Legal Question in Immigration Law in California

Re: transfering J1 to H1B

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Re: transfering J1 to H1B

You have a 30 day grace period once your J-1 status expires. Check your latest DS-2019 for the program expiration date. Since you are still in J-1 status and your H-1B has already been filed, I would simply wait for the H-1B to be approved. It should not be much longer before your H-1B is approved.

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Re: transfering J1 to H1B

Simple. Your lawyer should have filed a change of status at the same time as the H-1B petition so no matter how long it takes, as long as that was done before the J-1 expires, you could theoretically wait for however long it takes for the CIS to approve the COS and H-1B to be approved and you're fine.

Larry "Liem" Doan, Esq.

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