Comment Re:H1B wages (Score 3) 307
But, for a company to get an H-1B in the first place they must prove that the position being filled and the salary offered falls within 5% of the locally paid salary for that position.
So, if the job is in CA or NY city you can expect to be paid more than in wisconsin for example.
But, the proof is only when the H-1B is obtained, so 6 years later (the max it can be extended for) you may be earning far less than the norm.
Of course, there are many other different categories of work permit (O-1, L-1, J-1 etc.) that have other requirements.
Work Permit (Status) / Visa Difference:
The INS uses the term Status to define whether you have a right to work in the US. You first enter Status when you get your first work permit. You can stay in status by extending or changing you work permit. If at any time you fall out of status (h-1b expires, you get fired) you are meant to leave the country.
The Visa is the stamp in your passport that lets you in the country. All the while you stay in the US, this Visa stamp can expire and everything is fine. But if you leave the US on vacation, you need to get the Visa stamp renewed before you can re-enter the US. You can only renew the Visa stamp outside of the US and an American Embassy / Consulate. You need you work permit paperwork to get the Visa stamp.
The green card gives you the right to reside in the US, with or without a job. The are many different ways to get a green card (i.e. family sponsored, work sponsored, lottery). Each different cateogory has a numberical limit on it, e.g. the family based categories are all taken for several years to come, but the professional work based categories have green card available.
In the self sponsored categories you have five sub-categories each with different allocations:
1) Super-human, Ph.D etc. say 30,000
2) Professional, B.Sc etc, say 25,000
3) Regular, Lib Arts Degree, say 15,000
4) High school grad, say 10,000
5) Everyone else, say 5000
It is not often known that anyone in the world can apply for a green card, and if acceptable you will be granted one based on availability of the category you applied for. So if you applied for a category 4 green card and got accepted you may be given an allocation numbers of 65,000 - meaning you can come and live in the us, but not for five years.
Mike
So, if the job is in CA or NY city you can expect to be paid more than in wisconsin for example.
But, the proof is only when the H-1B is obtained, so 6 years later (the max it can be extended for) you may be earning far less than the norm.
Of course, there are many other different categories of work permit (O-1, L-1, J-1 etc.) that have other requirements.
Work Permit (Status) / Visa Difference:
The INS uses the term Status to define whether you have a right to work in the US. You first enter Status when you get your first work permit. You can stay in status by extending or changing you work permit. If at any time you fall out of status (h-1b expires, you get fired) you are meant to leave the country.
The Visa is the stamp in your passport that lets you in the country. All the while you stay in the US, this Visa stamp can expire and everything is fine. But if you leave the US on vacation, you need to get the Visa stamp renewed before you can re-enter the US. You can only renew the Visa stamp outside of the US and an American Embassy / Consulate. You need you work permit paperwork to get the Visa stamp.
The green card gives you the right to reside in the US, with or without a job. The are many different ways to get a green card (i.e. family sponsored, work sponsored, lottery). Each different cateogory has a numberical limit on it, e.g. the family based categories are all taken for several years to come, but the professional work based categories have green card available.
In the self sponsored categories you have five sub-categories each with different allocations:
1) Super-human, Ph.D etc. say 30,000
2) Professional, B.Sc etc, say 25,000
3) Regular, Lib Arts Degree, say 15,000
4) High school grad, say 10,000
5) Everyone else, say 5000
It is not often known that anyone in the world can apply for a green card, and if acceptable you will be granted one based on availability of the category you applied for. So if you applied for a category 4 green card and got accepted you may be given an allocation numbers of 65,000 - meaning you can come and live in the us, but not for five years.
Mike
