H1B visa for fellowship - sammatches

[ArchivalUser]

Advice please!!!If I do a fellowship on H1B visa immediately after internal medicine will have a chance to apply for green card?H1B expires in 6 years and without extension we have to leave US for 1 year and come back again on H1B for employment.

[ArchivalUser]

it is very tough to get fellowships on H1, and for the reason you mentioned above, most of residents on H1 work as PCP for 2-3 years till they get gc and then go for fellowship.

[ArchivalUser]

Green card in 2 to 3 years is not a reality for Indians and Chinese..wait time can be more than 5 years, sometimes 10 years..but if i get a fellowship on H1b (some people do get) is it possible to apply for green card during fellowship?

[ArchivalUser]

From all I know, it is possible to apply for greencard while doing 2nd yr of your fellowship, make sure you have lots of publications to be under the fast track category (EB2 or 1- am not sure)

And then, even if your fellowship is over and ur GC has not arrived, you can keep renewing your H1 (assuming u will get a job soon after fellowship) till u get ur GC
The reason for H1 renewal being- awaiting GC confirmation

[ArchivalUser]

To get a fellowship on H1 is difficult due to funding issues, rather than on J1
But yes, even I know some of my seniors on H1 doing fellowship

[ArchivalUser]

@mdsteve or anybody..who is going to sponsor green card for us when we are already on H1b during fellowship?