How is F1 visa different from H1B visa?
Posted by GeorgeGipson
The thread in consideration highlights different points on which basis you can distinguish an F1 visa and H1B visa. It demonstrates different views of users of the forum on F1 and H1B visas.
Posted by marshac
5 years ago
The total unemployment period for OPT, where the international students can remain unemployed is 90 days, distributed over the OPT period. And once, the full OPT is completed, OPT holders have 60 days to leave the US or change to another nonimmigrant visa status. On the other hand, H-1B does not have any grace period and if the alien workers lose their employment, they lose their H-1B status too. Alien workers have to leave the US in 10 days once they lose their H-1B status.
Posted by cordiac
5 years ago
H-1B authorized workers and their employers must pay the Medicare and Social Security taxes. Nevertheless, only resident aliens who are on OPT need to pay Social security and Medicare taxes; students who, graduate within the first five years of their F-1 visa status are exempt from these taxes partially or entirely.
