F1 visa/job offer

[LDS01 2]

I am on a F-1 student visa. I have a job offer and AED card.

What form does my employer has to file? I-140? What else?

Anyone?

Thanks.

[NancyNguyen 1,657]

If you have EAD card then you can work for them, no need to file anything. If they want to keep you, their HR will file petition for you.

[KurosawaSan 52]

Is your EAD valid? Until when?

 

Is the job you have an offer for related to your field of study?

 

The employer does not need to file I-140 purely to employ you if you have an EAD.

[LDS01 2]

Thank you both for replying.

 

My AED card is valid until 2018.

 

But what if they want to keep me indefinitely? What petition form would that be?

[KurosawaSan 52]

16 minutes ago, Lucy Dornellas said:

Thank you both for replying.

 

My AED card is valid until 2018.

 

But what if they want to keep me indefinitely? What petition form would that be?

That's if they want to keep you and are willing to file the prove that there are no Americans who can do what you do.

 

Your employer will need to file PERM first with the Department of Labor before they can even touch I-140. 

[RRR2016 21]

2 hours ago, Lucy Dornellas said:

Thank you both for replying.

 

My AED card is valid until 2018.

 

But what if they want to keep me indefinitely? What petition form would that be?

You can work for them until your AED card expires. I would advise talking to them soon to see if they would be willing to sponsor an H1-B visa. and they would need to file an I-140. However, these visas are for extremely qualified people and have to meet certain requirements. Also the employer has to prove there are no qualified U.S workers able to perform that job. They have to post the job opening for a certain period of time. The previous company I worked for was no longer willing to go through this hassle. So I would talk to them soon to see your options.