H1B Non technical background


Swathi_123

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Hello Everyone,

I was on H4 visa in USA, I had applied for H1B in 2016 and got it approved after 2 rfe's in June 2017. 

I got my visa approved as marketing specialist,  I have completed my MBA in Finance and Marketing and have 2 yrs of exp as i was working in India.

Now it is very difficult for me to find a job as I am from non technical IT background and most of the jobs in USA are technical which require H1B's and even if i found a non technical IT job willing to offer me a position due to minimum wage issue with the H1B labor rules I cannot proceed further.

Please advise me what I should do at this stage.  I want to continue in non technical IT ..

Thank you

Regards

Swathi.

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17 hours ago, Swathi_123 said:

Hello Everyone,

I was on H4 visa in USA, I had applied for H1B in 2016 and got it approved after 2 rfe's in June 2017. 

I got my visa approved as marketing specialist,  I have completed my MBA in Finance and Marketing and have 2 yrs of exp as i was working in India.

Now it is very difficult for me to find a job as I am from non technical IT background and most of the jobs in USA are technical which require H1B's and even if i found a non technical IT job willing to offer me a position due to minimum wage issue with the H1B labor rules I cannot proceed further.

Please advise me what I should do at this stage.  I want to continue in non technical IT ..

Thank you

Regards

Swathi.

You HAVE a job, with the employer who filed your H1.

It is the employer's responsibility to give you work to do. The employer needs to pay you, even if you are on bench without a project.

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4 hours ago, copco said:

I don't quite understand. How did you get an H1B without a job? Are you looking for a new job?

Yes at the time of application we had the job and now I am on bench and I my employer asked me to find a new job as he cannot afford me to  give me any job for my qualification,  I am trying to find a new job with my qualification and experience seems that it is tough so hence asked the above question on the same.

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2 hours ago, JoeF said:

You HAVE a job, with the employer who filed your H1.

It is the employer's responsibility to give you work to do. The employer needs to pay you, even if you are on bench without a project.

Yes thats correct but my employer asked me to find a new job,  I am trying to find a new job with the skill sets & exp as I mentioned above but seems that I found few employers but they are not willing to pay the minimum wage which is required i need some suggestions as to what could be done in my case as i dont want to get my h1b approval go for waste. 

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2 hours ago, Swathi_123 said:

Yes at the time of application we had the job and now I am on bench and I my employer asked me to find a new job as he cannot afford me to  give me any job for my qualification,  I am trying to find a new job with my qualification and experience seems that it is tough so hence asked the above question on the same.

Are you getting paid?

On H1, you ALWAYS have to get paid, even on bench.

If you don't get paid, file a complaint with DOL on form WH4.

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