Department of State Issues Guidance to the Field Regarding Corporate Reorganizations

Almost one full year after the INS opinion letter on corporate restructuring released in March of 2001, on January 25, 2002 the Department of State finally issued a cable to all diplomatic and consular posts, reaffirming its position that a new H-1B petition and H-1B visa are not necessary after corporate reorganizations, in which the new company is a “successor-in-interest.”

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