Hi everyone.
Joe Biden will be the US president from the next year.
People expect he will open the door wider to immigrants
from outside the country.
Do you want to come to the US
to live permanently and legally?
And do you want to know how?
Let me teach you some of the possible ways
for you to consider.
I'll also tell you some pluses and minuses of each option,
along with my own experience
so you can see which option may work best for you.
Assuming you are an average person,
not a world famous scientist or somebody like that,
I'd like to recommend you to review
these three types of visas that will help you enter the US.
One. Student Visa.
You must get an admission from accredited institutions
like universities.
With the visa, you can live in the US
as long as you are registered as a student.
You can earn bachelor's degree, master's degree
or even higher.
Also, you can learn the US culture
and you can build some human network
which is very important
for your job hunting after graduation.
But you'll not be able to work full time with the visa.
And the tuition for an international student
is much higher than local students,
about three times more expensive.
Also, after graduation, you'll have only 60 days, two months
to either enroll in another college program
for further studies or an OPT program,
which means Optional Practical Training program.
The OPT program allows you to extend your student visa
for one year, while you work, intern or train.
If this doesn't take place within the 60 days,
you will have to leave the US.
So if you want to stay for a longer period of time,
you must get a full-time job.
Two. Work Visa.
You must find a company to hire
and sponsor you for this visa,
which allows you to remain employed at the company
for three years.
I came to California with this visa too.
One of the American companies
I had business relationship
offered me to work for the company.
At the time I was working
for one of the largest companies in the country
with 12 years of job experience.
This is really great
because this allows you to work as a full-timer,
make money and keep building your professional career
in the field.
But getting a work visa is tough and becoming more difficult
because of these three reasons.
First. The sponsoring company
must prove that you have a unique and special knowledge
and expertise for the company,
which local American candidates hardly have.
Two. The government asks American enterprises
to hire Americans first.
And third, the H-1B quota for a year is limited.
For example, for the next year 2021,
the H-1B regular cap is 65,000
and the H-1B Advanced Degree Exemption is 20,000.
It means if you have received your master's degree
from a US institution,
you may increase the odds of selection in the H-1B cap.
But if not, you are in the regular cap.
That means you never know
how long it would take for you to get the visa.
It may take years.
If you do not get a permanent resident card
during your employment,
you must either extend your work visa one time
or leave the US.
So if you'd like to increase the possibility
of getting a full-time job and H-1B visa,
I'd like to recommend that you have a bachelor's degree
in most popular areas like Computer Science,
Information Systems, Business, et cetera.
After graduation,
if you can pass the national exam
and get that professional certificate, for example,
like CPA, Certified Public Accountant or registered nurse,
that'll be a great plus for you to get a job.
Three. Immigrant Investor Visa.
All immigrant investors are admitted to the US
as conditional permanent residents.
The annual cap for this visa is 10,000.
You must invest minimum $900,000
to projects in Troubled Employment Areas, TEAs,
which has an average unemployment rate
of at least 150%
of the national average unemployment rate,
or you must invest minimum $1.8 million
for all other non-TEA projects.
And then the investment must create
or preserve at least 10 full time jobs
for qualifying US workers within two years,
in order for you to convert the status
from conditional green card holder to permanent resident.
Only if you have the money,
this could be the fastest way
for you to become a permanent resident.
Becoming a permanent resident
is the goal for every immigrants.
Once you make it, a new chapter begins.
So let's talk about it in another video next time.
I want you to ask yourself these questions
before making a decision.
Am I willing to invest my time and money
to study at least for two years in the US,
and start a new professional life?
Am I master's or higher degree holder
in high demand for the future?
Do I have number one expertise in my industry?
Do I have career experience in the industry in high demand,
such as Engineering, Computer Science,
Finance, Information Technology, and so on?
Do I have minimum $3 million
to invest and cover the living cost
for at least two years in the US?
Do I have English fluency in high advanced level?
I hope you have many YES to these questions.
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