Even if you do end up getting sponsored for H1B, the maximum amount of time you can work on an H1B visa is 6 years. I was wondering if firms are willing to sponsor green cards at that point? Or do people just take the marriage route and not worry about it?
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Sponsored employees apply right away for the green card through their firm. Don't wait until your H1B expires, the green card process takes years.
Like The_Vulture said, you should be looking for your employer to start the GC sponsorship process a few years prior to the six-year mark as it takes a while. Most firms will want you to have proven yourself for some period of time before sponsoring you so it's something to keep in mind as you're thinking about career progression and changing employers.
Technically, you have to leave the country for 1 year before you can reapply for H1B. If your firm is willing to allow you to transfer to an international office (not all firms are), then you can take that route. If you want to stay beyond the 6 years, your firm has to be willing to sponsor. Whether the firm sponsors green cards or not is extremely firm dependent. The marriage route also works well. If you got here at 22 and you lived in a country of 300M+ people until the age of 28 and you're not a dumbfuck ogre, you could reasonably get hitched with someone you actually love. If you can't find someone like that, there's plenty of women that will marry you and get divorced in a couple years for a cash fee. Not a great scenario, but one to consider. Worst case scenario, you can find a benching IT consulting company. Basically, these firms will sponsor you for a green card no matter how shitty your resume is. Then they'll have you on a "bench" while you wait for a project. Once you get a project, the company hiring you has invasive contract schemes where they take 30 to 40% of your salary. These firms are all over the tri-state, but there's a huge concentration in central Jersey.
lol I'm a woman and every day I think about the marriage route more to not deal with the visa hassle
If you don't mind me asking what country are you from? H1B struggles hit close to the heart for me cause my dad was an H1 and I was a dependent H4 for literally my entire childhood.
so you can't stay in a us office and go from h1b to gc?
H1B has a 6 year limit and employment-based gc sponsorship has a huge backlog. Even if you win the H1B lottery its still not a long term solution. Seems like marriage is the only way :/
Please do not consider committing a federal crime and others, please don't encourage users on WSO to commit these or other crimes.
Immigration officers are trained in various skills, among them psychology and the questions they'll ask you are very detailed. They will even interrogate the couple as separate entities.
People charged with marriage fraud can also be charged with visa fraud, harboring an alien, conspiracy, or making false statements. Each such charge carries additional prison sentences and financial penalties.
https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/free-books/fiance-marriage-visa…
It is not worth it.
If you can't get the green card let them transfer you to Toronto and come back on the L visa afterwards. Or you can simply move back to India, China, etc.
I don't think anyone can "simply move back" given at that point they've spent a good chunk of their adult life building a life in the US at that point
I mean you're right, it's illegal. That's why it's the absolute worst-case scenario. People on WSO aren't children (for the most part). I'm just laying out the options that I'm aware of. No need to throw MS.
I’ve heard it’s hard to actually remove anyone after it expires but don’t take it from me.
I think staying past your visa expiration should be grounds for deportation? But I guess they can't really deport every single person....
you get a spinoff show on hulu
not a bad idea, can get an O visa as an actor/celebrity. Love to see it.
Unless you are Indian or Chinese, the green card process should not take more than 1-2 years.
How long does it take for Indians / Chinese?
From the start of the process to you actually receive the card in your mailbox, 10+ years for Indians and 5+years for Chinese. Obviously varies based on EB2 vs EB3 but that's generally how long it takes. Two world's largest populations.
who wanna get married!!!!!!!! lfg bby!!!!!!!!!!
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prospect, ur anon!
For people doing IB then PE / HF, at what point would employers be willing to sponsor for green card? Would imagine it would be hard to get sponsorship if PE program is 2 years and out. If so, how should you think about next steps after PE when H1B will have ~2 years left at the end of the program?
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