Sathiharu,

I'm just wondering if it is possible for a non OPT F1 student to can get H1B. I do have US Master's degree and already consumed its OPT a couple of years ago. At the moment, I am pursuing another Masters degree these days. I know I won't get another OPT after I complete this Master degree. My university does not provide CPT. I heard that I still can get H1B if I find an employer to file it for me. Is that true? If yes, is there any consulting companies who can help me file H1B directly from F1 (non OPT) status?

Please let me know if someone has gone thru this issue or if you guys have any idea about this for me.

Thank you. God bless you all. God bless Nepal.

I did not go through all these discussions but answering your question, "Yes, you can go to H1B directly from F1. I, indeed, did not take any OPT and moved directly from F1 to H1B. So, do not listen anything, just find ways to do that because it is possible and like I said earlier, I am saying this because I did it. Hope it helps. Please let me know, if I can be of any other help.

A1B2C3 bro,
which part of US do you reside? I could help you name some universities that will provide CPTs. In the meantime start some training on the area of IT you wanna be in, once you are ready transfer over to the CPT institution. Once you have that, there are employers eagerly waiting to place you in a job, as they benifit from your employment.

a1b2c3,

As you can't get H1b from normal quota for this year, there is always non-profit organization H1b called "Cap-Exempt H1b category". In this category, can file h1b any time of the year regardless of the H1b quota. Most of the University jobs non-profit organization (I heard some hospitals as well, not sure about that) are like that and they can file H1b any time of the year and can start working as soon as it approves.
But there are some down sides, if you want to transfer H1b to any private companies, you have to again go through H1b quotas. You can always transfer to another public institutions. I think, this is best choice in this type of situation.

Hope that helps.

Hello all,

Thanks for your responses. These are really helpful.
haku_theblack, thanks for your effort, I will do some more research..
GoneCrazy, thanks for your suggestion.
collegefootballrocks, was the company a consulting company or just a regular one who filed H1B for you? thank you.
silentblogger, I live in Texas. thanks.