Query regarding H1B Cap exempt category

[sowmiya]

Hi ,

 

I am new to this forum. I am currently working as a software engineer in India and will be coming to US on a H4 visa by July. Due to various reasons, i was unable to file H1 for FY 2015.

 

I wanted to know about below things.

 

1.Am i eligible to get a work permit through any one of H1B Cap exempt employers?

 

2. What kind of job or nature of work it would be, since from the search on internet , those employers are mostly educational institutions, hospitals,non-profit organization?

 

3.In case i am eligible, Is H1B Visa through actual cap based is different from the visa we obtain through a cap exempt employer? or will there be any conditions for H1 obtained from cap exempt employer?

 

 

Thanks,

Sowmiya

[jairichi]

Hi ,

 

I am new to this forum. I am currently working as a software engineer in India and will be coming to US on a H4 visa by July. Due to various reasons, i was unable to file H1 for FY 2015.

 

I wanted to know about below things.

 

1.Am i eligible to get a work permit through any one of H1B Cap exempt employers?

 

2. What kind of job or nature of work it would be, since from the search on internet , those employers are mostly educational institutions, hospitals,non-profit organization?

 

3.In case i am eligible, Is H1B Visa through actual cap based is different from the visa we obtain through a cap exempt employer? or will there be any conditions for H1 obtained from cap exempt employer?

 

 

Thanks,

Sowmiya

1. You can work for non-profit organizations like an university only after changing your status to H1B.

2. Normal job and nothing special.

3. It is a cap exempt H1B petition similar to cap subject petition. The only difference there is no numerical cap and it can be filed anytime in the year.

[t75]

You have to work in your field of training not just an arbitrary job at a cap-exempt institution.

[JoeF]

2. What kind of job or nature of work it would be, since from the search on internet , those employers are mostly educational institutions, hospitals,non-profit organization?

Not just "mostly."

Only universities, non-profit research organizations affiliated with universities (e.e.g, university hospitals) and government research organizations are cap-exempt, as per the law.

So, for a software engineer, some universities have staff programmer positions. You could apply for such kinds of positions.