<p>Hi i am an international student going to earn a undergraduate degree in comp. sci from USC or UDUB (I am confused where to go, any advice?)
My ques is if i want to later work and earn in USA, being an international student is it going to be tough! ? Are there chances that i ll be sent back to my home country? </p>
<p>Do you have an appropriate visa???</p>
<p>You need at least H visa to work here; you can’t work on F visa you know. </p>
<p>Seattle is a hotspot for tech companies, so the University of Washington (“Udub”) might be the better choice if you’re hoping to stay in the US. USC (University of Southern California?) is a decent school, but there are several other good universities nearby (UCLA, Berkeley, Stanford) whose graduates will be competing with you for the same tech jobs. </p>
<p>You can work for 1-2 years on OPT, which is part of your student visa, but after that getting a work visa is going to be difficult. There’s a cap on the yearly number of work visas issued. Unfortunately, the number of visa applications submitted in the first week of the year usually exceeds that cap, so they have to hold a lottery to decide whose visa application is even going to get processed. Yes, you’d literally have to win a lottery to get a work visa.</p>
<p>Much easier than getting a work visa is getting a green card by marrying a US citizen. You might consider putting “dating” on your list of priorities in college… </p>
<p>Yes, it is almost impossible to get a work visa after your OPT with a BS (due to unscrupulous companies using H1B for offshore workers, something which I hoped the immigration reform would change, but now it’s stalled). However, if you attend UWA for CS, you’ll likely be poached by a Canadian company - representatives may actually come to campus and explain that Canadian laws are much more lenient for international graduates (it’s something like: find a job, get the work permit, and if 3 years later you’re still legally employed, you can become a permanent resident, vs. the American system which is mind-bogglingly impossible, thus harming the economy it’s supposed to help and hence the Canadian poaching of top talent.) Your other option is to earn a Master’s degree, at which point getting hired in the US becomes much easier (but still far from easy).
With an F1 visa you can work up to 20 hours on campus, and up to 40hours during breaks/vacations.</p>
<p>As of now, it sounds like you haven’t been admitted to either USC or UWA, so apply to both, keeping in mind they’re very competitive.</p>
<p>If you are still applying, take a good long look at the Canadian universities. As MYOS1634 wrote above, Canada’s immigration policy and work permission after graduation are much more logical than in the US. Last time I checked, Canada also had more generous work permission for college students as well, so investigate that too.</p>
<p>If you look hard enough, you can find IT sweat shops that will take in foreign college graduates and providing them opportunities to get permanent resident status. When I say “sweat shop” I mean the work is the same but the salaries are LOW, in lieu of salary, they will hire lawyers to sponsor your green card. Since it takes anywhere 2 to 4 years in the application process, you got stuck with low salaries and hard work. Most employees under this situation works 10-12 hours a day and get paid minimum wage. You have to be graduated from computer schools.</p>
<p>@MYOS1634 @happymomof1 I have already got admission in USC and UDUB for spring 2015. And I have no clue how to apply in Canadian universities! Neither i want to go Canada now. Can you please suggest some other solution?
Other universities where I have got admission are:-(besides USC and UdUB)
Penn state
Stony brook
Uw madison
Can u suggest me a university from these where situation for international students are better? </p>
<p>@MYOS1634 @happymomof1 Also I have my close relatives living in seattle who have green card and are US citizens is it possible that they adopt me till i complete my under-graduation studies so that later I can work easily and settle?
PS : My relatives already have a daughter and a son. So are my chances not so good? </p>
<p>You are an adult, there is no way to “adopt” you to work here. They can apply to sponsor you for a green card, but that means you will have to go back to your country to await the application to be approved, which can take years or even decades.</p>
<p>How old are you? I think the age limit is 16, and if you are older, you can’t get it by adoption.</p>
<p>Then I would choose UWA. It’s the best for CS. Congratulations on your Spring Admission and especially to the CS program, which is VERY competitive at UWA :)</p>
<p>No you cannot be adopted.</p>
<p>Do you have enough to pay for UWA? if so, that’s the best choice for CS.
If not, what’s your budget, and how much does each university that admitted you cost?</p>
<p>@MYOS1634 Thank you,
Actually I am trying to get loan too and will get response from bank within few days. If my loan is sanctioned I ll go udub, else stony brook or UW madison
@paul2752 I am 17.
@artloversplus So the only way I can work after my studies is by getting low wage or marrying a green card holder? </p>
<p>No, not necessarily, but if you are a top Top TOP student in MIT or the like you may be able to find some one want you enough to sponsor your green card. Did I say top? That means #1 or 2 in the class for the Top Uni in USA.</p>
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<p>This would make u their legal child, which avails you to all the legal privileges & baggage that come along w that distinction, like inheritance & tax deductions.</p>
<p>Here is the limit of adoption age and rules for adoption
<a href=“http://travel.state.gov/content/adoptionsabroad/en/adoption-process/how-to-adopt/who-can-be-adopted.html”>http://travel.state.gov/content/adoptionsabroad/en/adoption-process/how-to-adopt/who-can-be-adopted.html</a></p>
<p>Yeah, top colleges will be willing to help you get a right status if you are really top no.1</p>
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Wishful thinking. Universities will sponsor you a student visa. The better universities will hire an immigration lawyer to advise their students on the best stategies to qualify for an H-1B visa down the road (and eventually a green card). But that’s it. </p>
<p>There isn’t much a university can do to help their students get a work visa or permanent resident status.</p>
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Marriage will do. Low wage, not so much. In fact, in order for a job to qualify for a work visa at all, the position has to pay at least average wage for that occupation and geographic location. It’s usually the high-paying employers that are willing to jump through extra hoops to get the very best applicants they can get (including the hoops to hire a foreigner).</p>