Sure, it works if you're still in school. What if you already graduated? I got an MS from a top engineering school from France last June. I already did 2 inter

Sure, it works if you're still in school. What if you already graduated? I got an MS from a top engineering school from France last June. I already did 2 internships (with a J-1 Intern) and lived in San Diego during ~2 years in total. I have my friends, my gf, my life there. I'm not enough "exceptional" to get an O-1 or a green card though EB-1. My employer don't want to sponsor me for an EB-2 now because I'll have to stay out of the USA for an undetermined duration (years). I'm working as a contractor right now in Canada, waiting 90 days outside of the USA to get another J-1 Intern and my employer is also filling another H1B this year. I don't know what I'll do in 1 year if I don't get an H1B this year. See, it's not that easy.