Posted by: Infinity_RDA March 25, 2009
H1B to F1 Transfer
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If you don't have paystubs, then u need to contact labor department. Your consulting company cannot keep u in h1 and not pay u. That means, call the labor department and make your company pay for the time when they didn't pay you..even if u were never in a project or between projects or whatever the case might be.............being in h1 and not having paystub means being out of status ........so even if u goto Nepal, they might give u problems in getting VISA again to come to USA ........saying u were out of status in h1 cause u didnt have year to date in tax ....so there is no other way , but to contact labor department and make your company pay for the time u were on h1, but when they didn't pay.......the worst would be to overstay your I-94 ...which means being illegal............Since h1 laws are confusing and complicated and it has been abused recently......they might let u come back even if u didnt have paystubs ......but they will definitely wont let u back in the country if u overstayed when your I 94 had expired ..........so don't be shy, or be in fear..............yes, they might have helped us get h1 .....but they had also abused h1b program and now they are busted.......and they had always exploited us when they had a chance........not that we wanna go against these companies..but we dont have a choice.....maintaining our status is our top priority now ......and this is how the dice rolled .......and the only way and choice we got is to call labor dept.......make the company pay......get the pay stubs ..and then going back to NEPAL FOR MBA in good school ..........even staying in america and doing MBA might not get us anywhere..same h1 B.S .........so let's go back home and get married..and we will enjoy oranges in the sun with our wives........and try to get a job or do some business....or better join politics.............if our parents can support us financially, or have a brother to crash and go for MBA school...staying in USA might be a good idea.......and also get money for the h1 and trainning fees from the company.......that the company charged........that was illegal...........sorry but things are busted now .....and we all know that ........so better in compliance with the US government and its laws..........and it's helping poor consultants like us........so go get your MONEY ! ...then goto CANADA australia .....or better go do something in nepal.................buy an inverter, a big television.......and enjoy NEPAL !

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