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Immigration Law Success Stories
February 16, 2011

Our Philadelphia Immigration Law Firm represents one of the largest generic pharmaceutical companies in the United States.  The Company wished to hire an individual for the position of Analytical Quality Control Chemist who was in the United States in H-1B status working for another employer.   The H-1B portability law permits an individual in valid nonimmigrant status who previously held H-1B status to begin working for a new H-1B employer upon the filing of an H-1B petition to change employers.  It is necessary to demonstrate to USCIS that the individual is maintaining lawful nonimmigrant status at the time of filing of the petition and for those individuals currently in H-1B status that is accomplished by providing USCIS copies of recent pay stubs from the current H-1B employer.  An individual in H-1B status filing for an H-1B change of employer should not leave the current employer at least until the new H-1B Petition is filed and some individual prefer to wait until the H-1B petition is approved in which case the use of premium processing is recommended.  The H-1B change of employer Petition filed by our firm was approved.
Filed under: H-1B Specialty Occupation Visas


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