How long does the Microsoft H1B transfer take? Background check is done.Submitted H1B questionaire last week. Mine is still at Case initiation since a week. No one has reviewed the documents yet. How long is Case initiation review ? How long is the legal review ? TC: around 180k YOE: 3.5
Is it normal or premium processing?
Premium processing. I am willing to join on receipt. I want to know how long it takes for Microsoft immigration team to process my documents and file my H1B transfer
Tc or gtfo
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You need a background check for H1b transfer?
Month or two. You have to keep following. Team is in India
Mine was quick. Case initiation + legal review took about a week for me.
Is there any way to escalate the process? Looks like it will take atleast 4-6 weeks for me
For me it took around 2 weeks to file, review and apply (case was approved in 3 days) do yourself a favor and do not join on receipt. At latest wait till your status shows as approved on USCIS website and then you can tell recruiter that you are ready to join on receipt. But just don’t tell anyone in ur current company ur intentions to join MSFT untill u see approval. good luck 👍🏼
Thanks for your suggestion
You make 180k tc at intel? How’s that possible? Managers make 130k base at intel in Santa Clara.
Is there any risk in joining on receipt? Especially when situation for H1B is not so good
Of course there is. If you join on receipt, and your transfer is denied, you are screwed.
You're not really screwed. You just have to leave the US and do consular processing. The company may even let you work remotely while this is happening.
YoE, TC?