General Questions about Student/Work Visa

[Tommib 0]

Hi, I'm new to this site. I had some concerns about my girlfriend and I. She is from Taiwan and has just currently renewed her student visa for another semester. She has finished a certification program as a medical assistant. She does not have a bachelor's degree but has aspirations to be a nurse. Unfortunately, she cannot acquire a work visa because it is costly to sponsor one. Also we do not know if it's possible to be sponsored if she were to work as a medical assistant. From our understanding, you need at least a bachelor's degree to obtain a sponsored work visa. To further make our situation difficult, I am not quite ready to marry because I am in graduate school and not working full-time.

I was wondering if anyone had any input or ideas that we could pursue aside from considering marriage. I care about her very much and want her to stay in the U.S. She also wishes to stay and is worried about having to go back to Taiwan.

I appreciate any feedback. Thanks for your help!

[Dan J 277]

Hi, I'm new to this site. I had some concerns about my girlfriend and I. She is from Taiwan and has just currently renewed her student visa for another semester. She has finished a certification program as a medical assistant. She does not have a bachelor's degree but has aspirations to be a nurse. Unfortunately, she cannot acquire a work visa because it is costly to sponsor one. Also we do not know if it's possible to be sponsored if she were to work as a medical assistant. From our understanding, you need at least a bachelor's degree to obtain a sponsored work visa. To further make our situation difficult, I am not quite ready to marry because I am in graduate school and not working full-time.

I was wondering if anyone had any input or ideas that we could pursue aside from considering marriage. I care about her very much and want her to stay in the U.S. She also wishes to stay and is worried about having to go back to Taiwan.

I appreciate any feedback. Thanks for your help!

H1B is difficult to get anyway. But there may be other possible visa options. But you would still need employer to sponsor no matter what.

Its likely you will end up having a long distance relationship until you are ready to marry. If she overstays her current visa or any other visa, it could cause issues with a marriage/fiance visa later.

[Penguin_ie 6,005]

If she has the money to go to college, she could persue the bachelor's degree in nursing or if that is not posible, maybe study a related subject, and thus extend her student visa?