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... like 2-3 weeks? That's how long mine took, just a short while ago.

H1B presents some friction in switching jobs, but to call it "difficult", especially in current market conditions, is vastly overselling it.

What if you wanted to work in a completely different field, go to law school, or quit your job and start a new business?

Transferring an H1b is really not that hard to do. We did it for less than $15k or so and a few weeks of back-and-forth at my last startup. Don't be put off by the process.

It's a bit hard to get a clear impression from this discussion about the amount of difficulty for transferring between employers on an h1b. Can anyone who has been through this process more than once (either as an employer or employee) shed more light on this please?