Now that my H1B from a university will be expired soon; and I got a job offer from an industrial company, for which I will start working on Oct 1st. To fill out the gap in between, my school is willing to provide me H1B extension till Sep 30th. Therefore,
1. Does the school need to file the extension petition for me before my old H1B expiration date? or alternatively, does the USCIS has to recieve my petition before my old H1B expiration date? Which one is correct?
2. Does my H1B extension has anything to do with the company's filing a new H1B for me? In other words, does the company need the receipt of my H1B extension (from the shcool) as a pre-requisite to initiate filing the new H1B (from the company) for me?
Thanks a lot for your help!