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\n\n\n\nUCI International Center
\n\n\n\nThe UCI International Center will be one of your primary resources as an international student at UCI. The International Center staff is committed to serving campus constituents through advising, immigration services, programming, advocacy, and outreach.
\n\n\n\nInternational Center Core Services
\n\n\n\n- Provide expert immigration services, including SEVIS compliance, visa documentation and related advising
- Advising services to academic departments on issues related to the enrollment and visa selection for the employment of international students and scholars
- Serve as advisors to international students and scholars and as a resource center to assist during their time at UCI
- Provide pre-arrival advising, orientation and adjustment assistance for international students and scholars and their families
- Initiate, develop and implement programs, workshops, events, activities and leadership opportunities for the purpose of enhancing the student and scholar experience at UCI and to help them achieve personal, academic and professional goals.
Contact the UCI International Center
\n\n\n\nPrograms offered by UCI International Center
\n\n\n\nJob Sites & H1B Employers & Salary Databases
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nResources for FY 2020 H-1B Cap Season
\n\n\n\nChange of status from F-1 to H-1B will require employer advising, as H-1B is an employer-sponsored visa category. Neither UCI International Center or MSWE will be able to properly advise you on this process. Graduates will need to work directly and very closely with their employers to navigate the steps to sponsorship and receiving an H-1B. Below are some resources to help students better understand the cap season and stay up-to-date throughout the process:
\n\n\n\n- NAFSA: Association of International Educators has an entire resources page dedicated to the H-1B cap season, which includes tips for preparing your H-1B petition, an explanation of the premium processing option, and links to important regulations and document pages.
- USCIS has a thorough section on their website dedicated to guiding H-1B petitioners through the process. In addition to an informative press release announcing the start of cap season, USCIS provides a thorough breakdown of H-1B guidelines, documentation requirements, associated fees, and more.
- The International Advantage specializes in helping international students throughout the job search. In addition to a plethora of other resources on the firm\u2019s website, The International Advantage an H-1B Coaching program. This hour-long online course is designed to help international students create a job search plan and navigate the nuances of the entire H-1B process.
Resources for Academic and Career Success
\n\n\n\n- Grammarly: Install this free writing assistant to make your messages, documents and posts clear, mistake-free, and effective. Grammarly also has a free grammar checker to check your English text for grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors.
- Hofstede Insights: Understand the \u201cSix Dimensions (6-D) of Culture\u201d to work effectively with people from diverse cultural and geographic backgrounds. Compare countries here.
- interEDGE.org
- Internationalstudent.com
Job Search Books for International Students
\n\n\n\n- Power Ties: The International Students Guide to Finding a Job in the U.S. by Dan Beaudry
- The International Advantage by Marcelo Barros
- 3 Steps to Your Job in the USA: Go From F-1 to H-1B by Steven Steinfeld
- LinkedIn for International Students by Steven Steinfeld
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