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  • F1 to OPT to H1B - Travel allowed in my case?

    Hi,

    I am currently doing my MBA on F1 status. I finish all my course requirements by June 10th 2017 (marked on my I20) and my F1 VISA will also expire on the same date. I am planning to apply for OPT in Feb with a start date of 1st June since I already have job offered lined up.

    I will start working on August 21st 2017. My employer is applying for H1B on April 2017 in order to give me two chances at the lottery. I heard that are different ways to do the transition to H1B, change of status or consular processing. Not sure how they would impact my situation. I may also pay to use premium processing if that helps my case.

    My question: If I do get selected on the H1B lottery in 2017, can I travel outside of the US in July (going to my home country) and come back to start working on August 2017? I would come back and start working using my OPT, assuming that my H1B become valid on Oct 1st. Can I risk losing my H1B because of that?

    Timeline:

    April 2017 - Apply H1B

    June 2017 - MBA Graduation and OPT starts

    July 2017 - Travel to my home country

    August 2017 - Come back to US with my OPT and start working?

    October 2017 - H1B becomes active?

    Thanks!

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