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Wishful thinking. Universities will sponsor you a student visa. The better universities will hire an immigration lawyer to advise their students on the best stategies to qualify for an H-1B visa down the road (and eventually a green card). But that’s it. </p>
<p>There isn’t much a university can do to help their students get a work visa or permanent resident status.</p>
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Marriage will do. Low wage, not so much. In fact, in order for a job to qualify for a work visa at all, the position has to pay at least average wage for that occupation and geographic location. It’s usually the high-paying employers that are willing to jump through extra hoops to get the very best applicants they can get (including the hoops to hire a foreigner).</p>