@pack,

I don't understnd why u need a lawyer between my Employer and my client. There is no need abslutely. Yes I do have a bigger recurting compnay inbetwwen my emplyer and my clinet. Just one layer. My company is small and to get a direct clent its hard. I know a frd who works for my compnay who has a 4 layer, meaning there are 4 other small recurting compnaies in the pay-chain.

"Did Port of Entry staff ask you whether you are working as a contractor at your work place?"

I am not sure what u trying to ask here. All he asked was four questiions.

1.Whats the purpose of ur travel? or why you are visting here ( i don't remeber his exact words) - I said I am work here.

2. Whats ur compnay name - so and so

3. whats ur postion? - System Analyst ( though i work as SQL developer, My H1-B was filed at that time as System developer/Analyst

4. WHats ur address? so on so.

There is no such rule that u cannot work as a contarctor from other compnay. As a matter of fact many compnay now a dys choice is consultancies and contractor to reduce cost.

The new memrodum from USCIS on Jan 8 2010, defines clearly all these new rules when u work @ third party as a contrctor.

@objactives,

Lets make few thinsg clear here. I met 5 different ppl with H1-B stmping who said they got easily visa. few of them were like mine, went through these consulatncies, while other were direct placement.

 "I work as a full time employee"- I am full time employee too for my compnay, its just that I work @ client sites through my compnay . ........." in a legit company"- all company are legitimate, otherwise u won't get ur H1 approval in the first place. Its that some of these small consulat compnaies used to do  some mal-practise because of lack of definite rules and regulations from USCIS. Things are differnt now a dys since rules are defined strctly and with all the points.

, "but my salary is 40k" - I am assuming that u have H1-b approval. SInce u have ur H1 approval u have met the basic salary need for that position. otherwise u won't have ur approval. There is strict rules for salary range while filing H1. Unless ur compnay lied about ur salary during ur filing u should be good., and "I work as a Web Developer"-- Ur position and daily work activties should match ur title during ur H1-b filing.. "I am mostly concerned about the job category" - u should be fine on these., "and the salary range"- I make 65K. Were you close to this or were you on a high end?
SOme of the questions I remeber not in a partcular order ( though there were more).

1.Where did u graduate from>?

2.In what filed?

3. how many ppl work for ur compnay.

4. whats ur salary?

5.Whats ur position?

6.WHat you do at the present clinet?

7.Whom you report at your compnay.

8.How many hours a week do u work?

9, Do u do overtime>?

10How ofetn do u take vacations?

11. When was the last time u took ur vacations?.

12.How did u hear about ur compnay?

13. How big is the compnay.

14.How many interview did u have, and what kind?

15. There was a specif question regarding my H1-b ( since it took a year to get my approval)

16. There was another specfic question regarding my Pay-stuff. We have inhouse Pay-roll so our pay-stuff looks like a print out. (I was able to clarify why they lokk like that)