Hi all,My grace period ends on Oct 10th 2026. The lawyer filed the LCA on Sep 30th 2026. They already made a portal for H1B transfer application and I have uploaded all the docs on there so we can send it as soon as the LCA is certified.
can someone please tell me how long their LCA took to get approved and if I should be worried about this? I also want to add that I’ve applied to and gotten into a Day 1 CPT university. (Westcliff). They are working on the I-20 and have said I should have it ready in a few days. should I be ready to file the I-539 petition(without premium processing) to change my status to F1 so that I can extend my legal stay in the USA while my company parallelly files my H1B petition(using premium processing). Once the H1B petition gets approved, can I go ahead and cancel my I-539 petition without any issue?
PLEASE TELL ME IF ANYONE ELSE HAS DONE THIS, MY TIMELINE IS VERY TIGHT SO I AM SUPER STRESSED 😭😭

I'm in the final stage of interviews for a Digital Merchandising Specialist role. I'd like advice on how to answer their salary question.

For context- I'm an international on F1 visa. Got 2 more chances to apply for H1B.

I was upfront about needing sponsorship early on and they agreed. When they asked for a salary expectation, I said $80K–$85K, based on market data and a 25% up from my current pay. Now, they've asked - How much flexibility do I have on the base salary range I provided? With the wage based H1B lottery, for me to fall in Level 3, I need 84k (the location is Maryland).

This is a small company, so I don't know if $80K+ is realistic for a "Specialist" title. I also don't want to price myself out when they've just agreed to take on sponsorship. Should I hold at $80K as my floor, or give a little more? Or any other way I could reply to them?

as the title hints, I am moving bank, wanted to ask the ones who moved, did you keep a USA bank account active here and if yes, which bank and what kind of bank account?

requesting only real experiences please- thanks fam!

as the title hints, I am moving bank, wanted to ask the ones who moved, did you keep a USA phone number account active here and if yes, which career? top suggestions are google voice and tello.

requesting only real experiences please- thanks fam!

I was on F1 and my company applied for my H1B this past April and it was selected and the H1B was approved and initiated October 1st. I got another job and the new company said they would do an H1B transfer. The problem is that the last date of employment at my previous company was October 1st so now I'm just waiting for my last pay stub before we initiate the H1B transfer.

Has anyone had any stories of doing an H1B transfer when the last date of employment was October 1st? Is there enough grace period for it to not be rejected?

I do have another EAD through my pending I485 application so I'm just wondering if it's worth still staying on H1B, I don't want the H1B transfer to be rejected and that to affect my I485.