My H 1B Visa expired in July 2016 and my employer filed an extension couple of days before the expiry. My case was pending till Feb 2017 when my employer decided to upgrade it to premium. As soon as the case was upgraded, USCIS raised RFE for the case.
By the time the RFE was responded, I completed 8 months (240 days) on my extension request and had to stop working till the approval.
I got the approval last week. the auto generated email form USCIS says that my case has been approved and it also has the dates. but then my employer confirmed that we have to wait for the actual hard copy of Approval notice I797 to be able to get me back to work.
Can anyone please confirm if this is how it is?
Also since I was out of status, my HR confirmed that since I am out of status, I cannot apply any leaves for this period and have to be on leaves without pay for this period.
I got the approval one week after I stopped working and then after that I am waiting for another week or so to get the hard copy.
Can anyone tell if I can apply my leaves for the time period between my visa approval till receiving the hard copy?
Any other thoughts?
Please let me know if you need any more information and thanks for all your help.
By the time the RFE was responded, I completed 8 months (240 days) on my extension request and had to stop working till the approval.
I got the approval last week. the auto generated email form USCIS says that my case has been approved and it also has the dates. but then my employer confirmed that we have to wait for the actual hard copy of Approval notice I797 to be able to get me back to work.
Can anyone please confirm if this is how it is?
Also since I was out of status, my HR confirmed that since I am out of status, I cannot apply any leaves for this period and have to be on leaves without pay for this period.
I got the approval one week after I stopped working and then after that I am waiting for another week or so to get the hard copy.
Can anyone tell if I can apply my leaves for the time period between my visa approval till receiving the hard copy?
Any other thoughts?
Please let me know if you need any more information and thanks for all your help.
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