{"id":477,"date":"2012-10-29T15:45:57","date_gmt":"2012-10-29T19:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/isso\/news\/2011\/optionsafteropt2011spring\/"},"modified":"2012-12-17T11:18:59","modified_gmt":"2012-12-17T16:18:59","slug":"optionsafteropt2011spring","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/isso\/news\/2011-2\/optionsafteropt2011spring\/","title":{"rendered":"Immigration Sponsorship Options after OPT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/isso\/files\/pdf\/Options-after-OPT-2011-04-14.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to download the PowerPoint presentation from this information session (in PDF format). This was added after the session was presented on 4\/20\/2011.<\/p>\n<p>The ISSO will host Sharryn Ross of Ross Silverman LLP, a prominent Boston immigration law firm, for a discussion of options for those who wish to remain in the U.S. to continue employment after their periodof F-1 Optional Practical Training. Students in J-1 status completing a period of Academic Training will also benefit from this session.<\/p>\n<p>This session will introduce participants to the H-1B classification, the H-1B \u201ccap,\u201d alternatives to H-1B (TN, E-3, J-1), lawful permanent residence and more. <\/p>\n<h3>Wednesday, April 20, 2011<\/h3>\n<p><strong>International Students &amp; Scholars Office<\/strong><br \/>\n888 Commonwealth Ave<br \/>\n1:00 P.M. &#8211; 2:30 P.M.<\/p>\n<p><em>Pre-registration is not necessary. However, please come a few minutes early as the session is limited to 60 participants.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click here to download the PowerPoint presentation from this information session (in PDF format). This was added after the session was presented on 4\/20\/2011. The ISSO will host Sharryn Ross of Ross Silverman LLP, a prominent Boston immigration law firm, for a discussion of options for those who wish to remain in the U.S. to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4900,"featured_media":0,"parent":472,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/isso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/477"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/isso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/isso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/isso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4900"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/isso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=477"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/isso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2337,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/isso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/477\/revisions\/2337"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/isso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/isso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}