H4 to H1 after 6 months of petition approval date.

[Leocap1]

I am on H1 and wife on H4. one Consultant is ready to file H1 petition for my wife for 2016-17 (all fees will be paid by me). lets assume her petition gets approved around oct-2016 but she wants to start working in April-2017. So we will do 'change of status' from H4 to H1 in april-2017 only. In such case what kind of steps consultant can take ? Please suggest if you have came across such scenario. Any suggestion is welcome.
Thanks in Advance.

[raghvi]

I am on H1 and wife on H4. one Consultant is ready to file H1 petition for my wife for 2016-17 (all fees will be paid by me). lets assume her petition gets approved around oct-2016 but she wants to start working in April-2017. So we will do 'change of status' from H4 to H1 in april-2017 only. In such case what kind of steps consultant can take ? Please suggest if you have came across such scenario. Any suggestion is welcome.
Thanks in Advance.

First of all its illegal to pay for ones H1. But as a general question in order to avoid working till April 2017 the employer should file H1 as consular processing and file a COS as and when ready to work

This is my opinion not legal advice.

[Leocap1]

First of all its illegal to pay for ones H1. But as a general question in order to avoid working till April 2017 the employer should file H1 as consular processing and file a COS as and when ready to work

This is my opinion not legal advice.

Thanks Raghvi for the info.