I know this guy who did not tell me his full story but I'm wondering how come it is possible or he is lying. he graduated in march of 2008(masters). Filled h1 through Desi company in April 2008. Got job in American company in may2008 which did not offer H1B but accepted H1B xfer. All the papers of H1B does not come till October as per my knowledge. he claims he bought h1b from desi consultancy for $3000 and xfer the h1b to american company with in 6 mths. Is it possible. Doesn't he need to show paystub to govt before changing his h1 to another company atleast 6 to 12 mths. If this is possible I might copy his formula?

It is quite possible to transfer the H1 with out the pay stub.

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He is not lying
a. graduated in March 2008- so OPT should be valid from March 08 - till Oct 2008 ( as H1B kicks in from Oct 1)
b. Consultancy filed H1B. He doesn't necessarily have to work till Oct 1 , 2008 . As H1B is valid fromOct 1. But if he wants he could because he has Opt
c.  he didn't even have to pay consultancy to transfer but in his case most likely consultancy didn't give him his H1b file number so he couldn't file new H1B from American company.
d. Paper work i.e  for H1B comes within a month ( i.e April 30) if you had filed as premium but some people also got papers within a month .

So there is nothing special about this case. Clear and simple. Hope this helps.