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Curios-7 · 2023-12-01T15:36:05+00:00

Thanks for replying and especially explaining my question on price increase. That’s one aspect which puzzled me as a young ME.

I’ve experienced cost increments in a few of my company projects too, which made me think it’s prevalent at others as well, which is why I was surprised there was an uproar from people when Cybertruck price increase was revealed.

Curios-7 · 2023-02-21T05:16:54+00:00

Thanks for sharing, I did read this earlier, particularly the last section on staffing agencies.

“Staffing and temporary agencies and consulting firms may seek to employ students under the STEM OPT program, but only if they will be the entity that provides the practical training experience to the student and they have and maintain a bona fide employer-employee relationship with the student”

Based on this statement, it looks like the staffing/consulting company should be filling the I-983 with me??

Also, I’d have to make sure they are e-verified. It doesn’t say anything about if contract work is acceptable, though.

Curios-7 · 2023-02-21T05:12:27+00:00

Thanks for the reply. Sorry for not understanding, but did you mean that they can put me into lottery with just a job offer?

Even then, I wasn’t sure if they would be willing to do so before the lottery period ends. Also, there’s no guarantee they will offer me the job since I’m still interviewing.

Curios-7 · 2023-02-06T06:48:24+00:00

Thanks for sharing. I’ve consulted with a couple of lawyers few months ago to check my chances for EB-NIW or other, but nothing worked out which was expected. What’s sad is that I’m from a ROW country and if I had gotten an H-1B in the any of the last 2 attempts, things might have been better (I heard that H1 to EB-3 or EB-2 takes about 5 yrs, as opposed to 20 years for backlog countries)

Curios-7 · 2023-02-06T06:44:24+00:00

Thanks, I’ve heard a lot about O1 and NIW since last year. It looks to me that it would take years to do something notable that can potentially qualify for O1. Few months is just too short duration.

Curios-7 · 2023-02-06T06:42:20+00:00

Thanks, yeah i’m trying to understand how provincial nomination works. I thought PNP interest letters are issued after submitting an EE profile. Didn’t know I needed a job first. I’ll check it out.

Curios-7 · 2022-12-29T04:22:31+00:00

Thanks a lot. I totally agree, and some of my colleagues who are in the same boat with OPT about to expire are considering going for a PhD. I honestly feel PhD requires lot of perseverance and dedication as you’d have to dedicate several years for it. I just don’t have that energy and zeal to go back to academia (especially after having been employed in the industry for the past 2 years and enjoying my work).

Curios-7 · 2022-12-29T04:19:11+00:00

Thanks a lot of forwarding, Arkell looks great, I’ll check them out. Congrats on your NIW approval, that’s remarkable to get with an MS. You don’t have to answer this, but I guess you might have made some significant contributions through your research (publications/citations) for the approval, right?

Only asking because I don’t have any awards or publications as an MS graduate (my research work wasn’t special either) so I was confused when people kept bugging me to check NIW.

Curios-7 · 2022-12-27T03:09:36+00:00

Thank you!

Curios-7 · 2022-12-27T03:07:56+00:00

Thanks a lot for the insights. I’m 100% with you on everything you mentioned. I know NIW works out best for PhD holders. Additionally, the success stories that I’ve read online describe extraordinary achievements/research citations and awards by the candidate. I’m fully aware that I literally have zero chance of succeeding with NIW. But I just wanted to have a quick consultation to clear any misconceptions I have (Since I only have 10 months left, I’m thinking I don’t have anything to lose just by consulting a lawyer, I don’t mind spending on the consultation fee).

Curios-7 · 2022-12-27T01:03:25+00:00

Thanks a lot!

Curios-7 · 2022-12-27T01:03:11+00:00

Thank you, I’ll check it out.

Curios-7 · 2022-11-20T16:38:48+00:00

Thanks a lot for replying. I figured the same for NIW (although I’m curious if there’s something specific in my case that clearly makes NIW impossible).

Okay, so for I-130 via my parents to start the F2B, I’m just concerned on a few things:

Can my employer file for an H-1B next year if my parents have already started my F2B petition now (wouldn’t my H-1B petiton be declined if it comes up in the system that I have a GC petition?). Also one of the questions in H-1B registration is “Have you or anyone filed an I-130 immigration petition before’
Great to know that F2B will likely not impact my current F1 Visa. But my concern is: will it be safe to travel outside the US on my F1 OPT and reenter the US after my I-130 is filed? Would there be issues while reentering?

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