Change of staus from H4 to H1?
Answer:
The H1B visa (or simply called H1 Visa) is a non-immigrant employment based visa for workers coming to the USA to perform a "specialty occupation." Workers from Mexico and Canada can get a special TN status under the NAFTA treaty. The H1B status allows foreign workers to work in the USA for a maximum of six years. It is granted for three years and can only be renewed once for an additional three years. The Information Technology industry uses this type of visa frequently to fill vacant positions. Many H1B applicants are engineers or computer programmers. Quotas are set every year for the H1B visa by the government.
Spouse and unmarried children under age of 21 of an H1B visa holder are eligible for an H4 visa.
In addition to rhio9's info, above, you can't just "convert" from one to the other. Your employer has to apply on your behalf, and they have to provide sufficient documentation to Immigration that they have tried to hire domestic workers but couldn't, and that you are actually "highly educated" in the field they are seeking, etc., etc. Sometimes a bachelor's degree qualifies as "highly educated," but sometimes it doesn't. It depends on the industry. The best way to get this started is to find an employer willing to sponsor you as an H-1B employee, and then have that employer get with the Department of Labor, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and/or an immigration law attorney to make all the different parts of this come together correctly so that you don't end up deported and your employer doesn't end up being fined.
Hope this helps.
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