My friend got laid off on May 1, 2009. He was on a H-1B for less than a year. He filed and got approved for a Change of Status to B-2 (valid from July 17th, 2009 through Jan 16th, 2010). Meanwhile, as was expected his earlier employer had sent the notice to USCIS for revocation of his earlier H-1B. He is now searching for a new job. The questions I have are:
a) If a new employer files for H-1B for him, will he not come under any cap? Also can his H-1B can be filed any time of the year?
b) If the new H-1B is filed in Aug, with premium processing, then would his start date be Oct 1st, 2009 only, or can he start working earlier?
Please help, he is looking for a job pretty aggressively but because someone told him that he cant start working till oct 1st he is pretty tensed!
a) If a new employer files for H-1B for him, will he not come under any cap? Also can his H-1B can be filed any time of the year?
b) If the new H-1B is filed in Aug, with premium processing, then would his start date be Oct 1st, 2009 only, or can he start working earlier?
Please help, he is looking for a job pretty aggressively but because someone told him that he cant start working till oct 1st he is pretty tensed!
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