Deepak Srinivasan Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 My wife is in H4 and in US now. She has a BCA (Bachelor of Computer applications) degree from India, which is a 3 year degree. She also has 2 years of IT work experience from India. I understand that she is not eligible for H1 with this qualification (as she either needs a 4 year degree or a 3 year degree with 3 years experience) What would be the best approach to take to get her to a H1-B visa? 1. Join in a community college and pursue an associate degree? Will those credits get added to bridge the 1 year gap for a 4-year US equivalent? 2. Join a regular graduation college to and pursue courses to bridge the 1 year gap? Will a regular college transfer her credits from India and just allow her to do the necessary courses to bridge the 1 year gap? 3. Work in India itself to add 1 more year of work experience, so that she can use 3 year degree and 3 years experience to make her eligible for H1? Please let me know which approach will work, and which is faster? Thanks in advance! Link to comment
jairichi Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 My wife is in H4 and in US now. She has a BCA (Bachelor of Computer applications) degree from India, which is a 3 year degree. She also has 2 years of IT work experience from India. I understand that she is not eligible for H1 with this qualification (as she either needs a 4 year degree or a 3 year degree with 3 years experience) What would be the best approach to take to get her to a H1-B visa? 1. Join in a community college and pursue an associate degree? Will those credits get added to bridge the 1 year gap for a 4-year US equivalent? 2. Join a regular graduation college to and pursue courses to bridge the 1 year gap? Will a regular college transfer her credits from India and just allow her to do the necessary courses to bridge the 1 year gap? 3. Work in India itself to add 1 more year of work experience, so that she can use 3 year degree and 3 years experience to make her eligible for H1? Please let me know which approach will work, and which is faster? Thanks in advance! I would go for option 2 but complete the program to graduate. She would get OPT option and later an employer can file a H1B. Link to comment
t75 Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 An associates degree is worthless to her. She should have the appropriate office at the university she wants to attend evaluate her transcript; they will advise the courses that must be taken. Note that some universities require the last 60 hours in residency for a degree. Option 3 is useless for a GC. Link to comment
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