How can I work in the United States after graduating from a domestic university?

If you want to work in the United States, there are several ways:

The first is immigration. After immigrating, you can legally work in the United States. You can choose the career you like according to your own situation. , whether you open your own company or work for others, you are protected by U.S. law. However, the United States has very strict visa management for immigrants. Your success rate as a bachelor's degree graduate is not as good as that of an illiterate old country lady who just cuts paper.

The second option is to study in the United States and get a work visa after graduation. This is the choice of many people.

There are many types of work visas in the United States, the most common and the one that most people apply for is called H1-B visa. There are two types of H1-B, one is called Cap-subject and the other is called Cap-exempt. So what is Cap? Cap is quota. The U.S. Immigration Department only issues 85,000 H1-B visas every year, and these 85,000 are Caps. The Immigration Department starts accepting applications on April 1 every year. Normally, there is no deadline, but once the 85,000 places are reached, they will stop accepting applications. The competition for this quota is very fierce. Basically, your application must arrive at the immigration office on April 1st, because this quota will be filled up within a day or two. Sometimes it can last up to a week, but the earlier it is better The better the submission. Applications submitted before April 1 will not be accepted. The applicant is your employer, not you. H1-B is where your employer applies to the Immigration Department for permission to work in the United States. The law requires that all costs must be paid by the employer.

Then your application was submitted on April 1st. After it is accepted, you will have to go through the lottery. Since the U.S. economy recovered, applications have greatly exceeded 85,000 places every year. So the Immigration Department uses a computer to draw lots to decide who gets the visa. This is done to be fair and does not judge company size, type of work, or salary. Of the 85,000 places, 20,000 are reserved for applicants with a master's degree or above. So if you have a master's or doctoral degree, you will first be drawn among the 20,000 places. If you fail to win, you will be drawn again among the 65,000 places in the next round for undergraduates. That is to say, if you have a master's degree or above, you have a higher chance of being selected than someone who only has an undergraduate degree. However, due to too many applications, this advantage is no longer obvious this year. It can only be said that undergraduate students are even more unlucky.

There are 172,000 people applying for H1-B this year, which means more than half of them have been rejected. Those with a master's degree or above have a 50% chance of winning, and undergraduates have a 43% chance of winning. Applications that are not selected will be returned and refunded. The lottery only happens once a year. If your company is willing to sponsor you again and apply again, you can only wait until April 1 next year. In the meantime, if you do not have OPT or CPT or other status, you cannot stay in the United States, let alone work. Therefore, companies often give up on you and will not keep you until the second year.

The above is Cap-Subject. There is also a Cap-exempt for H1-B. The Immigration Bureau stipulates that this type of organization application does not need to go through a lottery and is not subject to the 85,000 quota limit, so there is no need to rush to issue the application on April 1, and you can apply at any time within a year. Apply. Such unit organizations are non-profit organizations connected to universities, research non-profit organizations, universities and government departments.

After getting H1-B, you can only work in the company you applied for and at the address specified in your application. You can't work part-time. If you change jobs or find a part-time job, your new employer must reapply for H1-B. Under the same employer, after receiving H1-B, you can stay and work in the United States for three years, and then you can renew for another three years. After six years, if you have not received your green card, you must leave the United States for one year before you can apply for H1-B again.

Under H1-B, if you are laid off or fired, you must leave the United States immediately, otherwise it will be considered an overstay, which will be harmful to future visa applications.

If your first job within three years is cap-exempt, and your second job is cap-subject. So from cap-exempt to cap-subject, you must pass the lottery, and you can only transfer if you win the lottery. If you have always been in the cap-subject unit type, you do not need to draw lots again to change jobs or extend your visa.

H1-B is a dual-purpose visa, which means that this visa allows you to immigrate. Under H1-B, your employer can give you a sponsor green card. According to the estimates of the Immigration Bureau and lawyers from all parties, the future H1-B lottery will only become more and more fierce, which means that the chance of winning the lottery will become lower and lower, because more and more people will apply.

Therefore, it is recommended that if you want to stay in the United States to work, you should make all plans in advance. First find a job in a cap-exempt company and use your time to find someone to fall in love with and get married to. The fastest and easiest way to resolve your status is to get married. Nowadays, employers are increasingly reluctant to provide sponsorship, unless you are in the science and engineering industry. We, liberal arts people, can only endure it slowly. Or simply go to other countries, such as the United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada. Only the United States has such a perverted lottery.

The third type is expatriation.

First work in a relevant company, and then apply to work in a U.S. branch or head office. Multinational companies always have very few job quotas every year. In this job, you can also have the opportunity to obtain a U.S. green card.