Things always happened, you should now emphasize at least the following two points. 1)Your research is very important for American long term benefits. Remember: LONG TERM. 2)Considering getting OPT and H1 approved takes very long time now, your energy and attention will be dramatically dragged by this trivial and tedious lawful process. Concentration and highly focusing on the cutting edge research is the basic requirement for an intelligent and productive scientist. If you go through OPT and H1 process, you can not put all your efforts on your research, which will eventually lead to the loss of American benefits….
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