Hello everyone,
I'm a foreign (Europe) engineering PhD Student at a good school (not Top20) in US.
Could you please give me an advice of how to complete F-1 -> green card transition in the shortest period of time.
I'm doing research in a pretty hot topic, have some publications and awards and will definitely have more.
I know that the usual way is F-1 -> H1B -> GC. But I read this : http://cssa.mit.edu/forum/index.php?&act=calendar&code=showday&y=2004&m=10&d=30. There are questions 9 and 10:
"9. Are F1 students eligible for greencard application?
10. What are the available approaches of getting green card while you are still at school working toward your PhD degree or as a post-doc researcher?
"
Also, is it worth getting PhD (say to be able to apply as an EB1), or I'd better get MS, find a job and apply to GC (as EB2).
What are the chances that F-4 student visa becomes reality?
What are other ways of getting GC while you're and F-1 student and how long does it take?
Thank you
P.S. I hope I don't sound too ridiculous to you guys. I know, a lot of you have been waiting for GC for a very long time and here I come: "give me a GC in the shortest period of time!". I hope you guys will just give me some advice which way would you choose and what you would do differently, if you were to do it again
I'm a foreign (Europe) engineering PhD Student at a good school (not Top20) in US.
Could you please give me an advice of how to complete F-1 -> green card transition in the shortest period of time.
I'm doing research in a pretty hot topic, have some publications and awards and will definitely have more.
I know that the usual way is F-1 -> H1B -> GC. But I read this : http://cssa.mit.edu/forum/index.php?&act=calendar&code=showday&y=2004&m=10&d=30. There are questions 9 and 10:
"9. Are F1 students eligible for greencard application?
10. What are the available approaches of getting green card while you are still at school working toward your PhD degree or as a post-doc researcher?
"
Also, is it worth getting PhD (say to be able to apply as an EB1), or I'd better get MS, find a job and apply to GC (as EB2).
What are the chances that F-4 student visa becomes reality?
What are other ways of getting GC while you're and F-1 student and how long does it take?
Thank you
P.S. I hope I don't sound too ridiculous to you guys. I know, a lot of you have been waiting for GC for a very long time and here I come: "give me a GC in the shortest period of time!". I hope you guys will just give me some advice which way would you choose and what you would do differently, if you were to do it again
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