OPT to H1B in NYC? lawyers?

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Hello, friends:

Please help me out here! I sincerely appreciate for your time and reply! :heartbeat

I am a RN with BSN degree and on OPT now. I just get hired in a hospital of NYC. But How can I know if this hospital is qualified as a H1B company under USCIS' law??? Right now, the economy is so bad, so I don't want to ask hospital directly. If hospital is willing to fill out documents USCIS need, certification letter to verify I do work there and I am willing to pay all fees by myself, does it work?

Also, does anybody have a good lawyer who has experience in OPT to H1B to recommend to me??? It is good if other nurses used this lawyer before, so it is more reliable.

Thank you very much! Wish everybody dream come true! :wink2: right now, I am so worried about my situation coz I had borrowed a big amount of money for nursing school, so if I can't get H1B......:cry:

Best wishes,

ruby

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Specializes in intensive care, recovery, anesthetics.

As a newgrad you don't qualify for H1B. There was a similar thread about a week or 2 ago, if you use the search function or go back some threads you should find it.

You need to consider to go back to your homecountry and get a job there.

5cats

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

H1b is a specialised visa and the employer has to pay the fees for it

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You don't qualify for a H1b visa as you need to have several years experience and it has to be in a specialized fee. New nurses don't qualify for the visa. Your best bet is to go home and get several experience in a specialized field and then apply for H1b visa if that's the visa you want.

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You don't qualify for a H1b visa as you need to have several years experience and it has to be in a specialized fee. New nurses don't qualify for the visa. Your best bet is to go home and get several experience in a specialized field and then apply for H1b visa if that's the visa you want.

Thank you very much for your reply!:heartbeat As a nurse, is H1B the only type visa? Is H1C or any other visa good to work in US? How many experience USCIS required for H1B visa? If I work several months and change another job, then do I qualified as a experience nurse?

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.
Thank you very much for your reply!:heartbeat As a nurse, is H1B the only type visa? Is H1C or any other visa good to work in US? How many experience USCIS required for H1B visa? If I work several months and change another job, then do I qualified as a experience nurse?

You need to do your own research. H1c is up for renewal next year and highly doubtful that it will be extended. Only 14 hospitals have the H1c status and usually because the hospital struggles to maintain own staff, safety is usually an issue to be taken into consideration. When looking at the H1b you are generally looking at a specialised visa and need more than a couple of months work experience to qualify. If looking at working in the US then H1b and GC are the main ones unless you are a Mexican and Canadian citizen then you have the option of the NAFTA visa and if Australian citizen there is the option of the E3 visa but you still have to meet requirements etc

You may seriously have to consider leaving the US and going back home unless you maintain your student visa once OPT is completed

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Specializes in intensive care, recovery, anesthetics.

Nobody is experienced after a few months work, what is this for a question. It's time for you to face reality.

5cats

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I thought for a H1b visa you needed 3 years experience. Which the poster obviously doesn't have. There's no short cuts to a visa here unless you come under a K1 visa. Which means you'd have to marry a US citizen and also you'll be under investigation for several years because of the type of visa. They want to make sure that you're not getting married just to obtain a green card.

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"Thank you very much for your reply!:heartbeat As a nurse, is H1B the only type visa? Is H1C or any other visa good to work in US? How many experience USCIS required for H1B visa? If I work several months and change another job, then do I qualified as a experience nurse?"

You are asking the question in a wrong place, while it is true that US government is wary of white-collar job immigrants.... (trust me blue collar way is much easier)..... I found nursing admins specially cold and least friendly regarding the topic. I know this wasn't helpful but dropping in my experience.

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