliest he could apply for?

Anyone else gone thro H1B process your experience will be appreciated

Ray

they did not have many application this year ... so should not be far behind if at all ..so he will only get a no ... if there is a problem with the application or the company ...

mctraill

When my OH applied for his H1B he put application in April got approval in August, went to Embassy September, OH came over and started work 1st october, we did this in 2005 when there were a lot of applications..

I on the other hand to get mine had to go into a lottery twice 2007 i didnt get a number but did in 2008, same time frame though...

If you go to USCIS website you can put in your case number and everytime someone touches your file it sends you an email, I got the email that we had been approved before the lawyer even knew...

GeoffM

I don't think this particular question has been answered so I'll have an amateur stab at it. If he gets it approved, which presumably means the 65,000ish cap H1B visas haven't run out, then he can start work anytime after the Oct 1 start date. So any successful applications dated between Oct 1st and March 31st can theoretically start work immediately.

Last year the cap was reached just before Christmas; some previous years had caps reached within days of April 1st. The caps haven't changed; the numbers of employers recruiting via that route plummeted due to the recession.

henryh

Also, in the last 15 months USCIS has been cracking down on "abuse" of the H-1B by Indian computer consulting firms. I don't know exactly how much of a difference this made but it was probably significant.

Ray

They visited 25k places of business
where H1B holder are reputedly working

A considerable amount apparently were not even known
at these businesses
my friends with H1B had a visit ..she was deemed good..

llizgal

@Geoffm and everyone else thanks ever so much for taking your time to responding.

Will just hold our breath and wait i guess.:-)