o1 Is it allowed to have multiple positions with O1 visa?

[NXT 0]

Dear all,

 

I am waiting for my O1 petition decision from the USCIS, for a tenure-track (TT) professor position with institution A (my O1 sponsor). As a norm, my TT position is only paid for 9 months per academic year. Essentially, during the summer, I am not paid and (sort of) unemployed on paper. Another institution B offers me an adjunct position in order to teach in a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) of B on EdX, during the summer. As EdX has the option for learners to pay to obtain official certificates from B, the MOOC may have profits, a tiny portion of which will be paid to the teachers (me) as a standard EdX contract term.

To be honest, I am not so much interested in EdX's money (probably not much anyway). I want to have the adjunct position with B (among top 5 universities in the US - a really big deal) and the opportunity to teach in the MOOC. They will significantly help my academic career.

 

My question is: am I allowed to take the adjunct position at B to teach in its MOOC, when both B and EdX are not my O1 sponsor? Or can I only work for my O1 sponsor A, even during the summer when I am not paid?

 

Thanks.

[Boiler 45,676]

You can have multiple visas from different Employers so if they go through the paperwork to sponsor you yes.

[NXT 0]

So, does it mean I can't use my O1 visa sponsored by A to work for B during the summer time when I am not paid by A?

[Boiler 45,676]

No

[Coco8 1,042]

11 hours ago, NXT said:

Dear all,

 

I am waiting for my O1 petition decision from the USCIS, for a tenure-track (TT) professor position with institution A (my O1 sponsor). As a norm, my TT position is only paid for 9 months per academic year. Essentially, during the summer, I am not paid and (sort of) unemployed on paper. Another institution B offers me an adjunct position in order to teach in a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) of B on EdX, during the summer. As EdX has the option for learners to pay to obtain official certificates from B, the MOOC may have profits, a tiny portion of which will be paid to the teachers (me) as a standard EdX contract term.

To be honest, I am not so much interested in EdX's money (probably not much anyway). I want to have the adjunct position with B (among top 5 universities in the US - a really big deal) and the opportunity to teach in the MOOC. They will significantly help my academic career.

 

My question is: am I allowed to take the adjunct position at B to teach in its MOOC, when both B and EdX are not my O1 sponsor? Or can I only work for my O1 sponsor A, even during the summer when I am not paid?

 

Thanks.

 

You cannot do that. Your O1 only allows you to work for university A.

 

To be honest, if you have a TT position you should focus on getting tenure. Unless you have a TT position at a college, nobody cares about teaching and teaching a big course at a top university will do nothing for your tenure. It will only slow down your summer in which you should be publishing. Plus, the reason why the top university does not get their own professors to teach the class is because everyone has better stuff to do and because it is online, you are not even going to interact with the people there. So I doubt it will help your career.

 

Because you have an O1 you can ask university A to apply for your GC. It should not take long because you don't have to go through labor certification and your date is current (unless you are from India or something of the sort).