Time taken to do H1B in premium

[venkatdabri]

Hello Friends,
The company lawyer told me that it will take 3-4 weeks to do the H1B transfer + extension in premium. I was surprised because I thought that it should only take 15 days. She told me that the LCA will take a week to do. Only after LCA can they apply for transfer + extension and then it will 15 days. Is this right that it will take 3-4 weeks. One of my friends said that his H1B transfer was done in 15 days and never mentioned anything about LCA. Is LCA an extra step that this company is doing?

[shervin143]

Your lawyer is right. H1B petition cannot be filed without a valid LCA. LCA will take anywhere between a week to 10 days to get approved. The H1B petition need to be filed with a copy of the approved LCA. From the date on which USCIS received your documents (date of receipt notice), it will take up to 15 days to get the decision.