Anthony15:
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Hey all,
As almost all of u know, to get H1-b visa for '08 with undergrad degree is 1 in 4 or 25% chance, could be less, depending upon how many actual application will be filed. To tackle this problem, one solution would be find colleges,who are willing to give full time CPT. I have statrted my research on that and I'll be glad to share that with you guys. But if anybody already knows and/or doing that as of now, then it will be great if you could share that with us.
Most of u will say, go back to school for masters. Well, it is not 100% sure anyomore that u will get H1-b with mastees degree .If it is not sure this year then forget about 2-3 years down the road.
I'd appreciate if you guys come up with other alternatives than marrying a green card holder, get cash payments from consultancies...
Solitudeman69:
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I agree with Anthonly!
Plus, my take would be..
1. Protest and inquire against USCIS and email your inquiries to uscis.webmaster@dhs.gov
National Customer Service Center (NCSC) at 1-800-375-5283 (TTY 1-800-767-1833).
(http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=7220c9ee2f82b010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD&vgnextchannel=7220c9ee2f82b010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD)
(Pls. correct me cuz my reasoning may be biased)..
most of you who have invested your time, money and effort in comming to the US attaining IT bachelors degrees. Average 75% have to spend going back to school just to maintain your status, or getting masters degree which is also uncertain in the commin 2/3 yrs.
On the other hand, foreign national with 4 yrs. of foreign degree have the same privelage as you folks. If this were the case, it would be cost effective to go back and get 4 years degree and file for H1b from home country rather.
2. USCIS should allocate a quota for each country. Last year, 25,000 H1bs were issued to InfoSys of India alone. This means 33% of the H-1b quota were filled by one signe company and a singel nation.
This issue needs to be addressed to USCIS now before its too late.
