h1b transfer filed in Premium. its been 11 calendar days and no response yet. Are chances of RFE higher now than before? any recent examples of H1 approval on Day 14-15?
No
No correlation.
Stop overthinking and get back to work!
This.
No. They took 14 days for me.
Idk they sent mine on a Thursday and it was approved by Monday
Only if contractor at client site do you need to worry about denial. Approval rates are close to 100% for full time roles
Mine is full time. Wage level 4 the only concern is occupation title of Sales Engineers (Product Management role). I have heard RFEs are common even for clean cut cases
All d best - keep us posted 👍
USCIS website says RFE was sent :(
Sorry to hear that.. hopefully it's for minor reason that the lawyers can take care of soon. Good luck 👍
Do you know the RFE reason? My H1 got applied on Friday with the same SOC code.
Yes, it is Speciality Occupation. USCIS is challenging that the job responsibilities stated in the application are VAGUE and do not necessarily convey why a bachelors degree in a specialized field is needed. My employers have to now file a detailed job duties breakdown that justifies a need for a bachelors in the specific specialized field that they are asking for and additional evidence like their past hiring trends etc. Hopefully your employer has filed a very well defined and detailed job description from the onset. Also the job description needs to align very clearly with the bachelors specialization that they are asking for. My new employer is not very seasoned at filing H1s but I was surprised that the Lawyers went through with such a basic job description in the initial filing in spite of knowing the current scrutiny very well. Now they have just unnecessarily made everyone’s job difficult.
No correlation between processing time and decision. Why are you worried about RFE?
Thanks for your response. I am observing people at amazon and google getting RFEs so just nervous. I was of the understanding direct employments at wage level 4 are safe but it does not seem to be the case