1-year contracts and H1B - proton

[ArchivalUser]

My residency program gives you 1-year contracts, with renewals upon satisfactory completion, until the end of the residency. Does anybody know how this affects the H1 visa? Do we need to reapply every year?

[ArchivalUser]

which specialty and where did u match?

[ArchivalUser]

its not the contract but the duration your lawyer and the petitioner put on ur H1B petition.If your state medical training license is of 1 yr duration also then probably you will get a 1 yr H1B and has to be renewed each yr

[ArchivalUser]

What if you matched into a separate prelim and advance program? My prelim is the one fixing my H1B, so on the forms, duration of employment, do I put just 1 year?

Thanks!

[ArchivalUser]

Hmm talk to your lawyer and your program coordinator

[ArchivalUser]

I matched to separate preliminary and advanced programs. So far the H1B visa was approved for the 1 year preliminary.