Green Card Education Background

Hi everyone,

I am currently a student and I am completing my Associate of Arts degree.

I was told by the school International coordinator that in order to get sponsored and adjust my status with a green card I have to have a bachelor degree.
As a matter of fact, I almost completed my bachelor degree from my home country (only 3 exams left) but the current units total more than 90 units in the u.s.

Long story short, I have more than 180 units already without having official completed my bachelor back home - 90 from the AA + 90 from my previous studies.

I am worried that this will prevent me for getting sponsored.

Is there any other way I could get sponsored by a firm??

Thank you for reading

Almost completed a degree does not count. A H-1B requires a degree not an accumulation of hours. Many people have many more hours than required for a degree and never complete the degree. A degree demonstrates a level of mastery in a subject.

If a job requires the degree, you will not meet the requirements. Not only will you not get a job, you will not receive an approval for an H1B.

If you are getting an AA, you likely need another 60-75 hours at a higher level depending on the program and if your other courses will count since many community college credits are not applicable to a BS/BA degree You can also return home and meet the requirements.

Also, it appears that you are speaking of a 3 year degree. A US green card requires a 4 year degree equivalent. Many 3 year foreign degrees will not meet the requirements.

Why did you work on an AA degree since you already had course work? An AA is also generally only 60 hours; why did you take the extra year of classes?

Finally, you are very premature planning for an employment based GC. Finding a sponsor and getting past the initial stages is getting far more difficult with the unemployment in the US.

Hi! Thanks for replying. I opted for an AA because my bachelor is in languages and I really benefited from that additional year in terms of language skills.

As far as the 4 year bachelor is concerned, it was my understanding that this did not apply to countries where high school enrollment takes place over a period of 5 years (not 4 as it's common practice in the U.S.), which would be my case.

Anyways, It looks like I have a long way to go! I will file for OPT after graduation and we'll see...