Dear Sir,
I find your blogs and responses very helpful in addressing particular circumstances. Request your kind help with my queries below.
I came to US in 2010 March on L1 visa through a very deemed Indian IT consulting company "I". In 2011 December, I changed my status from L1 to H1-B (fresh 2012 cap) through a very small and a disreputed (came to know about the ill reputation later) IT consulting company "Z" which had got me a contract project with a client "C1". Once I got my H1-B visa approval, it was a little delayed for the client "C1" so I lost that project and could not start work on H1-B immediately.
However, after a month I found myself another contract project (in Client-Vendor-Employer model) with client "C2" and then resigned from my company "I". Though I started working on H1-B a month after the approval date, there was no gap between my employments and I had consistent seamless pay-stubs between L1 and H1-B. I could probably show that one month period as serving notice period for company "I".
Now, I did not want to work with my employer "Z" as I came to know about the bad reputation. So, I started looking for full-time employment opportunities and fortunately, I got a full-time employment offer from a very reputed US based organization "U" which transferred my H1-B visa and I joined "U" in July 2012.
I am going to India in November this year due to certain inevitable family reasons and I would like to know your valuable suggestions on my queries below.
1. By the time I go to visa stamping interview in November, I would complete 4 months with "U" and would have 8 pay-slips from "U". So far, I have been fortunate in not having even a single day gap between my pay-stubs from companies "I", "Z" and "U". I believe that being a full-time employee with a good US based organization would be positive factor during visa interview and stamping. But should I wait for completing a definite period with "U" or would 4 months of employment with an assured long-term future employment with "U" be fine at the time of interview?
2. I have my work experience letter and W-2 for 2010 and 2011 from "I". However I might not be able to retrieve work experience letter from "Z" for the 6-7 months contract with "C2" as my employer does not seem to be providing it. Could it be an issue for the stamping process? What alternatives do I have in this scenario?
3. As mentioned above, I started working on H1-B after a month of the visa approval date. I could say I was serving the notice period with company "I". Do you see any issues with this?
Thank you!
Raj
