USA H1-B Visa – Wisdom Wave Group

H-1B VISA (US EMPLOYERS TO HIRE FOREIGN WORKERS IN SPECIALTY OCCUPATIONS.)

If you are in the US on an H-1B visa and wish to transition onto a US Green Card – officially referred to as the Permanent Resident Card – you might be able to perpetually extend your H-1B status in the US. For this, you will have to file for an EB-1, EB-2, or EB-3 (employment-based) visa before the end of your fifth year in the US on H-1B status.

You may be eligible to apply for a US Green Card (permanent residency) while holding an H-1B visa. However, you must apply for the Green Card by the end of the second year of your H-1B extension.

Do note that only the time actually spent by the worker in the US with H-1B status will be counted towards the six years. Any time spent by the individual outside the US will not be counted, even if exit and subsequent entry into the United States has been made while on H-1B status.

What is an H-1B visa for USA?

• A temporary work visa for the US

• Lottery-based selection

• For US companies that want to hire foreign nationals

• Jobs under H-1B usually need a university degree

• Valid for three years, can be extended one time for three more years

• Maximum stay in the US on H-1B is six years

• Can lead to US Green Card

A temporary or non-immigrant visa, the H-1B allows foreign nationals temporary entry into the country to take up employment in any of the specialty occupations. A lottery selection is made, subject to a cap or annual limit on the H-1B visas to be granted in a financial year.

It is through the H-1B visa pathway that US companies get to hire foreign nationals that possess the required knowledge – technical or theoretical – in a specialty occupation.

Getting US tech companies the global talent that they need, the H-1B is widely used to hire overseas-born individuals in various fields, especially STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics).

How long is the H-1B visa valid for USA?

• Valid for three years

• Can get it extended one time

• Extension for another three years

• Maximum six years’ stay

Initially valid for three years, an H-1B visa can be extended – for one time – for an additional three years. The maximum that you can live and work in the US on an H-1B visa is six years.

What are the H-1B visa requirements?

In the H-1B visa application process, there will be a petitioner, and a beneficiary. The petitioner will be the US employer who will be filing the H-1B petition on behalf of the foreign employee that they want to bring to the US to work for them. The beneficiary will be that employee.

To be eligible for a H-1B visa for the US, the beneficiary will have to meet at least one of the following requirements –

• A Bachelor’s degree or higher, completed from an accredited university, in the same field as their specialty occupation.

• A foreign degree, equivalent to a Bachelor’s or above, in the same field as their specialty occupation.

• Registration or certification in the specialty field in the intended employment state.

• Recognized and verifiable education, training, and experience in the specialty at the level of a

• Bachelor’s degree or higher.

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