Overview
The quality of the teaching and research taking place at Georgia Tech attracts visitors from around the globe. Many are distinguished professors and researchers coming to teach, collaborate, and consult. Others have recently completed doctoral degrees and have come to Atlanta to complete postdoctoral training. Additionally, Georgia Tech’s U.S. faculty and researchers travel abroad to share their ideas, demonstrate techniques, and teach around the world. Global Human Resources (Global HR) supports these efforts with technical immigration and tax services.
International Faculty and Researchers Immigration Services
Global HR provides immigration services to Georgia Tech campuses, colleges, research centers, departments, and individuals when an employee’s immigration status is dependent upon his or her employment relationship with Tech. Global HR’s immigration and employment paperwork is filed on behalf of Georgia Tech with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services as well as the U.S. and Georgia Departments of Labor.
- To learn more about H-1B, TN or O-1A visa status categories, please visit Non-immigrant Work Authorization Status for Tech Faculty and Staff.
- For information on filing petitions for Lawful Permanent Residence (LPR), click on Permanent Residence.
Foreign National Tax Compliance
Global HR is responsible for tax compliance for payments made to all foreign national employees of Georgia Tech. To perform this task, Global HR utilizes the secure online tax compliance software program GLACIER. All foreign national employees are required to enter data related to their immigration history and presence in the United States. GLACIER will then determine their tax statuses and eligibility for treaty benefits.
Expatriate and International Assignee Employee Services
Global HR is working to build expatriate services that will provide an equal level of service to our faculty and staff serving the Institute by working at Georgia Tech-Lorraine or one of our centers around the globe in Ireland, Peking, Shanghai, and Singapore.