I am on H1B visa. I have signed an offer by a company and they initiated the H1B visa transfer, which is in process. Now I have an offer from Amazon, which is so good that I couldn't reject. Now I am planning to sign Amazon offer by risking the employment with the other company even in future. Now Amazon is ready to sponsor H1B transfer. Now the questions are, can I move forward with Amazon offer and there by getting the H1B visa transfer initiated? Is it legal to get visa transfer filed by multiple employers? Does USCIS allow it? Does one employer come to know about the Visa transfer filing by other one? Is the situation critical enough to seek lawyer's counseling? Please help me.
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It's ok you can transfer as many but choose one among them to join, but don't burn Bridges, if first company hasn't started h1b transfer tell them you can't move forward with them..
You can transfer multiple in parallel. Won’t interfere with each other. You can then work for any of them. Source: did something simiLar
Who ever gets last approval will have the last laugh. Unless one withdraws before the other gets an approval. The most recommended way for you to go is ask your first employer to withdraw the application and then proceed with amazon.
Thanks godman. Yeah, I am planning to.
Not really unless Amazon decides to pull it back uscis considers both as valid xfer. However he can only work for one employer per the lca. However, I do agree with you that given the madness going on it’s always better to reject the one you are not interested in. And as always immigration attorneys are best people to answer these questions.
Hi I actually went through similar situation where I have signed multiple offers and it’s totally fine to initiate multiple h1 transfers. Remember at any point of time a person can have maximum up to 7 h1bs on his name but the payroll should be run on only any one of h1b
Thanks yash. This is helpful.
You can have multiple H1b transfers at the same time - you can also work on multiple H1bs at the same time ! However in your case when you clearly want to work for Amazon only, its ethical to apologize to the first employer asap and tell them to stop process so that they can save costs - however pls note that in a real life scenario you should do this only when Amazon has send the petition to USCIS
Thanks. Yeah, I am planning to tell them after second company h1 transfer goes through.
Did you continue interviews after the first offer? Or did you accept it before the Amazon recruiter got back to you?
Yes. I was in a position either to accept/decline the first one before amazon onsite interview.
Hey all, I talked to the lawyer. Here are the questions, Me: Does second employer need to know about visa transfer filed by the first one? Lawyer: No, they don't have to. They can file their own petition. Me: Does petitions conflict with each other? Lawyer: No, as long as the they are coming from different employers. Me: when I decide to join second company after approval, How would first company deal with its petition? Lawyer: first company can withdraw the petition. But you can start working for the second one without worrying. I think this aligns with all of your suggestions. Thank you so much for taking time and helping the situation. Hope this helps someone in future.
I am in an exactly similar situation. Just that my joining date with company #1 could fall earlier than the date by when company #2 will be able to get my HB petition transfer approval. In that case, I don't want to join the company #1 and leave after few weeks. - both ethical and logistical issues. In your case, had you informed the first company to withdraw the application before #2's approval ? I am thinking of doing that but want to play it safe at the same time. And how about informing the current employer. I believe that post H1B transfer approval ?
I haven't asked the first company to withdraw the application. It was approved even before the second petition was filed. There was no conflict as expected. Now waiting on second approval. I think there shouldn't be any conflict in your case as well. All the best!
Hello all, my H1 transfer was approved. There was an RFE for speciality occupation, amazon responded and then it was approved. Thank you guys for helping the situation. I am happier than on the day I had offer😀
Hi.. congratulations first of all.. have you started working for the first company before joining amazon? Did you join amazon on receipt number or did you wait until the visa gets approved for safer side?
Hi, No I didn’t work for the first company before starting at amazon. (Based on my research, that case would not make amazon’s petition valid as you are not working for the company amazon is claiming). Yes, I joined with receipt and while amazon was responding with RFE.
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