($) What is the visa situation for potential international MBA students in 2021?

February 17, 2021 by EssaySnark 1 Comment

Pretty much all top U.S. bschools now are STEM-qualified, meaning that graduates of these programs seeking employment in the U.S. have the opportunity of staying here for up to six years total (an extra three years beyond the standard H-1B). [UPDATE! A careful reader of the blahg pointed out that this may not be the full picture! Please see the comments below for their thoughtful contribution!!]

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The tl;dr is that it’s going to be easier to jump through a lot of these hoops — there will still be hoops, but they won’t be so difficult to get through, and they won’t be changing every six months.

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essaysnark says

April 8, 2021 at 5:10 pm

Here’s what we heard from a Brave Supplicant who is more well-versed in these rules than us!

In the first paragraph, you pointed out that the benefit of STEM is “have the opportunity of staying here for up to six years total (an extra three years beyond the standard H-1B).” – I assumed the 6 years = 1 year OPT + 2 year OPT extension + 3 year H1B visa. While it is accurate that H1B visa is valid for 3 years, one can usually get his or her employer to extend the H1B visa for another 3 years (source link below). Thus, a graduate with STEM can most likely stay in the U.S. for 9 years in total instead of 6 years.

Apologies in advance if I misread or bothering. As a former international student/work visa applicant, my first reaction to the paragraph was “wait, 6 years in total and 3 years extra doesn’t sound right.” I love the blog content so much so just couldn’t help to bring it up in case other international students have the same confusion…

Anyways, thank you so much again for all the help!!!

The source link in case you wanted to check it out :https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/how-long-h-1b-worker-can-stay-the-united-states.html

For the record: WE LOVE CONTRIBUTIONS LIKE THIS! Thank you to the person who bothered to share this with us. We don’t often get too many comments on the public-facing posts, but there are many people like you reading them, and if you have a correction, or elaboration, or further explanation to offer in any of our topics, they are especially welcome!!!

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