Hello,
I passed Fpgee, December session..I also plan to take toefl-ibt within the next couple of weeks..I was on a J1 visa for 2 years, then I applied for an F1 visa last August, so I can stay here and take the Fpgee in December. INS took a long time to decide, but finally approved my change of visa status recently, and the college says I need to start next August. The problem is that I have moved 3 month ago to another state and I would like to start my internship here. Let's assume that I find an employer who's willing to apply for an H1 for me this April, so I can start my internship October1. Can he do that? Can my future employer apply for a work visa, even though I already got a student visa which I havent had the chance to use yet? Can I start working, without going to school?
I know that if I do not register for the fall semester, I will loose my status, and risk to be illegal here. Is it true that I have to attend school at least one semester, before I apply for another type of visa?...In my case, this would mean I'd have to go to school from Aug till the end of December(1 semester) and then wait till March-April so I can apply for H1. Meanwhile, of course I'd need to attend the second semester of school, to keep my status while wait for H1 approval. This mean I'll get to start my internship only at October1, 2008???...Do I make any sense?...Do I have any other way to go arround the process and start internship Oct.2007 instead of 2008?
I am open to any sugestions. Thanks a lot!
I passed Fpgee, December session..I also plan to take toefl-ibt within the next couple of weeks..I was on a J1 visa for 2 years, then I applied for an F1 visa last August, so I can stay here and take the Fpgee in December. INS took a long time to decide, but finally approved my change of visa status recently, and the college says I need to start next August. The problem is that I have moved 3 month ago to another state and I would like to start my internship here. Let's assume that I find an employer who's willing to apply for an H1 for me this April, so I can start my internship October1. Can he do that? Can my future employer apply for a work visa, even though I already got a student visa which I havent had the chance to use yet? Can I start working, without going to school?
I know that if I do not register for the fall semester, I will loose my status, and risk to be illegal here. Is it true that I have to attend school at least one semester, before I apply for another type of visa?...In my case, this would mean I'd have to go to school from Aug till the end of December(1 semester) and then wait till March-April so I can apply for H1. Meanwhile, of course I'd need to attend the second semester of school, to keep my status while wait for H1 approval. This mean I'll get to start my internship only at October1, 2008???...Do I make any sense?...Do I have any other way to go arround the process and start internship Oct.2007 instead of 2008?
I am open to any sugestions. Thanks a lot!