Portability

Portability is a provision of the INA intended to preserve the legal status of an H-1B worker who is already in the U.S. Portability allows the employed H-1B worker to enter into employment with a new employer provided that, the new employer has filed a nonfrivolous petition (I-129) for the employment of the H-1B worker before the date of expiration of the H-1B worker's authorized period of stay, and the new employer has submitted, along with its petition, an unexpired, approved LCA covering the same work that the individual is being hired to perform. The new employer may already hold an applicable LCA, or may have sought and received a new LCA in order to submit the petition.

The ability to purchase individual health insurance without being denied of coverage because of a pre-existing condition.

(Software) The extent to which a software component originally developed on one computer or operating system can be used on another computer or operating system.

The ability to transfer data from one system to another without being required to recreate or reenter data descriptions or to modify significantly the application being transported. 2. The ability of software or of a system to run on more than one type or size of computer under more than one operating system. See POSIX. 3. Of equipment, the quality of being able to function normally while being conveyed.