After OPT HELP

[Hunter-2011 0]

Hi everyone,

My friend Jennifer is on OPT (Optional Practical Training) and is able to legally work in the U.S for one year. That will expire this August. Then she will be forced to leave the country. Jennifer has a job in Brooklyn, New York at Capital One bank. She is a teller and translates for all of the Chinese people who come into the bank. She is hoping to soon be promoted as well. She loves living in America and loves her job. The deadline has already passed in April for an h1b. She really wants to stay in America, work, and one day become a U.S citizen. Is there any way for her to stay?? Please help us. She is my best friend and I will do anything to help her. I keep researching. There must be someway?

Krista

[Merrytooth 5,748]

A bank teller position does not seems to qualify for H1B visa.

I thought OPT has been extended to 24 months for STEM students?

[Hunter-2011 0]

She got her MBA degree here in America. So I don't think that counts for STEM?

[Merrytooth 5,748]

Check the MBA course against this list

https://www.ice.gov/sites/default/files/documents/Document/2016/stem-list.pdf

Better still, contact university’s designated school official (DSO) to ask.

[Boiler 45,525]

Marriage?

[Hunter-2011 0]

Check the MBA course against this list

https://www.ice.gov/sites/default/files/documents/Document/2016/stem-list.pdf

Better still, contact university’s designated school official (DSO) to ask.

Thanks for the list!

I don't see MBA. The closest would be "52.1302 Business Statistics." Does it need to be the actual degree name?

Also, she was an accounting major in Taiwan. Mathematics and statistics is the closest I see.

Would those work? Or does it need to be directly related? I wonder how they determine that.

[Merrytooth 5,748]

Thanks for the list!

I don't see MBA. The closest would be "52.1302 Business Statistics." Does it need to be the actual degree name?

Also, she was an accounting major in Taiwan. Mathematics and statistics is the closest I see.

Would those work? Or does it need to be directly related? I wonder how they determine that.

It will be best to ask the university's DSO.

Otherwise, there is really no much option of staying in US after the OPT ends.

Unless she has a USC boyfriend to get marry.

Taiwan is now VWP country. She can visit US without visa if she does not overstay.

[squareleg 69]

She can apply for MS/PhD program....start the course-work....continue to search for jobs that qualify for H1B. If she gets a job then apply for CPT and then apply for H1B. It is not going to be easy.

Marriage is other option.