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The I-485 AC21 provision is not related to the H1B other than most people affected by it also have H1Bs. However the H1B is pretty portable in practice: even th
by pandaman 12y ago
The I-485 AC21 provision is not related to the H1B other than most people affected by it also have H1Bs. However the H1B is pretty portable in practice: even though there is no formal grace period, practically, you have about 3 months to find a job and just do an easy transfer (you get a new I-90) and if it takes more then you might need to leave the country to get a new H1B stamped and receive a new I-90 at the border.
Also, the AC21, I believe, allows to start working on H1B as soon as you've filed a reasonable H1B app (provided you are already in the country legally, of course, so it applies mostly to the COS/AOS process).
Source: I had been laid of on H1B twice, one time I started working on the new company immediately after filing the new H1B, the other time I had to wait ~3 months for the application to pass through.