Options after exhausting STEM OPT
Dec 18, 2019
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I am currently on STEM OPT which will expire Feb 2021, I've missed out on the lottery twice in two years and thus next year is my last chance to get approved for an H1B. What are my options if I don't make it? I work at Amazon, if that's relevant.
YoE: 2 years
TC: 197k
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And yeah, I think a lot of people are abusing the asylum system, for example, the ones who rent other people's kids to gain access to the differential treatment for adults crossing with children. That's abuse.
Much like the consulting companies that spam thousands of incomplete applications just to get wins in the lottery and then complete the winners via RFE's.
Canada
Australia
EU
Singapore
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UAE
Mexico
Brazil
Malaysia
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Belize
China
Russia
Turkey
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Bangladesh
Zimbabwe
Botswana
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Iran
Sudan
North Korea
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Afghanistan
Somalia
Yemen
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India
But placing India below Yemen and Somalia? That shows a different kind of dislike.
Get your education credentials evaluated, get IELTS / CELPIP test results. This will take 3-6 months. You have that much time to decide whether to apply or not.
If you decide, then you can apply in a week or two, and assuming you’ll get enough points, you’ll get PR in less than 12 months from today (imagine a life of no visa renewals, living as an alien, and being equal to all your colleagues in terms of work auth).
Don’t waste money on CPT schools. It’s a waste of your life’s valuable time.
4 years from landing in Canada as PR you’ll have citizenship and you can work in US on TNvisa.
Focus on having your current job/employer transfarable to Canada.