Chiya_tea. I work through consultancy. I know where you coming from, and all those fear. When you have a H1, you are a fulltime employee for your compnay, its just that you work at client sites. I recetly took the new memoredum published by USCIS on Jan 08 2010 to read on the planes. It is almost 24 pages. and nowhere I found that all the talks and gossips that ppl were talking in sajha and other places. The rules were there before too and all the definations were vague or understood. But now they have strictly defined this rules and to the point, specially Employee-Employer realtionship, particulary focusing on third party placement. SOme of the points were like to whom you report, who tracks down ur progress, what is the method of communiocations, and how often and many more.

POnn-Hill is right. But u know what all the hassesl is not worth it when you are there in Nepal for thress weeks. I just don't want to spend a week for a day work. SO I paid, and I think its simply worth the time and ease. But the irony was, the guy @ the nepal immgiration during departure didn't even bother to look at the stamp given by DOL. Ponhill made a excellent point , make sure that at your contrcat or letter from EMployer, somewhere it is stated that you work so and so hours in a day and the monthy or auunaly salary. Mero contrcat ma how many hours a weeks state garya thiyana, so the guy said u have to print a new contract ( don't worry they print the contrcat rt there, and i mean all kinds of contract). Luckly i had a print out of hours reported to my client, which I submitted there.

I took my own health-certificate, but the guy said they usually refuse to accept that. SO they printed out. Usually the cost would be around Rs 2300, But I just simply gave the guy Rs 5100. and in 2-3 hours I was good to go.

THough I got visa in no time, My interview was very detail, and she asked me a lot of questions.