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I am asking this question for a friend.
7 years ago, while I was still working on OPT, before switching to my H1B visa from my employer, I had filed for my taxes. And my experienced Tax accountant said "you're lucky, you get 100% of your returns back". (I was hired in May while in OPT, filed taxes in Feb, and my employer had taken paperwork from me to file for my H1B for the coming April 1st). And surely indeed, I did receive 100% back of my taxes back (both State and Federal) that year which was fantastic. While I don't know how or why, that is not the reason why I am here.
My colleague/co-worker just got hired to our team, and he just started this past November, and started his OPT for the first time in November too. He's a recent PhD graduate from CalTech. His role is mostly in the US in R&D. He has the option to file for the paperwork for an H1B visa through my employer (Employer's sponsor legal firm does the filing). He wants to know whether or not he should file for the H1B visa now (for the coming April 2019 cut-off date) or if it is better (financially smart) to wait until next two years (he said OPT is now 36months).
(Of-course, uncertainties and standard rhetoric still applies and understood.)
I am asking this question for a friend.
7 years ago, while I was still working on OPT, before switching to my H1B visa from my employer, I had filed for my taxes. And my experienced Tax accountant said "you're lucky, you get 100% of your returns back". (I was hired in May while in OPT, filed taxes in Feb, and my employer had taken paperwork from me to file for my H1B for the coming April 1st). And surely indeed, I did receive 100% back of my taxes back (both State and Federal) that year which was fantastic. While I don't know how or why, that is not the reason why I am here.
My colleague/co-worker just got hired to our team, and he just started this past November, and started his OPT for the first time in November too. He's a recent PhD graduate from CalTech. His role is mostly in the US in R&D. He has the option to file for the paperwork for an H1B visa through my employer (Employer's sponsor legal firm does the filing). He wants to know whether or not he should file for the H1B visa now (for the coming April 2019 cut-off date) or if it is better (financially smart) to wait until next two years (he said OPT is now 36months).
(Of-course, uncertainties and standard rhetoric still applies and understood.)
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