Green card filing process at Microsoft
Has anyone here has Microsoft filed for his PERM while still on F1 OPT and can give me some insight of the process?
I recently received a new grad offer from Microsoft and considering joining. I’m from a country which doesn’t have a long wait line for GC and have another offer from Oracle OCI so trying to negotiate with MSFT to start my PERM process early (I’m getting my MS degree so I should be eligible). However, the recruiter said she does not work on this and that I will receive more guidance from the legal team after joining.
Any advice on what should I do? Should I just accept the offer and wait for MSFT to file for my PERM application? How long does it usually take? Really want to have a piece of mind here.
Microsoft SWE offer TC 153k, Bellevue
Oracle OCI IC2 offer TC 181k, Santa Clara
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I joined late Nov last year
They initialized my perm case on Dec
Recruitment is scheduled for June this year
The perm initialization used to take>= 1 year.
They have improved it dramatically last year. It is day 1 or ~ 1 month now to have your case initialized automatically.