Hi everybody!

I am about to hire a non american employee in New Jersey. I have to sponsor him and I have to choose between 2 subscription options within the embassy: premium processing (15 days of processing time; cost: 1185$) or regular processing (2 to 5 months of processing time; cost: 185 US$). The problem is that the deadline to send all the documents is 2 weeks before october 1st 2004. My question is: suppose I choose the regular processing option before september 15th and the embassy gives me an answer after 4 month which is "you have to give us additional information". Then when I will send the additional information, I will have to wait again several weeks but will I still be eligible to receive my H1B visa for this year?

Last question: the person I want to hire is a student. Can he work for my company anyway during the visa processing time?

Thanks in advance for your answer.

Hello again,

Does anybody have a reply? Is it the right place to post this message or maybe I am wrong and I should post this message in another forum. Just let me know

Thanks in advance

This student is here legally of course. He has a student visa (F).

The visa I mentioned is a classic H1B visa. But for the process method, there is 2 options : premium or regular processing. The main concern here is the process speed. But at the end, the visa is a classic H1B one. I heard about this option through lawyers.

Now working without a visa is clearly illegal. I was just wondering if this person could work for my company as a student (with a student visa)