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Home All FAQs Working Visas H-1B and L-1 I was recently laid off from my H-1B sponsor job. Now I found a new job. Can I start working for my new employer under the transfer provisions?

I was recently laid off from my H-1B sponsor job. Now I found a new job. Can I start working for my new employer under the transfer provisions?

Tuesday, 03 March 2009 03:30 FAQs - H-1B and L-1
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It depends. If you applied for a change to another status, such as B-2, and filed the transfer within a relatively short time (most people say 60 days, although I have also heard some people say 30 days), then USCIS would indeed consider this a transfer even if you changed to some other status in the meantime.

By the way, note that you do not need to wait for the original change of status to be approved.

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