H1-B Advise for Students and Their Employers - offer

Caroline avatar
By Caroline
at 2009-05-02T23:21

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Saw this today on one of the immigration blog. This might be
of interests to people who are currently on OPT and are thinking
if they should try apply for H1-B this year.

You can find the original post here
http://blogs.ilw.com/carlshusterman/

H-1B Advice for Students and Their Employers
USCIS statistics reveal that only 1,000 H-1B "cap-subject" petitions were submitted each week during the second, third and fourth weeks of April. See

http://shusterman.com/toc-h1b.html#1

At this rate, there will be H-1Bs available until sometime in September. However, I do not believe that this will be the case. Why not?

Because, there are hundreds of thousands of F-1 students in the U.S. Many of these students will graduate from U.S. universities this June, and seek to work in the U.S.

Regarding employment in the U.S., these students should consider the following:

1. They may apply for Optional Practical Training (OPT). This is a fancy term for a one-year work permit. Under certain circumstances, the term of OPT may be extended for an additional 17-months. See

http://shusterman.com/toc-student.html#3

2. If the student's job offer requires a university degree of the type that he/she possesses and if the employer pays them at the prevailing wage, the employer can petition them for H-1B status as soon as the student obtains the required degree. Savvy employers will hire the student initially on OPT and ask the USCIS to change the student's status to H-1B beginning on October 1, 2009.

Why should students seek H-1B status in 2009 if their OPT work permits are valid until 2010?

The principle reason is that this year there are almost 20,000 H-1B slots that are up for grabs. Last year, employers submitted so many H-1B petitions that an individual's chance of obtaining H-1B status was only about 50%. The same thing could happen in 2010 leaving many students high and dry.

I predict that the H-1B petition submissions will rise significantly in June. Therefore, F-1 students who wish to work in the U.S. need to plan ahead.

When is a good time for their future employers to seek the approval of labor condition applications and prepare H-1B petitions for submission to the USCIS?

A good time would be now.

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Selena avatar
By Selena
at 2009-05-05T09:45
helpful article, thanx

OPT期間公司外派短期出差到大陸

Necoo avatar
By Necoo
at 2009-04-30T02:44
想請問一下 持OPT, 有job offer 老闆想知道我持OPT可不可以多次往來美國與大陸之間, 因為有可能被公司派去大陸短期出差(於OPT期間可能不只一次出差), 請 ...

H1-B與OPT

Oscar avatar
By Oscar
at 2009-04-28T15:10
※ 引述《pezvolante (思念無聲無息無日無夜)》之銘言: : 這是我朋友的情況,請大家幫忙看一下 : 我朋友申請了十個月的pre-completion OPT 今年五月八號到�� ...

H1-B與OPT

Selena avatar
By Selena
at 2009-04-28T14:39
這是我朋友的情況,請大家幫忙看一下 我朋友申請了十個月的pre-completion OPT 今年五月八號到期 他在公立高中教書,學校有替他申請今年的H1-B,沒有加 ...

Re: 請幫我看看這個做的安全性~~有點怕怕的

Agatha avatar
By Agatha
at 2009-04-28T00:51
我第一個反應,這是一封詐騙信. 當然沒有確認之前,無法證實 首先你的offer letter網路上就有人懷疑是詐騙信,內容基本上是一模一樣的 http://www.fraudwatchers ...

請幫我看看這個做的安全性~~有點怕怕的

Heather avatar
By Heather
at 2009-04-27T23:04
我是參加美國暑期 工讀得學生,因為我是自主型,所以我是上美國國務院認證合格的 工作網站上找工作, 我是在J1 job網站上找工作,投了幾百封履�� ...