What is an American work visa H 1B?
H 1B is a kind of non-immigrant work visa in the United States, which is issued by the US Citizenship and Immigration.
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H- 1B must be a position with professional knowledge. This position requires workers to have professional knowledge in theory and practice. For example, engineers, professors, researchers, computer programmers and other professionals. Then whether the position you find meets the requirements of professional knowledge in H- 1B directly determines whether this position can help you get an H- 1B visa. The Ministry of Labor has different professional knowledge requirements for different positions. It is recommended to ask a lawyer to evaluate the position before accepting it, and make subsequent preparations after confirming that it meets the requirements of H-1B.
H- 1B requires that the wages paid by the employer to foreign employees shall not be lower than the current local wage standard. The current wage standard is a universal wage standard obtained by the US Department of Labor according to the labor market information of a certain period, a certain region and a certain position. The current salary standard varies from region to region and from post to post. When discussing wages with employers, it is best to know the local minimum wage. Only when you get the minimum wage can you get a visa smoothly.
At the beginning of this year, the US Immigration Bureau announced that this year's H 1-B work visa quota was full, which immediately caused a heated discussion among all international students in the United States. According to the current lottery method of 85,000 places per year, firstly, 20,000 exempted places will be drawn from highly educated work visa applicants, and the remaining highly educated unsuccessful applicants will be mixed with ordinary applicants to draw 65,000 places. Many students from China expressed great concern.
By analyzing the data in recent ten years, it can be seen that compared with previous years, the competition for work visas of 20 14 H 1-B is the biggest. More importantly, among the 65,000 non-academic places each year, except for 7,000 places in Chile and Singapore, other countries can only apply for 58,000 places. Indians occupy most places because of their linguistic and technological advantages. The success rate of international students in China is less than 10%.
H 1B lottery plan begins
The lottery of H 1B is not held every year, but is determined by the demand, especially the number of applications received by the Immigration Bureau in the first five working days of April. H 1b has an annual quota of 85,000 yuan. Among them, 20,000 places are reserved for applicants who have obtained a master's degree or above in the United States, and 65,000 places are ordinary places, including applicants with a bachelor's degree or above.
The fiscal year of the United States begins on 10/0 in the last calendar year and ends on September 30 in today's calendar year. As long as H 1B works with the "expected employment start date"
If the sunset starts on a day in the fiscal year, the application may be limited by the quota for that year. The earliest application time allowed by H 1B law is 6 months before the start of fiscal year (1 April).
If the application for H 1b received by the Immigration Bureau in the first five working days of April has exceeded the quota of H 1B in that year, it is necessary to draw lots to decide the cases accepted in that year. In April of 20 14, the immigration bureau received the application of 172500 H 1B, and in April this year, the number of applications in fiscal year 20 16 has increased to 233,000.
Not all applicants for H 1B have quota restrictions, so lots should be drawn. The following four categories (H 1B) are not limited by the annual quota, and there is no need to draw lots:
1. H 1B applications submitted by universities and higher education institutions.
2. Institutions or affiliated institutions closely related to universities or institutions of higher education.
3.H 1B is submitted by the government and non-profit research institutions.
4. I used to occupy the quota of H 1B, but now I want to change my employer.
H 1B lottery process
The draw for H 1B starts with 20,000 applicants with master's degree or above in the United States. Applicants with a master's degree or above will be merged into 65,000 ordinary places for a second lottery if they are not selected among the 20,000 places. It can be seen that because there are two opportunities, applicants with a master's degree or above in the United States will have a higher chance of being drawn.
Once received, the Immigration Bureau will issue a receipt notice indicating the date of acceptance. If you receive such an admission notice, it means that the applicant has been selected in the lottery. Another way to prove this is that the Immigration Bureau has recovered the application fee.
Because if the application is not selected, the whole application, including the application fee, will be returned, so if it is found that the application fee of the company has been withdrawn by the immigration bureau before receiving the acceptance notice, it also means that the applicant's application has been selected. If the applicant's application is unfortunately not selected, then the applicant's application package will be returned by the Immigration Bureau by ordinary mail.
Does the lottery of H 1b mean that the case will be approved?
It is certainly a good thing to choose by lottery, but this is only the first step in the application of H 1B, which only shows that the trial of H 1B has just begun. If you are not selected, you are not even qualified for approval. Even if it is drawn, it only means that it has entered the normal approval process and has no predictive effect on the results. If H 1B is not selected, the case will be regarded as "inadmissible" and the Immigration Bureau will return the case together with the application fee.
The application of H 1B requires extremely high time nodes and application details. Applicants for H 1B are often at the end of OPT. Once their applications fail, they may face the embarrassment of not having a valid identity. Applicants must choose experienced and responsible immigration lawyers to properly handle your application, so as not to delay your application and hard-won job opportunities because of any mistakes in details.
As can be seen from the above, there are still opportunities to immigrate to the United States for employment through studying abroad, but it is very difficult. It is necessary to compete with hundreds of thousands of international students for H 1B visas. If you are a STEM major, you can have more opportunities.