Student visa and working permit?
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Answer:
You can come to the US on an F-1 student visa to complete your Master's. After completing 1 year of classes on F-1 visa, you can apply for OPT, which is a working permit for students. This will allow you to work up to 20 hours per week in a field related to your Master's degree. Upon graduation, you can extend your OPT for up to 1 year or you may be sponsored for an H-1B work visa by an employer. There is currently a cap of 56,000 H1B visas granted per year. However, if you attain a Master's degree in the US, you would exempt from this cap.
After arrival, you should talk with other students who have already RECENTLY gone thru this process with the local Immigration Office. Then you should contact the Immigration Department for an appointment to apply for a work permit, permanent visa &/or citizenship and to find out all the requirements.
Whatever you are told, it's very important that you do YOUR PART as quickly as possible as it takes them forever.
No not with a student visa. If there is a company that would sponsor you then you can probably get a work permit and eventually a green card. It is a long and expensive process.
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With a student visa you can only work in the school you go to. International students cannot work outside campus. You are then supposed to go back to your home country after your studies unless your status changes from that of a student to a permanent resident.
visit www.uscis.gov for ways through which you can become a legal US resident (green card holder).
Good luck!
sure, while studying here you can engage a immigration attorney to change your status.
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