The context:
I am an international student at UC Davis. This means that I am in the US on a student visa. For many reasons beyond my control, my original goal of transferring to a Ph.D. program here at UC Davis is … heading down the category titled, “Another Failed Life Initiative by Jin”. Ha! The reason? Simple: there is no funding available for the kind of research that I am interested in and my advisor deems worthy undertaking. Unfortunately, at my age, I don’t want to abandon my previous work experience to pursue something radically different from what I have been doing — specifically, energy storage.
Long story short, the time period, given to international students after graduation known as OPT (Optional Practical Training), is only ONCE per degree LEVEL. This puts me in that category where I have 60-days to leave the US once I graduate. Nice, huh?
My potential employer has been amazingly nice and has filed an H1-B visa petition for me to work for them. There is a quota on the number of people accepted into the US for work and every year, it’s a random lottery selection to determine who gets to work in the US.
The H1-B visa selection for this fiscal year has been completed as of today.
https://www.uscis.gov/news/alerts/uscis-completes-h-1b-cap-random-selection-process-fy-2019
Now we wait… Will know by May… latest June.
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