Syncra Blog
Practical advice on job search, resumes, interviews and OPT, written for international students and early-career engineers in the US.
Don't trust "top sponsor" lists alone. Two free government datasets show which employers really file H-1B petitions: the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub and the Department of Labor's LCA disclosure data. Used together, they tell you who sponsors, for which roles, and at what pay.
On September 18, 2026, an executive order told DHS, the Labor Department and the State Department to consider an employer's recent and planned layoffs when reviewing H-1B cases. It does not ban companies with layoffs from sponsoring, and it does not cancel approved petitions. But it does mean the em
You have 90 days of allowed unemployment on post-completion OPT, so treat your job search like a project with a deadline. Employers are still hiring visa holders: USCIS approved more than 270,000 H-1B petitions in the first nine months of FY2026. The candidates who land offers fastest target the rig
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