An H1B transfer allows a foreign national who was previously granted an H1B employment visa to transfer their status to a new job. As an H1B visa allows for an individual to work in the United States under a company that sponsors them, an H1B transfer indicates a new job and therefore a new company that is willing to sponsor this visa. The new employer must have filed a non-frivolous petition on behalf of the foreign national and requires that the alien has not accrued any unlawful presence while in the United States. An H1B transfer is not the issuance of a new visa, but rather a transfer of the existing H1B visa. The H1B visa holder may therefore change their job throughout their H1B status so long as they have an employer that can file a necessary petition for the employment of that holder.