{"id":1536,"date":"2022-04-26T14:33:15","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T14:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.h1btransfersusa.com\/blog\/?p=1536"},"modified":"2022-04-26T14:33:17","modified_gmt":"2022-04-26T14:33:17","slug":"is-the-h-1b-visa-a-viable-option-for-f-1-students-and-their-employers-anymore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.h1btransfersusa.com\/blog\/is-the-h-1b-visa-a-viable-option-for-f-1-students-and-their-employers-anymore\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the H-1B Visa a Viable Option for F-1 Students and Their Employers Anymore?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

An accounting firm recruits a new graduate<\/strong> with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting degree from a local university for its audit team. This new graduate is a foreign student <\/strong>using the one-year Optional Practical Training<\/strong> (“OPT”) Employment Authorization offered to all F-1 students <\/strong>upon graduation. The new employee is bright, articulate, and fits into the firm’s culture well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking to hold the services of this employee beyond the one year of OPT employment authorization<\/strong>. The employer\u2019s human resources team consults with immigration counsel<\/strong>. The usual prescription for this sort of case is an H-1B visa<\/strong>. It’s employment authorized visa that is valid for as long as six years and makes a decent bridge to an employment-based permanent residency petition<\/strong>. However, because of recent changes in the allocation of new H-1B visas, this visa may no longer be a viable option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Federal law limits the number of new H-1B visas given every year to 85,000 <\/strong>and demand for this visa usually far outstrips supply. To add balance, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (“USCIS<\/strong>“) conducts a random selection <\/strong>or lottery for these visas. Because of ongoing changes in the selection process, the odds of n employer getting an H-1 visa for an employee plummeted from 70% <\/strong>in 2008 (the first year of the H-1B lottery<\/strong> to roughly one in four or 23%<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

H-1B Visa a Viable Option for F-1 Students<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In 2020, USCIS transitioned the H-1 allocation system<\/strong> from a paper-based application process. That required an employer to submit a fully approvable petition and payment of thousands of dollars <\/strong>in filing fees. To a minimalist online entry with a filing fee of $10.00<\/strong>. While H-1B allocation regulations forbid an employer from entering an individual more than once. These regulations do not forbid an individual from submitting numerous entries from various employers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because the cost of entry is currently so low, foreign nationals<\/strong> in high-demand occupations. For example, information technology uses different employers to submit their names into the H-1B selection system<\/strong> multiple times. This year, USCIS got 483,927 applications<\/strong> for H-1B visas from employers a 57% <\/strong>increase from last year. Anticipating that individuals might be chosen by the H-1B selection system more than once. This year USCIS selected 127,600 entries<\/strong> to get 85,000 <\/strong>H-1B visas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Students who refused US visas the first time are unlikely to get a second interview slot this year<\/span><\/a>]<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The practice of allowing various employers to submit the same individual into the selection system<\/strong>. Puts people who have but one employer and one entry in the H-1 lottery<\/strong> at an ever-increasing disadvantage. Unless Congress or USCIS addresses <\/strong>this imbalance and changes the allocation system to remove people who use various employers to enter the H-1 selection system more than once, this problem will continue unabated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the cost to enter the H-1 lottery is low enough for an employer to consider submitting an entry. Employers that wish to retain F-1 OPT students<\/strong> beyond the one year of employment authorization. Given from their school should not rely on receiving an H-1B visa<\/strong>. Employers and foreign national students<\/strong> should consult with their counsel early in the process. To explore and evaluate options beyond the H-1B visa and make a plan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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