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Fellow/past 3Ls on F1 visa but no offer at this point, come share you anxiety/experiences

Anonymous User wrote:Fellow/past 3Ls on F1 visa but no offer at this point, come share you anxiety/experiences

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Just curious but isn't the deadline for H1B visa coming soon?
Here is an idea maybe: look for not for profits like universities or hospitals or research groups, they have an exemption from the cap and filing times.

I'm not sure if the US masters degree exemption applies? But I think they don't have same exemption as some non profits.

Even if you can find a JD advantage or other jobs with these specific non profits you might have better luck with a visa.

Tls2016 wrote:Just curious but isn't the deadline for H1B visa coming soon?
Here is an idea maybe: look for not for profits like universities or hospitals or research groups, they have an exemption from the cap and filing times.

I'm not sure if the US masters degree exemption applies? But I think they don't have same exemption as some non profits.

Even if you can find a JD advantage or other jobs with these specific non profits you might have better luck with a visa.

There is no exemption for advanced degrees. You only get to enter into the lottery twice if you ALREADY have an advanced US degree.
Even if you get h1b through university/non-profit, you still need to win the lottery before switching to a job that's not exempt from the lottery in the first place.
We're still talking about legal jobs here. Starting your legal career at some strange place just in order to stay in the country? No.

Anonymous User wrote:

Tls2016 wrote:Just curious but isn't the deadline for H1B visa coming soon?
Here is an idea maybe: look for not for profits like universities or hospitals or research groups, they have an exemption from the cap and filing times.

I'm not sure if the US masters degree exemption applies? But I think they don't have same exemption as some non profits.

Even if you can find a JD advantage or other jobs with these specific non profits you might have better luck with a visa.

There is no exemption for advanced degrees. You only get to enter into the lottery twice if you ALREADY have an advanced US degree.
Even if you get h1b through university/non-profit, you still need to win the lottery before switching to a job that's not exempt from the lottery in the first place.
We're still talking about legal jobs here. Starting your legal career at some strange place just in order to stay in the country? No.

Ok. Good luck with the lottery. I know it's become increasingly difficult over the past few years. If you don't have a job now, I thought you would be too late to apply but you have another month to find a job and submit your application. You probably know that submissions have to stay open for 5 business days from April 1, last year it closed on April 7.

I suggested the not for profit route because it would allow you to stay in the US but that doesn't seem to be an issue for you.

Tls2016 wrote:

Anonymous User wrote:

Tls2016 wrote:Just curious but isn't the deadline for H1B visa coming soon?
Here is an idea maybe: look for not for profits like universities or hospitals or research groups, they have an exemption from the cap and filing times.

I'm not sure if the US masters degree exemption applies? But I think they don't have same exemption as some non profits.

Even if you can find a JD advantage or other jobs with these specific non profits you might have better luck with a visa.

There is no exemption for advanced degrees. You only get to enter into the lottery twice if you ALREADY have an advanced US degree.
Even if you get h1b through university/non-profit, you still need to win the lottery before switching to a job that's not exempt from the lottery in the first place.
We're still talking about legal jobs here. Starting your legal career at some strange place just in order to stay in the country? No.

Ok. Good luck with the lottery. I know it's become increasingly difficult over the past few years. If you don't have a job now, I thought you would be too late to apply but you have another month to find a job and submit your application. You probably know that submissions have to stay open for 5 business days from April 1, last year it closed on April 7.

I suggested the not for profit route because it would allow you to stay in the US but that doesn't seem to be an issue for you.

Sorry for posting as a 0L, but I have some experience with this. You should be able to work for one year on post-completion OPT https://www.uscis.gov/eir/visa-guide/f- ... aining-opt

You have to be kind of strategic about the timing of filing your I-765. Once you apply for and receive your OPT EAD, you have to be employed in some JD-related capacity within 90 days. If you're unemployed any longer, you'll lose your status/work authorization and be unable to change status to H1B.


OPT is only good for 12 months and can't be extended for non-STEM grads, meaning that you would have to be selected in the following year's lottery to secure a longer-term work authorization. If you're selected and your OPT expires before 10/01, your status/work authorization is automatically extended through the cap gap protection.

Hope that helps, and good luck OP!

Tls2016 wrote:

Anonymous User wrote:

Tls2016 wrote:Just curious but isn't the deadline for H1B visa coming soon?
Here is an idea maybe: look for not for profits like universities or hospitals or research groups, they have an exemption from the cap and filing times.

I'm not sure if the US masters degree exemption applies? But I think they don't have same exemption as some non profits.

Even if you can find a JD advantage or other jobs with these specific non profits you might have better luck with a visa.

There is no exemption for advanced degrees. You only get to enter into the lottery twice if you ALREADY have an advanced US degree.
Even if you get h1b through university/non-profit, you still need to win the lottery before switching to a job that's not exempt from the lottery in the first place.
We're still talking about legal jobs here. Starting your legal career at some strange place just in order to stay in the country? No.

Ok. Good luck with the lottery. I know it's become increasingly difficult over the past few years. If you don't have a job now, I thought you would be too late to apply but you have another month to find a job and submit your application. You probably know that submissions have to stay open for 5 business days from April 1, last year it closed on April 7.

I suggested the not for profit route because it would allow you to stay in the US but that doesn't seem to be an issue for you.[/quote]

The ddl is earlier than April because you need LCA before your employer can file the petition.

I'm thinking any place OP could hope to get a job that would sponsor him is filing other H1Bs on April 1st. But I agree it's probably too late, which is why I suggested the H1B not under the cap as an option.

Good luck OP.