ISSS needs to approve any promotions or changes in your job title before they take place and an H-1B amended petition will need to be filed and receipted before the promotion can occur. 

First, your department should complete a new H-1B request in ISSS Link. If you are an O-1 scholar, contact your ISSS advisor who handled the current (previously filed) O-1 petition to start the discussion.  If you are not sure, please email isss@emory.edu.   Info for departments >>

After ISSS receives notice from USCIS and notifies your department, you can be promoted to your new position.

Again, in all promotion cases, ISSS will have to file an amendment petition with USCIS. Once the petition is filed, it normally takes 3 weeks to get a receipt notice from USCIS after which the promotion can occur.