{"id":5596,"date":"2024-07-01T14:29:14","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T18:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/iso\/?page_id=5596"},"modified":"2026-04-27T14:06:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T18:06:02","slug":"petitions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/iso\/scholars-employees\/h-1b\/petitions\/","title":{"rendered":"H-1B Petition Types"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":5466,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/one-column.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"class_list":["post-5596","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"lead_in":"","display_title":"","subtitle":"","call_to_action":"","hero_image_placement":"no_image","hero_media":"images","hero_pattern_option":"","hero_video":"","hero_image_landing":"","hero_image_landing_two":"","hero_image_landing_three":"","content_modules_above":[{"acf_fc_layout":"text","anchor":"","css_class":"mt-0 pt-15","title":"","content":"There are both initial H-1B petitions, as well as extension of H-1B petitions, that are important to understand.\r\n<h2><strong>Initial H-1B petitions<\/strong><\/h2>\r\nInitial H-1B petition requests fall into one of following three categories:\r\n<h4>1. Change of Status<\/h4>\r\nIf an initial H-1B request is for a new hire who is already in the US but in a different status, such as J-1 Scholar or F-1 Student, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/iso\/visas\/change-immigration-status\/\">change of status<\/a> is necessary. ISO requires premium processing for change of status requests due to the lengthy back log of normal processing at USCIS. An H-1B approval notice (Form I-797) from USCIS must be received by ISO before the new hire begins working as a University employee.\r\n<h4>2. Consulate Notification<\/h4>\r\nIf you\u2019re outside the US, you may need to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/iso\/scholars-employees\/h-1b\/obtaining\/\">obtain an H-1B visa stamp<\/a> in your passport from a US Consulate or Embassy in their country of citizenship. Canadian citizens don\u2019t need a visa stamp to enter the US.\r\n\r\n<strong>Note to departments:<\/strong> ISO is premium processing consulate notification requests due to the lengthy back log of normal processing at USCIS. We\u2019ll notify the hiring department when an H-1B approval notice (Form I-797) arrives and arrange for it to be picked up by the department. It\u2019s the department's responsibility to ship the notice, along with a copy of the H-1B petition, to the new employee. The employee needs to bring these documents and others to their consular visa appointment. <a href=\"\/iso\/scholars-employees\/h-1b\/processing\">Learn more about the processing timeline<\/a>.\r\n<h4>3. Portability<\/h4>\r\nIf you\u2019re already in the U.S. and working in the H-1B classification for a different employer, USCIS allows your new employer to \"port\" the current H-1B. Once the University has filed a portability petition with USCIS\u00a0<em>and\u00a0<\/em>received a USCIS receipt\u00a0(Form I-797) for the H-1B petition, immigration regulations allow the new employee to begin working for the University of Rochester while the H-1B petition is pending with USCIS.\r\n<h2><strong>Extension of H-1B petitions<\/strong><\/h2>\r\nBy mutual agreement between the department and the employee, an initial H-1B can be extended for up to three years. 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