---
type: immigration
category: immigration
person: Yanxin Lu
date: 2020
petition_type: H-1B (amendment)
---

# H-1B Amendment - 2020 - Yanxin Lu

## Key Facts
- **Beneficiary**: Yanxin Lu (DOB: 10/17/1989, China)
- **Petitioner/Employer**: Facebook, Inc.
- **Filing Date**: 06/16/2020 (received by USCIS)
- **Approval Date**: 07/28/2020
- **Receipt/Case Number**: WAC2022551176
- **Case Type**: I-129 Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker
- **Validity Period**: 06/16/2020 to 05/27/2023
- **I-94 Validity**: 06/16/2020 to 06/06/2023
- **Status**: Approved (I-797A)
- **Job Title**: Software Engineer
- **Wage**: $157,104.75 per year
- **LCA Case Number**: I-200-20148-606056
- **Worksite**: 12105 West Waterfront Drive, Suite 250, Los Angeles, CA 90094 (plus additional worksites)
- **Attorney**: Elena Nesch, Berry Appleman & Leiden LLP
- **Matter Number**: 91.13190.7

## Documents Included
- `H-1B Amend Filed 15-JUN-2020.pdf` - Complete filing packet (50 pages, includes I-129, LCA, support docs)
- `lu-i797a-2020.pdf` - I-797A Approval Notice with I-94
- `SEE-RIC-01320091717291.pdf` - Approval cover letter and memo from BAL
- `checklist.pdf` - H-1B petition document checklist
- `cobalt2.balglobal.com.pdf` - Cobalt portal documents
- `yanxin_resume.pdf` - Yanxin Lu resume
- `baylor_transcript.pdf` - Baylor University transcript
- `diploma_baylor.pdf` - Baylor University diploma
- `diploma_rice_ms.pdf` - Rice University M.S. diploma
- `diploma_rice_phd.pdf` - Rice University Ph.D. diploma
- `rice_transcript_official2.pdf` - Rice University official transcript
- `passport_new.pdf` - Current passport
- `passport_old.pdf` - Previous passport
- `visa_h1b_2019.pdf` - H-1B visa stamp (2019)
- `I94_oct_2019.pdf` - I-94 from October 2019
- `jiang_i94.pdf` - Dependent (Jiang) I-94
- `jiang-passport.pdf` - Dependent (Jiang) passport
- `marriage_cert.pdf` - Marriage certificate
- `i20_2010.PDF` through `i20_2018.pdf` - I-20 forms (7 files)
- `pay_04_03_2020.pdf`, `pay_04_17_2020.pdf`, `pay_05_01_2020.pdf` - Pay stubs (3 files)

## Notable Details
- Amended petition (not new employment) - basis was "Amended petition" with extension of stay
- Prior receipt number from 2018 cap petition: WAC1814652712
- Prior H-1B status expiring 07/25/2021; this amendment extended to 05/27/2023
- Worksite changed to Los Angeles area (from original Menlo Park)
- Position: Software Engineer at Facebook, Inc., worksite at 1 Hacker Way (aka 1601 Willow Rd.), Menlo Park, CA 94025
- Filed via Premium Processing on 05/14/2020, received 06/16/2020, approved 07/28/2020
- Approval letter dated 09/03/2020, sent to 1000 Escalon Ave, Apt K2087, Sunnyvale, CA 94085
- Filed during COVID-19 pandemic; BAL letter notes U.S. entry restrictions for H-1B/H-4 holders
- Attorney: Elena Nesch, Senior Associate Immigration Attorney, BAL