I will be joining Google as an L5. I am being told the H1B visa transfer process would take 2 months to complete(with premium processing). Is this normal @ Google? The transfer is being processed by BAL.
Is there anyone that I can contact(other than the recruiter) to expedite the process?
new TC: 476k
YOE: 7
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Day 0 - Accepted offer
Day 7 - Questionnaire sent to me by BAL
Day 8 - I filled questionnaire and uploaded docs
Day 10 - Had a call with the case assistant to go over further process
Day 16 - Filed LCA
Day 23 - LCA approved. BAL Sent docs to Google for signature
Day 31 - Google returned signed docs
Day 36 - H1b change of employer petition filed at USCIS
Day 37 - Received receipt notice
Day 46 - Case was approved
Day 53 - Lawyers received I-797 approval notice. They uploaded scanned copy and preparing to send it to me
Day 61 (today) - They haven't sent it yet.
It took 46 days from when I accepted the offer to getting H1b approval. It could have been more too if USCIS took more time to review my case. You can ask Google to give signed docs back faster and save some time there.
Most lawyers ask not to travel while a case is *in progress*. Lawyer will know exact details on what qualifies as "in progress" in this set of steps.
(Standard disclaimer on this, this is just my observations over a couple of transfers. Ask your lawyer for exact details)
Takes about a month and a few days usually, minimum 3 weeks if you're lucky.
Slightly under 1 week to get your questionnaire done + file LCA
7-10 days for LCA from department of justice
2-3 days after this minimum to file with USCIS
7-15 calendar days for premium processing
Plus whatever time it takes in the mail to get a physical copy of your approval. Not everyone waits for this last one before joining.
You pick the higher end of these, plus add a few days delays in case of weekends, holidays etc, and you could hit 40-45 days easily.
I doubt anyone except folks who were laid off do that though. If your case is rejected you could be technically out of status.
Maybe companies re-file in that case, but you'd likely be put on unpaid leave.
Here the case hasn't been filed yet.
Can you please update here if you are able to speed up the process.