H-1B is a non-immigrant visa category. H1-B visas are for professionals who want to work in the US under the category of Specialty Workers. A person can stay for a maximum period of 6 years under this visa. But, to begin with this visa is granted only for a period of three years and may later be extended for periods of two years and one year. For this visa, a petition has to be filed by your prospective employer, also know as “sponsor”. Once this visa is obtained, you can enter the US and through Labor Certification, your company can file for Green Card.
The educational requirement for this visa is a minimum of four years of college or a total of 16 years of education. Subsequently the person has to have some experience in the field in which he is going to work on in the US. The four years college education can be relaxed a bit if you have some good experience in the related field of work. You can apply for a Green Card through your employer if he is willing to go ahead with it. If your Green Card in under processing, it is possible to extend you stay beyond the maximum limit of six years. It is important to understand that, at the time of petitioning, both the employer and the alien must have intent of working only temporarily in the US.
Premium Processing Service is offered to obtain faster processing of a petition for an additional INS fee of US $ 1,000. Specifically, the INS will provide 15-calendar day processing to those who choose to use this service or the INS will refund the Premium Processing fee and the relating case will continue to receive expeditious service.
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