STEM/Work Visa

H1b

Specialty occupation work visa.
  • Specialty occupation work visa. For high level jobs that require a university degree.
  • Annual cap of 85,000. Two groups 20,000 people with US Masters degree (Priority cases) and 65,000 people with any bachelor’s degree.
  • All clients must have a US employer who will work with us.
  • We prefer STEM fields for these visas.

H1b1

Specialty occupation work visa for people from Singapore and Chile.
  • Specialty occupation work visa. For high level jobs that require a university degree.
  • Annual cap of 85,000. Two groups 20,000 people with US Masters degree (Priority cases) and 65,000 people with any bachelor’s degree.
  • All clients must have a US employer who will work with us.
  • We prefer STEM fields for these visas.

Most often these visas come from three types of cases:

  1. New lottery case – These cases begin in December with individuals seeking out attorney to prepare for the April 1 lottery.
  2. Change of employer – These individuals already have an H1b and want to move to a new employer. These cases can be filed anytime as they are outside the lottery.
  3. CAP Exempt – These individuals work for a non-profit company that has a close affiliation to a post secondary school. Think hospital connected to school or non profit university.

TN Visa

specialty occupation work visa for people from Mexico and China.
  • Specialty occupation work visa.
  • This visa is for people from Mexico and Canada.
  • The visa is very easy to get so long as the individual qualifies. WE WANT THESE CLIENTS.
  • Here is the specific list of jobs that qualify for the TN visa: https://www.nafsa.org/_/file/_/amresource/8cfr2146.htm

Most often these visas come from two types of cases:

  1. New case.
  2. Change of employer case.

E3 Visa

Specialty occupation work visa for people from Australia.

F1 OPT

Optional Practical Training.
  • International student visa.
  • Student who complete a degree program are given a 12 month work permit. They can progress through degrees AA to BA and get another OPT after each degree.
  • Work permission for F1 student graduates – good for 12 months.

F1 CPT

Curricular Practical Training.
  • International student visa.
  • Students can get work permission during school for part time off campus. We want to blog about this to give advice and pointers.

F1 OPT STEM

  • International student visa.
  • Extra 24 months of work permission for F1 graduates in STEM field.

Most often these visas come from two types of cases:

  1. The student pipeline is an key place for us to capture clients at the beginning of their immigration process. We want to reach out to students by providing online content in blogging and through social media.
  2. We want to reach out to students by providing online content in blogging and through social media.

L1A

International Executive.
  • International executive transferee.
  • A foreign company can transfer an executive to the USA to company which is a branch/subsidiary/affiliate.

L1B

Intracompany transferee Specialized knowledge.
  • International transferee specialized knowledge.
  • Typically an employee who knows trade secrets/proprietary processes or information.
  • Must have two companies one overseas and one in the USA.

Most often these visas come from large and medium sized companies:

  1. This is not useful for small or mom/pop size businesses.

PERM Visa

Greencardprocess for this category.