Fellow F-1/H1B visa folks: Have you had any experience moving between firms? How does it differ before and after you get your H1B? Thanks!

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ok consultant 3: CYTO. I am in same situation. Yes, you need LCA in case you are starting a new project or going to work at a new location.
It takes 2-3 weeks to get LCA.
If you are going for orals or a short term work for less than a week, I don't bother getting new LCA.
Once a client wanted me working at new location for 2-3 months and I applied for LCA. Client asked partner if it can be harried up, partner calmly said it takes time and till that time, they will have to wait. It was hardly 1-2 week remote work.
That onshore offshore thingy- that's not consulting. That is not sustainable. I hope you get real client exposure often.

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C2.. I think you couldn't change firms on L1. You need H1B from new employer if you want to move #mytwocents

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I had extensive conversations on this with the legal teams. You need LCA + amendment filed every time you travel to a new place. You can travel for a few days without it if you aren't doing "any deliverables and are only in meetings". Legal team prepare the case , get LCA in upto two weeks and then file the amendment. You don't need it to be approved just filed. My legal representatives straight up told us I couldn't travel if I didn't have an amendment. Btw they filed one for me in October last year and its still being processed and I am no longer with the firm! It's all painful coz now my new firm has to deal with the crap too when the approval comes in

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OP I have friends who have changed firms while on F1 but you may want to check iCE website for the details. I don't think it should be more complicated than informing your school about it and updating i20

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Also interested. Curious if someone has any experience with the L1. #pleasedotheneedfulandreply

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There's no way what consultant 3 is true. Someone please confirm.

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^ it may just he does not know and it's quietly handled by HR and Legal. Good luck to your friend and USCIS may never find out. Ask any immigration attorney outside the firm and you'll get the same answer.

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I've seen some firms take the location specific project BS seriously. Others dont. Example: mck, deloitte don't give a shit. KPMG takes it seriously (which is why advisory no longer hires internationals because they got tired of it)

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F1 can jump projects free as f***, but they need to win the lottery and then, same sh*t

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Yeah OP they are and your employer info will be in the new I20

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No, u just quit and live a different life somewhere else

What does that even mean?

Following.

Got H1B last October and then jumped from industry to consulting. H1B is hard in consulting because it's limited to MSA, ie location specific. So if you need to onboard a new project in a different location, you need to go through the LCA and H1B amendment process, which will easily take six to eight weeks. No project would wait for you that long and partners won't always be patient. So the safe strategy is to stay local and stay in one project keeping yourself extended.

The h1b part is true. I have 3 lcas

Sadly yes, your firm can in-house the project. So it's basically an internal role and you work from home or home office with no travel. Your managers work on site and send the work to you. You're the onshore offshore team. Thus you are hired by your company in your base location, and then it's just the same as non-consulting companies.

Recently checked with legal, even one day meeting at client headquarter, I need to go through the same process.

Hey Deloitte peeps, McK doesn't have that process and my buddies in there are on H1Bs and travel as much as they like... So it's not a legal requirement so I'm not going to forego a project because of that

What about moving between firms on an F1 visa (i.e. Before getting H1B

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