{"id":385,"date":"2016-01-11T13:12:48","date_gmt":"2016-01-12T01:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swlgpc.com\/en\/blog\/?p=385"},"modified":"2016-01-11T13:12:48","modified_gmt":"2016-01-12T01:12:48","slug":"renewing-a-drivers-license-while-on-h-1b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swlgpc.com\/eng\/renewing-a-drivers-license-while-on-h-1b\/","title":{"rendered":"Renewing a Drivers License while on H-1B"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In many states, an H-1B employee\u2019s drivers\u2019 license is linked to the validity of their current H-1B expiration date. Often enough an H-1B employee will have an extension filed on his\/her behalf without premium processing and realize after a few months while his\/her petition is pending that their driver\u2019s license is going to expire. Given this, what should an employee do?<\/p>\n<p>USCIS authorizes continued employment with the same employer for up to 240 days beyond the nonimmigrant status expiration date listed on the I-94 when an application to extend status remains pending. During this time an employee should not travel internationally. Some DMV offices will agree to issue a temporary driver\u2019s license based upon the receipt; however, in California, the DMV will not issue or renew a license while a petition is pending and there is no grace period once a license expires. In this case, the H-1B employee may want to discuss with his\/her employer regarding an upgrade to premium processing or finding alternative modes of transportation if filing premium processing is not an option.<\/p>\n<p>Once the H-1B petition has been approved, the H-1B employee should go through process of renewing their license. Further instructions can be found on the DMV website. H-1B employees should bring the following documents as proof of their authorized presence in the United States:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Original I-797 Approval Notice<\/li>\n<li>Copy of H-1B extension petition<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>While waiting for a new driver\u2019s license, the DMV will then issue a temporary license that is valid for approximately 60 days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In many states, an H-1B employee\u2019s drivers\u2019 license is linked to the validity of their current H-1B expiration date. Often enough an H-1B employee will have an extension filed on his\/her behalf without premium processing and realize after a few months while his\/her petition is pending that their driver\u2019s license is going to expire. Given [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[8,9,10],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swlgpc.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swlgpc.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swlgpc.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swlgpc.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swlgpc.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swlgpc.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swlgpc.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swlgpc.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swlgpc.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swlgpc.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}