{"id":114,"date":"2020-02-04T13:22:49","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T13:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu.master-7rqtwti-ytf57z7frat4e.us-2.platformsh.site\/isss\/?page_id=114"},"modified":"2026-01-28T09:23:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T15:23:29","slug":"h-1b-scholars","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/isss\/employees-visitors\/h-1b-scholars\/","title":{"rendered":"H-1B scholars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>H-1B scholars are international employees who hold specialty occupations requiring a specialized body of knowledge and the attainment of at least a bachelor\u2019s degree or its equivalent. H-1B is an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/working-united-states\/temporary-workers\/h-1b-specialty-occupations-dod-cooperative-research-and-development-project-workers-and-fashion-models\">employment-based nonimmigrant status<\/a> used for temporary workers, and carries a provision for dual intent. At Mizzou, it is used for full-time tenure-track faculty, academic researchers and professional staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Arrival and orientation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Upon arrival in Columbia:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Report to your hiring department.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Complete <a href=\"https:\/\/hr.missouri.edu\/new-employees\/information-new-employees\">New Employee Registration<\/a><\/strong> with the Office of Human Resources. \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This orientation session will cover benefits and insurance options, as well as additional information you should know as an employee of the university.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Contact your <a href=\"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/isss\/advising\/people\/\">international scholar adviser<\/a><\/strong> to attend and H-1B orientation. \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This 30-minute session includes basic information about H-1B status and answers common immigration-related questions. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Contact the <a href=\"https:\/\/hr.missouri.edu\/payroll\/tax-information-nonresident-aliens\">Nonresident Alien Taxation Office<\/a><\/strong> to set up a tax assessment appointment as soon as you have a Social Security number.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This appointment will ensure your tax withholding allowances are accurate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>H-1B scholars are international employees who hold specialty occupations requiring a specialized body of knowledge and the attainment of at least a bachelor\u2019s degree or its equivalent. H-1B is an employment-based nonimmigrant status used for temporary workers, and carries a provision for dual intent. At Mizzou, it is used for full-time tenure-track faculty, academic researchers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":20,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-114","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/isss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/isss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/isss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/isss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/isss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/isss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3286,"href":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/isss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/114\/revisions\/3286"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/isss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/international.missouri.edu\/isss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}