A year long struggle ... comes to an end ... hopefully … Mar 2019 - Laid off from FTE at Wall St Giant (I-94 valid till mid Jan 2020) May 2019 - Started working for a WITCH firm on H1B COE receipt in the EVC model. June 2019 - Received an RFE Aug 2019 - Employer responded to RFE. Mid Aug 2019 - USCIS Denied the case. WITCH employer puts me on unpaid leave. Said will refile H1B in 2 weeks. Mid Aug - Sep 2019 - Interviewed other firms and got an FTE offer from a Tech Giant Sep 2019 - WITCH Employer refiled a COE (8 weeks after denial instead of the 2-3 promised earlier) Early Oct 2019 - Received an RFE Oct - Nov 2019 - Accepted Job offer from Tech Giant, Immigration case review and background process took a really long time. Dec 2019 - Tech Giant filed for H1B in consular processing in premium, approval received in 10 days. Jan 2020- WITCH Employer responded to RFE (almost a week after the deadline) Mid Jan 2020 - Got H1B stamped for Tech Giant thru Dropbox successfully. TBD - Send resignation to WITCH employer TC - 165k #h1b #rfe
Congrats, and this is a prime example for why not to join on receipt 🙂
Was job less so didn’t have any choice
Congratulations!
Thanks
Who is the tech giant if you don't mind?
Why r u up so early?
Leetcoding full night. Got to get into FANG. Why are you up!
So happy for you op, congratulations and god bless you. There is always light at the end of tunnel. Hats off to you for staying through all this 👏👏👏
Thank buddy !
Which tech giant
FAANGMULLA 😬
It should be some from MULLA, else FANG would had sufficed 😛 Also, one L is LinkedIn, what's the other one?
Is that wall street giant GS by chance?
Nope
Congrats 🎈
Thanks
Being on H1B can be stressful in the best of times. Glad to know that you not only survived the ordeal but managed to improve your situation. 🎩📴
It was hell ... I’m single and didn’t tell my family either cause that just adds to stress so it was a bit difficult and the loss of pay for almost 4 months in an year was a lot 😭
What's your tc now?
Congrats! So happy for you!
Thanks buddy ☺️
😀🥳🥳🥳 Congratulations. Location? If high CoL, work on TC. Also send resignation to witch. Don’t burn the bridge. Might need them.
New York
Def more TC :).