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  • Apr 1, 2005, 02:52 AM
    kkm
    F-1 to H-1, what's the start date of H-1? Should be approval date or visa issue day?
    As I mention before, I changed from F-1 to H-1 last year. I got my H-1 status in Feb 2004, but I went to my home country to get the H-1 visa stamp in August 2004. So I would like to know for counting my H-1 status, is it the date that USCIS (the Immigration) approved (which is Feb 1st), or the visa issued onto my passport (which is in August)?
  • Apr 1, 2005, 07:48 AM
    AtlantaTaxExpert
    Kkm:

    I would think it would be the approval day.

    When did your employer begin to withhold Social Security and Medicare taxes? That would serve as an indicator.
  • Apr 1, 2005, 10:02 AM
    kkm
    H1 status Approval Day
    My employer started withholding my social security tax and medicare tax from Feb 1 2001.
  • Apr 1, 2005, 12:29 PM
    AtlantaTaxExpert
    Then H-1 started on 1 Feb 2004.

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