As an international student, a good chance to immigrate and invest in the United States and get a green card in the United States is that you graduate from college and get a degree. This is also the first key factor in finding a good job after graduation, especially in the industry related to your study plan.
Maintaining the student status of F- 1 visa holders is very important for maintaining an open future. As an international student, you must not leave the United States for more than five months at a time. If it exceeds this value, you need to obtain a new I-20, study visa and a new SEVIS record, which makes you ineligible to participate in optional practical activity learning training (OPT) or course content practical activity learning training (CPT) within one year.
Under the F- 1 visa, you are eligible to apply for OPT, which is a temporary work plan. Before and after graduation, you are authorized to work in industries related to bachelor's degree study and training for nearly 12 months. To qualify for OPT, you must study and train in the United States for a whole year.
If you are a graduate majoring in science, rationality, technology, engineering projects and mathematics (STEM), you can work for nearly 24 months to ensure that you can work in OPT again after studying under special conditions. If you belong to this category, there is still a lot of good news: On June 5438+ 10, 2022, Biden countries included 22 new STEM research directions in OPT to attract more international talents to the United States.
Changing the visa type F- 1 visa processing is likely to allow you to work according to OPT regulations, but once it is completed, it cannot be extended. You need to get another visa to save your control over your work and life in the United States. So you need an H- 1B visa, which is a professional work visa. You must have a bachelor's degree certificate or an advanced diploma to learn English. This application needs to be submitted by your employer, who comes from an American enterprise and wants to guarantee your visa in your name. Once you get H- 1B, you are not allowed to work elsewhere or gradually develop your own business process. The visa is valid for three years and can be added for another three years.
For many potential immigrant investors who have graduated from American universities, this step is generally a process of success or failure. You need strong skills and professional contacts, and you must show that you are indispensable to your field. After all, among talented applicants, H- 1B visa processing has a strict quota system.
Many American students studying abroad plan to stay in the United States for internship or work after graduation. After all, many students think that the employment salary and opportunities of students in the United States far exceed those in China, and good work experience in studying abroad is also a very good resume for future international students to apply for jobs. Generally speaking, the common process for American students to apply for studying in the United States is to apply for OPT and H1B.
OPT is a probation period for international students after graduation in the United States. After the application is processed, you can have an OPT duration of 1 year after graduation, and an OPT duration of 3 years for STEM counterparts. H 1B is one of the most important types of work visas in the United States, which is applied by American employers and issued to skilled foreign employees. H 1B visa holders can get a three-year period when they apply for it for the first time, and an additional three years can be added after the expiration, ***6 years.
After the expiration of H 1B, if the holder of H 1B wants to continue working and living in the United States, he can only apply for a green card for post-immigration in the United States. Generally speaking, according to education and working hours, there are mainly two ways: EB2 and EB3. According to the survey, the average pass rate of China international students who obtained the green card after graduation according to OPT and H 1B is only 1.76%.
Because American companies can apply for H- 1B visas for employees, there are few jobs. In addition, the opportunity of "H 1B lottery" is rare. According to the survey, the success rate of applicants with graduate education or above is about 40%, but even fewer graduates have bachelor's degrees, especially recent graduates.