If I am from the UK and starting a school here in the US next summer, how to go about getting a work visa rather than changing to a student visa?
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If I am from the UK and starting a school here in the US next summer, how to go about getting a work visa rather than changing to a student visa?
I have been offered a job just a already I want to stay in the US and work for a year before I start school. I am don’t have any visa at the moment or a SSN and I just don’t know where to start. I intend to stay in the US after I have finished school.
Asked on September 7, 2013 under Immigration Law, Indiana
Answers:
Tricia Dwyer / Tricia Dwyer Esq & Associates PLLC
Answered 11 years ago | Contributor
Hello. In a situation such as you describe, generally, the visa you seek is subject to annual quotas and those quotas have been reached for this year. Please view the travel.state.gov website for details. I urge you to have private attorney help in seeking your goals. Do contact a private attorney who will be happy to help you. Immigration and Visa law is federal law, so any knowledgeable licensed attorney may assist you. You may phone my law firm on Saturdays and Sundays, as well as weekdays. This website provides general information and general principles of law and does not provide private legal advice. Some attorneys are available seven days for emergency legal needs. Many attorneys will confer initially at no charge. Then, if legal work is performed, some attorneys will provide a reduced fee for financial hardship. Some attorneys may also assist you in limited scope manner to conserve legal costs. All the best.
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Answered 11 years ago | Contributor
Unfortunately the work visa, if you already have at least a bachelor's degree, is subject to an annual quota and that annual quota has already been reached for the year starting on October 1, 2013 so the earliest a new work visa petition could be filed on your behalf would be for the following year, starting on October 1, 2014 and that petition can be submitted to USCIS no earlier than April 1, 2014.
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