Procedures to follow - converting F1 to H1 visa. Please help me :)

monikap

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I am currently on my OPT, as I completed my masters in Dec 2005. I want to apply for an H1 and my company is ready to sponser me. What steps do I and my company take? I have very little time left...Your help would mean a lot to me. Thanks in advance.

M. Patel
 
your company can sponser you for an H-1, however there is a cap of the number of H-1s per year and that cap for fiscal year 2007 was reached a few months ago. the cap for fiscal year 2006 was reached over a year ago.

you can wait until the new fiscal year starts (oct1) and then then your company can apply for an H-1 for you to start work in fiscal year 2008 (starts Oct 1, 2007)

if you can be sponsered for a green card, it might be a better option. otherwise your best option might be to pray for the immigration reform bill to pass Congress.
 
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