What kind of visa should graduates apply for paid internships in the United States?

After graduating in the United States, international students need to apply for an H-1B visa.

The H-1B visa is designed for professionals with a bachelor's degree or above to engage in professional work in the United States. According to the Immigration Reform Act of 1990, the annual H-1B visa quota is 65,000. Applicants must meet the following two conditions before they can apply for H-1B visa:

1. The applicant’s job must require professionals;

2. The applicant itself meets the professional requirements.

1. Professional requirements

According to immigration law, professional refers to work that can only be performed by professionals with at least a bachelor's degree. Professional positions must meet one of the following conditions:

1. The minimum requirement for the job is a bachelor's degree;

2. The industry generally requires practitioners to have a bachelor's degree, or The job is extremely complex or unique, and only those with a professional degree can perform it;

3. Employers usually require practitioners to have a professional degree, or

4. A certain job is so complex that only those with a professional degree can do it; A bachelor's degree or above is required to have enough knowledge to do this job.

Application procedures:

H-1B application is divided into two steps. First, the applicant's company should submit Form 9035 to the Department of Labor to prove that:

1. The applicant's wages will not be lower than those of similar U.S. workers;

2. When the applicant applied, there were no strikes or other activities in the company;

3. The applicant’s working conditions are the same as those of similar American workers;

4. The company has notified the union The applicant's application has been reported to the Ministry of Labor. If the company does not have a trade union, the matter will be announced internally within the company.

Once Form 9035 is approved, the applicant can apply to the Immigration Bureau through the company where he works. Generally speaking, it takes two weeks for Form 9035 to be approved, and four weeks for the USCIS.