Posted by: FB|1058071085 February 20, 2012
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I have not been through the process but let me give you my input. By law the fees associated with H1B sponsorship ( which is to be paid to USCIS) can not be paid by the employee. If they are willing to sponsor H1B they have to pay and you can give them back. Regarding the cost of lawyer it depends on whom you hire. Another deciding factor is the no. of employees in the company. If no. of employees is less than 25 and you hire a mediocre lawyer it will cost around $2500. If number of employee is more than 25 the cost can go upto 4-5K. And one more thing this is regular process. If you do premier process it will cost you 1200-1500 bucks extra and you will get decision in 15 days; otherwise it will take 3 months.
Regarding the working in OPT I have seen people who directly have done H1B from F1 ( but it was position in the university). As far as I know you can directly go into H1B. For that company needs to file your H1B starting April 1. If your H1B is approved then you can work but no earlier that october 1 because H1B starts from October 1. But if you have OPT you can start working instantly and do H1B later. So, in my opinion the best thing to do will be get OPT start working and do H1B later. You can get OPT no later than 2 months after your graduation date.
Note: These information are best to my knowledge and may or may not be true. I suggest you to check USCIS site for further info.
Thanks and good luck
I have not been through the process but let me give you my input. By law the fees associated with H1B sponsorship ( which is to be paid to USCIS) can not be paid by the employee. If they are willing to sponsor H1B they have to pay and you can give them back. Regarding the cost of lawyer it depends on whom you hire. Another deciding factor is the no. of employees in the company. If no. of employees is less than 25 and you hire a mediocre lawyer it will cost around $2500. If number of employee is more than 25 the cost can go upto 4-5K. And one more thing this is regular process. If you do premier process it will cost you 1200-1500 bucks extra and you will get decision in 15 days; otherwise it will take 3 months.
Regarding the working in OPT I have seen people who directly have done H1B from F1 ( but it was position in the university). As far as I know you can directly go into H1B. For that company needs to file your H1B starting April 1. If your H1B is approved then you can work but no earlier that october 1 because H1B starts from October 1. But if you have OPT you can start working instantly and do H1B later. So, in my opinion the best thing to do will be get OPT start working and do H1B later. You can get OPT no later than 2 months after your graduation date.
Note: These information are best to my knowledge and may or may not be true. I suggest you to check USCIS site for further info.
Thanks and good luck