<p>Hey y'all
i have a question. I've been accepted to newyork university, arizona state and UCLA. I'm going to double major in computer-science and accounting.
My question is, can i stay in usa and work after my 1 year of opt? My uncles (mom's brother) owns an accounting firm in newyork for the past 20 years. Can i work for him if he sponsors me on the h-1b visa or something?
P.s: my grand parents are american citizen, i dunno if it matters or not.</p>
<p>I know i'm going to get loads of negative replies about stealing american jobs, but please help out :)
thanks.</p>
<p>If your grandparents are citizens (born here, I assume?) why don’t you just get citizenship through them and make this question obsolete?</p>
<p>-Assuming your GPs are naturalized citizens:</p>
<p>Yes, technically nearly any employer can sponsor you for an H-1B work visa. Here’s a few notes on that visa . . .</p>
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<li><p>To obtain an H-1B visa spot for a non-citizen, the company has to apply for it on behalf of the individual. This requires creating a “package” of multiple paperworks for an application that is sent to US Immigration. In short, they approve or disapprove the visa spot that the employer has “sponsored” for you.</p></li>
<li><p>Within this “package” will have to be a fwe things including, but not limited to a) proof from the sponsoring employer that the position could not be filled by a qualified US citizen. This would typically require proving that the job announcement was posted to the public, interviews may have been conducted and so forth. B) Salary information submitted to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) that shows what a typical salary is for that position and proof that you will be paid MORE than that. By law the sponsoring employers must pay more to the non-citizen worker since the spot culs not be filled by a US citizen. And c) A LOT of background life information which may require you submitting proof of those claims as well. For example, if you were married and you were trying to get your wife attached to your visa, then you would need to provide wedding ceremony details (such as wedding photos or affadavits from witnesses) and proof that you had been communicating since marriage (emails, texts, phone calls, etc).</p></li>
<li><p>There are only a limited number of H-1B visa sponsor spots, but it is based on first come-first served. The application season for the coming fiscal year (FY) begins in April (a couple months before typical college graduations). So, for example, if your uncle were trying to hire you for this coming FY (2013, since we are currently in 2012 - FY is October to October), then we would have started putting together your sponsor application last month or so.</p></li>
<li><p>IF you are granted an H-1B visa, then there is a time limit, of course. Currently I believe it’s 6 years. That’s 6 years TOTAL on the combination of all your H1B visas. For example, if you work 3 years with your uncle on an H1B visa and then get hired by another company also sponsoring you with an H1B visa, then you only have 3 years to work for them before your time is up. Extensions can be granted, but they are highly scrutinized and hard to get. Typically an extension is only granted if your permanent residency is currently in a review process. Most H1B visa sponsored workers apply for their permanent residency right away if they believe they may be working in the US for more than 6 years.</p></li>
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<p>So, in short, yes. Technically he can sponsor you with the visa, however it may prove diffucult for him to prove that he could not find a US citizen to hire in an accounting firm in NY. Typically, H1B visas go to engineering or medical trades because these positions require many years of experience as a requirement that US citizens are hard to come by with. Not accounting.</p>
<p>Hope that helps.</p>
<p>How did you get accepted to NYU and UCLA without taking the SATs? If you have been thru the admission process once, why ask us about your chances?</p>
<p>American grandparents cannot sponsor alien grandchildren for citizenships.</p>