Family members of the H-1B worker are admitted to the United States in the H-4 category. Qualifying family members include only the spouse and unmarried children under 21 years old. As of may 2015, they too can work.
As long as you hold a valid H1B, then you’re eligible to adjust your status to green card holder.
H1bs can change jobs. The “h1 transfer” is a new petition without restriction of the h1b cap.
Yeah. In theory.
In practice one of my coworkers was deported within 24 hours of the layoff, he was sent back to the ayatollah's Iran.
No one has heard anything from him since.
You still have to wait in line, which these days usually takes longer than the H-1 period, even with a renewal.
H1bs can change jobs. The “h1 transfer” is a new petition without restriction of the h1b cap.
It's rare because the new company needs to pay the transfer fee, and the transfer needs to occur without a gap. You can't walk out and get a new job later. Likewise, you can't just get any job, but you'll need to find one essentially below market so the new company can afford the transfer.