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What happens if I quit my job on a H1B Visa?
Asked on Jan 20th, 2014 on Immigration - Texas
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My H1B Visa expires in 2015. I want to quit my job and take continuing education classes here. Could I just quit my job and take night time classes until May? Or would I be able to do that on a Tourist Visa? I am only planning to take Spring 2014 classes, so I am going to leave the states on May 2014.
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You can do that if you really plan to leave the US in May 2014. You can try to take the classes while still in H-1B status. Some places may not allow you to do that unless you are an international student with the corresponding status.
Answered on Jan 23rd, 2014 at 9:03 PM
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If you quit your job you would have to apply to change your status to an F-1 Student which would allow you to take classes while in the United States.
Answered on Jan 22nd, 2014 at 11:04 AM
Adebola O. Asekun
You can quit your job if that is your wish. But in doing so, you lose your H1b status and must therefore apply to change your status to another nonimmigrant status. If you want to pursue further studies, you need to apply to change status from H1b to F-1 student visa.
Answered on Jan 22nd, 2014 at 10:35 AM
You need a student visa. You quit your job: you lose your status.
Answered on Jan 22nd, 2014 at 10:27 AM
Once you quit your job, you will be out of status and subject to removal. You can not take school courses for credit on a B-2 tourist visa. The best option would be to change status to F-1 student, but that takes time and it would likely not be approved until late March or April. Have you considered continuing to work while going to night school?
Answered on Jan 22nd, 2014 at 10:25 AM