2000/06/03 송준헌 juliansong@worldnet.att.net

다음 내용에 따르면 인수 합병등의 이유로 회사가 새로운 federal tax identification number를 갖게 되는 경우 H1B amended petition이 필요 합니다.

2. Company Mergers/Acquisitions and H-1Bs

In a letter to the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS),
an attorney enquired whether an amended H1B petition is required in the following scenario:

Two companies merge and a successor-in-interest is created
with a new federal tax identification number
but all foreign nationals remain in the same job positions and work locations.

In addition, the attorney asked these follow-up questions:

a) Whether the petitioner is required to pay the $500 H-1B supplemental fee;

b) Whether the $500 H-1B supplemental fee is required
when an amended H-1B petition is filed
to reflect the new federal tax identification number,
but no H1B extension of time requested on Form I-129;

c) If INS would accept petitions filed after the previous company has been dissolved; and

d) Whether there is a time frame in which amended petitions,
pursuant to a change in federal tax identification number, must be filed.

In the immigration law context,
a successor-in-interest is a generally regarded as a company
that assumes all the rights and obligations of the predecessor company.

In response to the questions posed above,
INS agreed that a successor-in-interest was created
in the situation described, and stated that an H1B amended petition is not required.

However the INS pointed out that if a new Labor Condition Application (LCA) is required pursuant
to the Department of Labor’s regulation, amended H1B petitions must be filed.
Since the Department of Labor does indeed require a new LCA if there is a new,
that would mean that an amended H1B petition is, in fact, required!

INS also reiterated that the $500 filing fee is not required for amended petitions
unless the amended petition requests an extension of the beneficiary’s stay.

INS further pointed out that current regulations do not specify a specific time frame
for filing the H1B amended petition. However, it is suggested that employers
and their representatives file the H1B amended petitions as soon as possible
after the occurrence of the event necessitating the filing of the H1B amendments.

According to the INS, an amended petition may be filed with the INS
even if a predecessor company has already been dissolved.

2000/07/28 경험자

회사가 통째로 인수되는 경우는 당장에 Transfer 하지 않고도 합법적으로 인수된 회사에 근무할 수 있습니다.

하지만 회사이름이나 소유주가 바뀌긴 바뀐 것이므로 다니면서 천천히 Transfer하면 됩니다.

저도 처음에 변호사가 빨랑 transfer하지 않으면 큰일 난다고 했는데 (불법체류가 된다나), 실제로 회사는 5월에 팔리고 그에 따른 트랜스퍼를 해야된다는 사실을 안게 연말, 서류 넣고 트랜스퍼 완료된것은 해를 넘겨서 였습니다.

만약에 제가 새 회사에 근무하는게 불법이었다면 트랜스퍼가 안되었겠지요.

나중에 이민법 관련 웹싸이트를 찾아 봤는데, 회사가 통째로 팔리면 새 회사에서 근무하면서 월급받는게 불법이 아니지만 Transfer는 하는게 좋다고 나왔습니다.

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