How to apply for an American H 1B work visa?

I will tell you how to apply for an American H 1B work visa when your OPT time is coming to an end. Let's first look at the official application requirements of the United States.

Application procedures for H 1-B:

1. The applicant's employer submits the application materials to the immigration service center.

What everyone should pay attention to here is that you need to know whether your employer is qualified to apply for H1B. What you can remind everyone is not to be fooled by the employer, but to conduct legal proceedings, such as obtaining some information from a lawyer.

2. After the approval of the Immigration Bureau, transfer the materials to the Kentucky Consular Center.

We can't control this procedure, so we can only wait for the result according to the American legal procedure.

3. After scanning the documents, the Consular Center will send the electronic documents to embassies and consulates outside the United States.

Submit the application from April 1 to June 1 every year, and H 1-B will take effect. How to keep the applicant's legal and valid status during this period is a problem that many international students have to face. Here are three simple examples to illustrate common situations:

In the first case, the OPT (optional internship period) of the applicant will expire after 10+00.

This situation is ideal. If the applicant H 1-B is approved, the identity of the applicant will be automatically changed to H 1 b from 10/day. Especially after the US Department of Homeland Security issued a new regulation on April 4, 2008 (extending the internship period of science and engineering students from the original 12 months to 29 months), many foreign students in natural science disciplines, including technology, engineering and mathematics (collectively referred to as STEM: science, technology, mathematics and engineering), have plenty of time in OPT.

In the second case, the OPT internship period of the applicant expires from April 1 year to October 1 year1month.

According to the regulations of the Department of Homeland Security, if the application of H 1-B is approved, the OPT work permit of such an applicant will be automatically extended to September 30th, and the applicant can legally live and work in the United States during the waiting period from April 1 year to October 1 year. The applicant's H- 1B takes effect on 10/month 1 day.

The third case: the OPT internship period of the applicant expires before April of 1 year, so there are two cases:

A the applicant's OPT internship period expires between February and April 1.

Because F- 1 international students have a grace period of 60 days after the OPT internship, they are allowed to stay in the United States legally within these 60 days. If the applicant's employer submits an application for H-1 B to the Immigration Bureau on April1and successfully obtains the quota of H- 1B, the applicant's legal status in the United States can be extended until September 30. However, since OPT ended before the application submission date of H 1B, the applicant can legally stay in the United States before 10 and wait for the approval of H 1B, but cannot work.

B the applicant's OPT internship period expires before February.

In this case, the applicant must take measures in advance to maintain his legal status in the United States, such as continuing the identity of F- 1, or the applicant with family can change to H4 or F2, and so on. Only in this way can the legal identity be guaranteed, and the application for H 1-B can be submitted in April of1.

The above is the H 1B visa change process for OPT visa. Everyone must grasp the application time, and don't delay their best application time because they are afraid of trouble or laziness.