New Regulations To H1B Visas Preference To MBA And Master's Students

03 Jul 2019

Latest Visa Reforms Benefit MBA and Master’s Students

There are 85,000 current H-1B visas made accessible each financial year to organizations who ‘sponsor’ a worker by registering their appeal. This number covers 65,000 visas for workers with minimum a bachelor’s degree, and the remaining 20,000 visas for individuals who hold a master’s degree.

The change reversed the direction in which H1-B appeals are evaluated. Appeals from masters students are presently evaluated in the last. So MBA applicants can appeal for sponsorship twice, once utilizing their undergraduate degree and, if failed, once utilizing the MBA.

You get a couple of chances at obtaining sponsorship now, reveals Denise Karaoli who is a senior associate director for international programs, opportunities, and diversity at the Darden School of Business - University of Virginia.

This will enable up to nearly 5,000 additional H-1B appeals for those with higher degrees such as masters. It improves the chances of an MBA aspirant being granted a visa, from around 50-to-60 percent before to up to 72 percent at present.

Positive Change

Meantime there are other difficulties, the recent H1-B visa reform is a positive one for MBA and other master’s graduates, enhancing the possibility of selection for global students with higher degrees.

It could notice negative trends in global MBA recruiting, and even appeals to US business schools, change.

Adrian who completed MBA from McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University was bothered initially about the negative rhetoric about immigration in the US, outlined by the US President Donald Trump’s ‘Hire American’ plan, so much so that he contemplated applying to the programs of  MBA elsewhere.

But he states McDonough’s career center, Georgetown University helped him to find, aim, and appeal for the correct opportunities. Appreciations to them, post-MBA, he will be working in Microsoft at Seattle, and can apply for his H1-B successfully, he states.

The hope is the current visa regulations will encourage more global MBA, and master’s graduates do follow the same path.

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