#h1b #rfe #amazon hi, i got an offer from Amazon in first week of December and they applied for my Visa on 10th of Jan and got RFE on 15th Jan. Just got to know from Fragomen that it will atleast take 4-5 weeks to get Expert opinion letter and they will review and submit the reaponse for RFE in Mid of March and they have asked Amazon to extend the start date to April as USCIS will take atleast 2 weeks from there. By the time March or April it would be around 4-5 months since i got the first offer letter, will there be any chance that Amazon might look for some other resource than waiting on me.? As anyone faced this situation. or should i start looking for other project.
Dont worry, it should be fine. They will wait. Just keep following up with fragoman and also talk to your recruiting cordinator or HM.
Yes. I’m asking them updates now and then.
Also remember that there is no gurantee that the hiring manager can find a non h1b candidate have them interviewed and on boarded before April. So most would prefer to wait it out. Have a talk with Amazon hr about the same . It's also a good time for you to find other offers
So once he finds other offers should he ask them to apply for a new h1b petition? Since Amazon's h1b petition has a rfe?
New petition with Amazon or any other company is a brand new H1 and it might get approved or get an RFE. RFE these days is default when applied in premium- USCIS wants to buy time.
It’s pretty common these days ... most recruiters and HM have been in this position .... and usually they wait for the adjudication ...
Ok. As long as they wait for me, I will I’m ok. Now a days getting job is thing and getting cleared with Visa one other big thing.
To be safe you can continue to interview elsewhere as well ... no one is stopping you
I am on the same boat. Companies are aware of the delay in immigration etc. so you will be fine. Relax! Just make sure they prepare the best response. These days people are getting denial even for google, fb, amazon etc.
Are you also with Amazon.?
I am planning to move to fb
Speciality occupation, Expert opinion letter and employer employee relationship
Ohh i see. It will take some time. Hope everything goes well
@vmfK68 did everything work out for you? Did you get approval buddy?
Did you get approval ?
What ended up happening here?
I got the rfe cleared for fb, probably op also got it cleared
How long did Fragomen actually take to submit response, if they have submitted now
@OP any update on this?
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