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Natural born (as in killer) U.S. citizen
18.49%
Naturalized (as in I kept my fingers crossed) U.S. citizen
10.08%
Green card (as in “my photo's all faded”) holder
52.94%
Other (as in “pity me”) legal status that might become permanent
10.08%
Other (as in “pity me, pity me”) legal status that probably won't become permanent
5.04%
I take the fifth as I don't want an ICE raid
3.36%
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Old Feb 2nd 2008 | 7:15 am
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Originally Posted by Dan B
2 year J-1 now 3 year H1-B with probable extension and possible permanence if "she (USC)" has her way
Just put in for a GC now rather than later
 
Old Feb 2nd 2008 | 2:02 pm
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Originally Posted by Dan B
They put you on an F1 as a student and post-doc? Odd. I guess your J1 expired or something. They put post-docs on J1s now.
You can be a postdoc on a J, F, or H. F is not optimal - salary/hours restrictions and stuff, but in my case it was a time-buying exercise to get me to the H (basically just requires a new I-20 if you were already an F-1 student at the same school).
 

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