The process of applying for H 1B work visa for postdoctoral students in the United States;
Step 1:
Find an American employer who is willing to hire you and sign an employment contract.
Step two:
Employers apply to the Ministry of Labor for approval (petition), and special occupations need to apply for LCA.
Step 3:
Employers should submit FormI- 129 to the US Citizenship and Immigration Service, and attach an application or LCA approved by the Department of Labor.
Step 4:
Upon approval of FormI- 129:
Employees outside the United States: apply for H- 1B visa through American consulates overseas. In addition, if you get a visa, you must also apply for an entry permit from the US Customs and Border Protection.
Employees in the United States: submit an application to the US Immigration Bureau, including the original signed approval letter for applying for labor, all application forms signed by the employer, and the application letter signed by the employer (petition
Letter), as well as the above-mentioned proof materials that employers and employees need to provide.
Step five:
Document delivery and lottery procedures.
Immigration only accepts applications received on or after April 1, so pay special attention to the delivery time. Generally, the lottery starts in mid-April. If lots are drawn, employers and lawyers will receive the receipt of I-797 case from USCIS at the end of April or early May, with the case number on it, which can be used to inquire about the progress of the case. If you don't win the lottery, the immigration office will return the application package one after another.
Step 6:
Generally, the Immigration Bureau will give a reply within three to six months after receiving the application for lottery. If the application is accelerated (preprocessed,
Service) The Immigration Bureau will make a decision within 15 days after issuing the receipt of I-797; If the Immigration Bureau requires supplementary materials (requirements
Evidence), emergency cases will be decided within 15 days after receiving supplementary materials.
Remarks:
For application information outside the United States, please refer to the list page of American work visa materials.
H- 1B for foreigners only
Work visa, usually requires the employer's guarantee, and apply to the immigration bureau; Since 20 13, the number of applications for H- 1B has far exceeded the upper limit every year, so the immigration bureau will draw lots to decide who to accept the application, and the rest will be returned. The success rate of undergraduate graduates in the last three years is less than 30%.
Tighten the H- 1B visa
On April 8, 2065438/KLOC-0, Trump signed an executive order on "BuyAmerican, HireAmerican" in Wisconsin.
In terms of "buying American goods", the new executive order requires federal agencies to conduct a "top-down" assessment, and the federal government should strictly enforce the laws on buying American products, and the federal funds should use steel produced in the United States.
The government should re-examine the procurement part of existing trade agreements to determine whether American companies enjoy equal opportunities with other foreign companies when selling products to trading partners. A senior official said that "buying American goods" is the highest priority of the Trump administration when spending taxpayers' money.
In terms of "hiring Americans", Trump's executive order requires federal agencies to propose gradual rectification measures for the H- 1B visa program. He criticized the H- 1B policy for lowering the overall wage level in the United States.
At the same time, this executive order requires strengthening law enforcement, requiring H- 1B applicants and employers to prove that "the applicant meets the requirements of highly skilled employees", with the aim of cutting off the shortcut for American companies to hire cheap foreign employees and stopping the abuse of the current system.
Since President Trump took office, it has become more and more common for the Immigration Bureau to require work visa applicants to supplement documents. By the fourth quarter of last year, 68.9% of the applications needed to be supplemented; As many as 22.4% were refused visas, 6.5 percentage points more than in the third quarter, with an increase of 4 1%.
According to the report of the National Policy Foundation of the United States, compared with the Obama administration, the refusal rate of various work visas has increased, and the applicants in some countries (such as India) are required to supplement and refuse visas at a higher rate; The data of China applicants being refused visas is unknown.
According to the report, at present, 865,438+0% graduate students majoring in electrical engineering and 79% graduate students majoring in computer science in American universities are international students. "Judging from the current policy, this administration obviously does not want these people to stay and work in the United States."