Hello All;
             I am working on OPT right now and my desi consultancy has filed for my H1 and got it approved. My h1 starts from oct.
I want to get rid of this emloyee as i have problem with their salary . So i want to find a new company that can transer my h1. is it possible to do so now or i have to wait for atleast a year to transfer? I am a java/ j2ee developer has been working for almost 2 yrs. also i want to know how much salary should i expect?
Thanks

the beginning salary for a java is 65K per year with benefits.. you an get it transffered after 3 mos of working with them.. :) this is as per uscis.. there are ppl doing it earlier too.. as of what i have heard

tnt bro,
1stofall, mercynova has given you the right answer regarding transfer H1. Legally speaking you are not in h1, until 1st of Oct so transferring h1 before that is not a valid option. It's like filing new h1 with new employer. Also, there is no such USCIS term called "transferring H1", this is just easily used term to better understnd. The only differnce between filing a new h1 and moving ur existing h1 to diff employer is in the quota rule. Once you have h1, you don't have to fall under quota of 65k or 20k. Rest is same - the process and docs are same.
regarding move , i suggest you to atleast wait 2 pay period (if biweekly or just over a month) before you transfer. get 2 paystub and start the process. this is helpful.
Since you said u r with desi consultancy, I assume u had 6-7 years of experince right out of college. SO u have to understnd this -
No matter which consulatncy you go there will be not a significant differnce in pay. 60 K is normal for starter at consulatncy. I have seen ppl with 55k and some with 65K in java.
Since you said you alreday have 2 years, teh best bet is to find fulltime diurect hire with the same resume. Salaray would be at least around 100k. Now this is tough, u know that.
If money is the issue, then ur best option is either switch company (another consulatncy) and work on %, rather than slaray.
with 2 years you should easily get 80/20 without benefits.
The contract position of java gets anywhere from 55-70/hour with a layer inbetween.
So you should be at least getting around 45/hour.
I frd's frd (java developer) gets only 36/hour. but his consulting compnay gets 60/hour. just to give you an idea......

thanks MercyNova and Stupida .

You can transfer your H1B from Dhoti to current employer or any other vendor once it will starts from October 1st. there are two ways for transferring H1B, regular or Premium. If you want to go for regular, you can start the process now since it will at least take 2-3 months to get approve. Your Dhoti consultancy (current employer) will not have any clue that you already have transferred your H1B, until you tell them. Once everything is approved and transferred, you have to let them know that you will no longer be working with them.

But you know there are some problems you might face while doing this. You need to know what resume dhoti presented to USCIS when they filled your H1. I don’t know how you are going to get that from them. Also, if you have signed any contract with dhoti and if it is still valid, they might make a big deal about it. You also have to make sure that your new employer will be fine with your situation with real/fake resumes.

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so Nalini
         how much money Can i expect to get paid from your company with such experience if i am to transfer my h1.? 
thanks

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