Compared to Indians programmers and software engineers who come with other visas such as L1 and B1, their visas is not so flexible for changing jobs, which is the best fact of H1 visa. Most Indians obtain their work visas from company such as Wipro, Infosys, Satyam or TCS. But there are some who got their visas from Desi consultants.

There many advantages of H1 Visa.  When you are working, you are able to change your employer, meaning that you can easily change your work at any time. Besides, if you get your H1 visa, it is valid and legal for 3 years and you can easily lengthen its validity for 3 years more.

Other advantage of H1 visa is after you get it, you can apply for US Green Card that starts with Labor certification after few months you join the company. But, you also need to know that H1 visa also has disadvantages.

The first one is, if you plan to switch your job, your new employer has to pay for the transfer fee but this is not a problem as if you are working with big companies, they will surely do not mind in paying the transfer fee for you. But, somehow, there are also some Indian companies that take money from you indirectly or claim a bond.

You should act fast to get this visa. This is because, there are a maximum number of quota of 65 000 H1 visas that get filled up rapidly and always done by lottery system. Always remember to be well prepared to file your H1 visa.

Lastly, put in mind to apply for your visa one year earlier so that you will not have problems getting your visa.  Get everything ready, your US offer letter, passport and other documents by December.

But please note there are a bunch of dos’ and don’ts associated with both the types of Visas. I would briefly touch upon them in the under mentioned manner.

For a B1 visa traveler:

1. The person would be eligible to conduct negotiations.
2. He might solicit investment of different types or might try to enhance sales of products and articles of a different country.
3. Discuss and plan the above mentioned with interested parties even create legal agreements related to the same.
4. Attend participate or hold meetings.
5. He would be permitted to interview people for the purpose of hiring.
6. He would have all freedom under the sun to conduct any kind of business related research.

The under mentioned are what may be termed as don’ts, and to do them the person would need a working Visa.

1. No would be permitted to run any sort of business.
2. Any activity of gainful nature would not be permitted.
3. No payments may be received from any organization with in the geographic boundaries of United States would be permitted.
4. The individual would not be permitted to take part in any sort of sporting event as. However the person may be a spectator for the same.

People who would want to enter the United States as a visitor would be issued a Visa for a period of not more than six months; however extensions on the same are permissible to a maximum of another six months while in the United States.