The maximum period you'll be allowed to stay on your initial H-1B visa is three years. After that, you can apply for extensions up to a maximum of an additional three years.
What happens if you lose your job while your employment-based green card application is in process? With another job, you might be able to continue toward permanent residence.
Maintaining legal status in the U.S. becomes especially important when waiting to apply for permanent residency (or waiting to receive your green card after you have applied).
After having invested in a U.S. venture and been allowed to enter the U.S. to oversee your investment, you’re perhaps now thinking that you want to make your U.S. stay more permanent.
Options for foreign workers when USCIS denies a visa application, whether the foreign worker is already in the U.S. in a different immigration status or currently outside the United States.