But an H-1B visa or green card may not be available, and the wait can be years.
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The waiting list for a permanent resident visa (green card) has been as long as 10 years.
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Foreign physical therapists need to run a gauntlet of tests and procedures before even confronting the lack of an H-1B visa or green card.
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Ahmed Abassi was arrested last month and charged in a newly unsealed indictment with two counts of making false statements to immigration authorities while applying for a work visa and green card.
As of 2008, one-third of all Silicon Valley companies were founded or co-founded by Indian or Chinese nationals who were able to legally work in the U.S. with an H-1B visa or green card.
The final step would be to file for an H-1B visa or a green card.
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Why did it take Chatterji years to get his H1 visa and then his green card?
Now a cafe owner and community group leader in New York City, Saleh is among a roster of immigrant activists, voting-rights advocates and lawmakers championing a proposal to give an estimated 800, 000 green card and visa holders the right to vote in city elections.
The indictment charges Abassi with two counts of lying on two immigration forms for a green card and work visa.
McCaskill simply placed a personal call to Janet Napolitano, Department of Homeland Security Secretary, who issued this young woman a renewable, two-year work visa until her petition for a green card processes.
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Even then, foreign physical therapists may find an H-1B visa is unavailable or the wait for a green card could take years, particularly for nationals of India and China.
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The SMART Act, introduced by Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Chris Coons (D-DE), is better because it would create a new temporary visa for STEM graduates without eliminating any other green card categories.
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But, from what I had gathered at the dining table, she was an illegal alien, whereas Nana had a Canadian green card and Lili held a student visa.
Marie came to the Hutchinson Center in 2002 as a medical fellow in 2002, worked on an H-1B visa, and was sponsored for her employment-based green card by the center, becoming a permanent resident in 2008.
After years of trying, he eventually received his H1 visa and then after an even more arduous process, he got his green card.
The Startup Visa sends the right message to prospective immigrants: create jobs, get a green card .
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