Dear Sajha friends,

I graduated on May 2008 and I am on OPT (dhoti consultancy).I have applied some schools for Ph. D for fall 2009. If I get assistantship I will go to Ph.D. If I do not get assistantship I will like to extent my OPT (17 months) rather than filing H1. Meanwhile, I am applying for PR in Canada. If I get PR of Canada I will go to Canada because in this country always there will be status problem.

In my OPT extension, I would like to work some cash job until I get PR of Canada because I am totally broke. In 17 months  OPT do we have to pay taxes?

So guys which will be better filing H1 or OPT Extension?

I have doubt that I will get job in this tough economy condition.

Thanks in advance for your wise suggestions.