How long does it take for BAL to file the petition once they have received the LCA? They got my LCA approved on 24th October but their tracking system only shows that they have sent the documents to employer and nothing else. Has anyone filed with BAL recently and how long did it take?
SAP where are you going?
They are the worst ..
How long did they take for you?
They filed my LCA pretty soon 1/2 days after I signed offer. But then the application prep takes 4-6 weeks. They are not filing until after thanksgiving lol
Interesting! They gave my start date to my employers as November 25th. Let's see if they can actually stand by it
My start date is mid Dec and they are not even able to abide by lol...they said thanksgiving everything is off so they are filing mine after thanksgiving
It’s been two days since I signed my offer and the cobalt website has no information in it. No case manager assigned or attorney. They haven’t even asked me for any documents. The timeline sucks
I got my email from case attorney after 1 week. Reach out to recruiter and they will act fast.
They pushed my start date out by 2 months 😭
you mean you just got the offer and bcos of immigration they pushed to 2 months right. That makes sense. BG will be done in 1 week, LCA 2 weeks, Transfer 2 weeks, Notice period 2 weeks. This is best case provided BAL files (follows)everything on time. Their SLA as per their website - H1B preparation 2-4 weeks and Approval 2 weeks. We all know how slow is BAL :) so you can calculate your start date accordingly!
That’s right. Got my offer earlier this week. Thanks for sharing this timeline.
They pushed my start date by 2 weeks. But end to end it took 3 weeks for approval
Data date you mean getting signature from the employer before filing?
Sorry, fixed my typo. I meant start date. But, the signature from employer has nothing to do with BAL. My employer took 5 days to sign it so if was delayed there.
BAL is slow. They got my documents on oct 10, till now no update on whether LCA filed or not. Cobalt site had no update other than LCA prep. How long they took for you to file the LCA?
They filed it pretty quickly. They got my documents on Oct 10th and filed it on Oct 12th got the LCA approved on 22nd