Disclaimer: The contents in this web site are only for your information and are not intended to be legal advice. While many of our applicants successfully obtain their I-140 approvals, the information here should not be considered as a guarantee of your green card application outcome.
Hello, I have got I-140 approved (EB2-NIW). I want to undergo counselor visa processing instead of AOS. My I-20 and VISA would expire in December 2019. If I undergo counselor processing could I apply for F1-OPT while my counselor visa processing is pending? Any advice is appreciated. Thanks so much.
So I’m currently on a F1 Visa and OPT. The company I currently work for sponsored and supported my application for EB-2 visa with a National Interest Waiver . Now I’m also eligible for a STEM OPT 24 month extension. I was thinking of applying for this extension in case my EB-2 gets denied. Or … Continue reading Extedning OPT (Trough STEM 24month) while waiting for EB-2.→
Hello All, I’m a PhD graduate currently on Initial OPT (approved in Aug 2018) and with a PostDoc offer. My profile: Masters and PhD degrees from USA with 9 publications(growing), 5 citations(growing), travel fellowships (Boeing and grad school), NSF and FAA funded projects, worked on very challenging research areas (aerospace, robotics, control engineering), IEEE ETA-Kapp-Nu … Continue reading Can I apply for EB1/EB2-NIW on OPT extension with a PhD and PostDoc offer?→
Hi, I’m currently a PhD student in Math and I’m on F1 status. I’ve received a postdoc offer at another university and I’m planning to request an F1 OPT. My problem is, the OPT requires my job to be ‘directly related’ to my major field of study. My major as listed in the I-20 is … Continue reading F1 OPT with PhD in math working for a postdoc in a different department→
Hello, Thanks for the concise information in your website. I am a Ph.D. student with F1 visa. I was wondering, if I applied for NIW can I apply for OPT?
Hi, I am a Chinese in the last year of my PhD training in US university. I would like to apply for EB1A. I have 25+ papers, 10+ first author (IF 4.0-6.0), 400 citation and several patents. Should I apply for OPT before I submit the petition in case my petition get denied or I … Continue reading Apply for OPT before or after EB1A petition→
Dear Sir/Madam. Thank you very much for your informational website. I am a PhD student in a US university on an F1 visa and I applied for the green card lottery last year. If I do not win the lottery, will that make my OPT application less likely to be granted? Does applying for the … Continue reading OPT After Green Card Lottery Application→
Hey guys. I am a PhD student at Johns Hopkins and I am thinking of applying a green card right now. If, for some reason I do not get it, could that jeopardize my application for OPT after I graduate, since I have expressed an intent to immigrate with my green card application?
Question This would be third email to you guys. Since I am writing after a while I thought of having the email thread history. Probably I will drop it in the next one 🙂 As a quick recap, my OPT extension expires on 05/21/2015 and my current employer did start the H1-B process for me. My wife … Continue reading Follow up question on OPT and H1B green card→
Question Dear GCforPhD team, I was very happy to see your website. The information there is very important for people like me to get started. I have a specific question related to my situation. Hopefully you guys have an answer for me. A brief intro to my background, and some questions during that process. – … Continue reading OPT, H1B and Green Card→
Disclaimer: The contents in this web site are only for your information and are not intended to be legal advice. While many of our applicants successfully obtain their I-140 approvals, the information here should not be considered as a guarantee of your green card application outcome.
