Bigbulus

Dear:

My petition for H-1B was approved and the approval noticed was
mailed to my lawyer's address. My lawyer mailed this notice to my
working place. It's been more than 4 weeks. I assumed that the notice
is lost in the mail.

What should I do?

1. Can I directly call BCIS
and have them re-mail the new I-94 and approval notice?
2. Will it
affect my status, will the new I-94 number/approval number change?


Please advise,

Philb

bigbulus <member17241@british_expats.com> wrote in message news:<>...
    > Dear:
    >
    > My petition for H-1B was approved and the approval noticed was
    > mailed to my lawyer's address. My lawyer mailed this notice to my
    > working place. It's been more than 4 weeks. I assumed that the notice
    > is lost in the mail.
    >
    > What should I do?
    >
    > 1. Can I directly call BCIS
    > and have them re-mail the new I-94 and approval notice?
    > 2. Will it
    > affect my status, will the new I-94 number/approval number change?
    >
    >
    > Please advise,

Hi,
Things such as loosing a notice happen every day.
Don't worry too much ;-)
You might want to check the USCIS website
http://uscis.gov/graphics/howdoi/dupapp.htm
The good news is that you can fill an application (form I-824) to get
a duplicate of your notice. The bad news is that there's a fee, $140
    

Good luck!

*** Please notice: I am not a lawyer. This is not legal advice. I am
only sharing my experience.***

PhilB

Bigbulus

Hi:

Thanks for the information about the I-824.

PART 1: Information
about the person that filed the original application or petition.
Should
I put my name, my employer, or my lawyer here?

Sorry to sound like an
idiot, but I just want to fill out everything correctly. I've tried to
call BCIS but it takes forever to get a hold of them.

Sylvia Ottemoeller

"PhilB" <> wrote in message
news:...

    > bigbulus <member17241@british_expats.com> wrote in message
news:<>...

    > > My petition for H-1B was approved and the approval noticed was
    > > mailed to my lawyer's address. My lawyer mailed this notice to my
    > > working place. It's been more than 4 weeks. I assumed that the notice
    > > is lost in the mail.
    > >
    > > What should I do?
    > >
    > > 1. Can I directly call BCIS
    > > and have them re-mail the new I-94 and approval notice?

No.

    > > 2. Will it
    > > affect my status, will the new I-94 number/approval number change?

No. You can get a true duplicate, as PhilB said.

    > Things such as loosing a notice happen every day.
    > Don't worry too much ;-)
    > You might want to check the USCIS website
    > http://uscis.gov/graphics/howdoi/dupapp.htm
    > The good news is that you can fill an application (form I-824) to get
    > a duplicate of your notice. The bad news is that there's a fee, $140
    >

The other bad news is that the I-824 takes generally a year from filing to
approval. This means you can't travel outside the U.S. for quite awhile.