H1B vs. J1 visas (READ THIS before posting a question on visas)
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1) For most international scholars, the choice of visa is made without much knowledge of its implications. To alleviate this problem, the NPA (National Postdoc Assoc.) has come up with a detailed 20-page report on the differences between and H1B and J1 visas: NPA Quick Guide to Visas and Immigration Status for International Postdocs .
2) If you are a potential international postdoc and have not yet made a decision on doing a postdoc in the US, please also consider the following document carefully:
NPA International Postdocs - What to ask before accepting a US postdoc position.
3) If you just arrived here, please note that the first people to contact about a visa is always your department and the Dashew Center for International Students and Scholars (formerly Office of International Students and Scholars or OISS).
4) In addition to the information required from you, listed at the Dashew Center link above, it is handy to know what they require from your deparmental personnel. These and relevant contacts are listed for each visa category under the "Resources" tab.
Please read the above documents carefully before accepting a position or deciding on a visa and if you still have questions, go ahead and post a new topic in this forum.
Cheers!
Ajaykumar Gopal
VP Communications
Updates of H1B processing
September 27, 2006 - 10:25am — Anonymous (not verified)Updates of H1B processing through UCLA - OISS
UCLA Office for International Students and Scholars
http://www.intl.ucla.edu/
UCLA - OISS
106 Bradley International Hall
417 Charles E. Young Drive West
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1379
ATTENTION: DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL
Notice of USCIS Processing Delays for New H-1B Petitions
On April 1, 2006 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services changed the procedures for filing new H-1B cases. The changes were the first phase of the USCIS initiative to use centralized filing and bi-specialized adjudication.
This means that now all new H-1B cases that are also change of status cases (COS), i.e. changing from F-1 or J-1 status to H-1B, must be filed with the Vermont Service Center instead of the California Service Center.
In the early weeks after this change we experienced an expected delay in the approval times for these cases. We expected the processing times to become shorter by early summer. Unfortunately, this has not occurred, and it seems that a new H-1B COS case will continue to take four (4) to five (5) months to get an approval. (In the past when our cases were adjudicated at the California Service Center the approvals took only about three months.)
Please notify your P.I.s, faculty and administrators that for the foreseeable future any new COS H-1B cases should be sent to OISS no later than six (6) months prior to the requested H-1B start date if they wish to avoid premium processing. If you have any questions please contact Sylvia, Pat or Ping in OISS.
ATTENTION: Department Personnel
RE: New minimum salary requirements for H-1B cases for the Professional Research Series and Postdoctoral Scholar – Employee/Postgraduate Researchers
This is to remind you that on October 1, 2006 the following minimum annual salary levels for
H-1B cases will go into effect. Please be sure that any documents you submit for H-1B cases reflect these new salaries.
Assistant Researcher, Step 1: $56,100 a year
Postdoctoral Scholar – Employee/Postgraduate Researcher, Step III: $35,232 a year
I got J-1 visa it was
July 5, 2007 - 1:52am — wasif (not verified)I got J-1 visa it was mentioned on passport 2 years rules applies.
But still 2 years are not completed.
Now I am back in our country kindly advise can I get H1B or B1 or B2 visa.
Thanks
Wasif
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