<p>Warren, I think it’s you who is confused. While a student visa allows you to work for 12 months, employers are looking for interns who they are able to hire upon graduation. From our end, that’s why we have internships. We’re not interested in hiring and training anyone we can not hire full time upon graduation.</p>
<p>Also, in ibanking, we can’t typically use H1-B’s these days, and the only candidates anyone is likely to try for will probably be MIT or Caltech grads with truly amazing backgrounds, but here’s a recent article that explains the lottery, there are many more applicants than can get the limited number now available:</p>