Cos H4-h1

[ishakapoor]

I am currently on H1-B .My company is doing a lot of layoffs and I can be laid off anytime. So I have decided to go back to H4 but filing I-539 can take upto 3 months. Someone told me that I should go to Canada/Mexico and that process will be faster.
Can someone plz. tell me what is the procedure and what documents are required for COS from h1 to h4.
Has anyone any experience with Canada/Mexico.

[kabkaba]

Once you have applied for change of status you are immune from being out of H1 status until you get the answer, but you also should stop working. So the best answer is to send in your application the day you get laid off.