The application requirements of OPT in the United States and the basic conditions for applying for H1B.
Students who have traveled across the ocean to study in the United States will choose to return to work or stay in the United States when they graduate. I have asked some overseas study consultants here. Judging from the current employment environment, it is very necessary and suggested to stay abroad as much as possible after studying abroad, so as to broaden one's international work horizons, enhance one's practical work ability and enrich one's work experience. Then, how should international students apply for a work visa if they want to stay in the United States to continue their work after completing their studies in the United States? According to the relevant regulations of the US Immigration Bureau, international students have the opportunity to change their student visas into work visas after completing their studies in American universities, and work visas are also a kind of non-immigrant visas. Generally speaking, there are four kinds of work visas in the United States: H, L, O and P, but the most closely related to student visas is the H work visa, which is issued to applicants who go to the United States or work in the United States for a short time. This visa requires American companies and other institutions that intend to hire applicants to first submit applications for hiring foreign employees at the US Citizenship and Immigration Office. If the applicant is approved, the employment company will issue the I-797 form, and then the applicant can apply for a visa. F 1 converted to OPT OPT? Internship work permit In the United States, students of F 1 have one year of optional practical work after graduation, that is, internship work permit, or OPT for short. After students apply for OPT, they must be approved by the school and then by the US Department of Homeland Security before they can apply for OPT. It is a bridge for students to change their work visas from F 1 to HB 1, and most of them say that they change their work visas legally and smoothly through OPT internship opportunities. The application requirements for OPT are: 1. Applicants must hold a valid F- 1 visa and start applying within 90 days before completing their degree; 2. The OPT job applied for must be related to the applicant's major, otherwise it will be regarded as illegal work; If international students do not apply for OPT within 60 days after graduation, they must leave the United States. The specific process is as follows: students with F 1 student visa can apply for permission to practice when they have just completed their studies during their study period. Usually, China students can get a year's internship and stay in the United States legally within a few months before and after graduation. Actually, the procedure is very simple. All forms and certificates do not need to be handed over to the Immigration Bureau, but only to the designated school officials. Under normal circumstances, students begin to look for internships or job applications from some companies or institutions before graduation. Once accepted by the company, you can start the OPT internship smoothly. Of course, during the internship, it depends on your work performance and performance ability, whether you can get the favor of the company, whether the company recognizes you after one year, and whether you still need to contribute to the work. Then the company will strive for the students' consent to apply for a formal work visa, and the students' employers will submit the application form to the relevant departments of the Immigration Bureau and pay thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars for this application. Once approved, international students will legally and successfully become staff members with American work visas. OPT to H 1BH 1B is a short-term work visa for foreign professionals in the United States. Full name: professional occupation/temporary work visa (H- 1B), that is, special professional/temporary work visa. The U.S. Immigration Service begins to accept applications from H 1 B every April. After the application is approved, it will take effect on 10 1 day. If international students find a formal job in the United States within the validity period of OPT, they can generally successfully apply for an H 1B visa and work legally in the United States. The H 1B visa is for people who have obtained a bachelor's degree or above. They are engaged in professional work in the United States, and their majors and degrees must be related. For example, you can't be a student of biology, but you have to do financial analysis, so it won't work. It can be said that the H 1B visa is a work visa provided by the United States for the introduction of foreign professional and technical personnel. The basic requirements for applying for H 1B are: 1. Must have a legal identity (F 1 or opt); 2. Have a bachelor's degree or above, or have enough work experience in this field; 3. Applicants must be employed in specialized industries closely related to their degrees; 4.4 salary. H 1B visa applicants generally require not less than the general salary of the same industry in the region. Generally speaking, student visas are converted into work visas, and most students are legally and smoothly converted into work visas through OPT internship opportunities. In short, it takes three steps to change a student visa into a work visa: first, apply for an OPT internship permit; Internship in the company; The company or employer applies for a work visa.