Job Change after I-140 approval

[stuckinvisa]

Immihelp team:-

Please help me out with the following questions:-

I am in the US on L1B at this point of time will be completing 5 years soon and my company filed H1-B conversion this year and got approved as well. H1-B will be effective from October 1st and is valid for 1 years 4 months.

Meanwhile my company filed PERM/I-140 and it got approved. So I have couple of questions

1. If I go for H1-B stamping this year end in India can I go for 3 years extension or they will approve only for 1 years 4 months
2. Is it safe for me to change job after October 1st ? How I get to know whether my I-140 revoked or not?
3. If I go back to India and quit current company and come back here for the new company can I port my PD even after my I-140 revoked by my current employer?

Please advise.

[shervin143]

1. If I go for H1-B stamping this year end in India can I go for 3 years extension or they will approve only for 1 years 4 months
>>> H1B visa will be stamped only till your H1B petition expiry date.

2. Is it safe for me to change job after October 1st ? How I get to know whether my I-140 revoked or not?
>>> Yes, you can change job post Oct 1st. But if the new employer doesn't start your GC process right away (Most employers won;t start the process immediately. They will ask you to wait for 6 to 12 months), you cannot extend your H1B after 6 years. YOu can track your I-140 status at the USCIS case tracker. But the information there will not be 100% reliable. Sometimes, even though the petition is revoked, it might not get updated and might show the wrong status. Checking with the employer is the reliable one.

3. If I go back to India and quit current company and come back here for the new company can I port my PD even after my I-140 revoked by my current employer?
>>> Yes. PD can be ported if you have a copy of your I-140.

[stuckinvisa]

1. If I go for H1-B stamping this year end in India can I go for 3 years extension or they will approve only for 1 years 4 months
>>> H1B visa will be stamped only till your H1B petition expiry date.

2. Is it safe for me to change job after October 1st ? How I get to know whether my I-140 revoked or not?
>>> Yes, you can change job post Oct 1st. But if the new employer doesn't start your GC process right away (Most employers won;t start the process immediately. They will ask you to wait for 6 to 12 months), you cannot extend your H1B after 6 years. YOu can track your I-140 status at the USCIS case tracker. But the information there will not be 100% reliable. Sometimes, even though the petition is revoked, it might not get updated and might show the wrong status. Checking with the employer is the reliable one.

3. If I go back to India and quit current company and come back here for the new company can I port my PD even after my I-140 revoked by my current employer?
>>> Yes. PD can be ported if you have a copy of your I-140.

Thank you so much.