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Ask HN: Finding visa sponsored jobs in US

1 pointsby 2bor-2nalmost 4 years ago
Are companies in US sponsoring candidate from abroad to come to US for work? How can I find such companies and how easy is it get visa sponsored jobs in US?<p>I tried linkedin but almost every company asks for a valid US work visa.

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satya71almost 4 years ago
Unfortunately, the number of work visas for US is quite limited. 65,000 a year in H-1B, high-skilled jobs (presumably what you&#x27;re looking for). The category is over-subscribed every year by a factor of 3. Many employers have decided the odds are not worth it. Your odds are better, and you can work a bit (3 years) post-graduation, if you get an advanced degree in the US. There are also other categories of visas for intra-company transfer and such.<p>Shameless plug: If you&#x27;re looking to stay in your home country and work for a US company, we&#x27;re building a new product to help you do that: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.waylit.com&#x2F;nationull" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.waylit.com&#x2F;nationull</a>
quantumofalphaalmost 4 years ago
US tech companies are generally no longer interested in bringing foreigners from abroad on H1B - it&#x27;s mostly dominated by indian body shops today. Wage levels rule changes might change this status quo but it&#x27;s not in effect yet. Companies would consider H1B if you&#x27;re <i>already</i> in the states on this or another type of visa, or working for them already from abroad. In the latter case you have an easier option of L1A&#x2F;L1B transfer without any lotteries, with the catch that you won&#x27;t be able to switch employers until you get GC.<p>A popular alternative is F1 - study for masters&#x2F;phd in the US. Upon graduation you can stay work for 1-3 years on (STEM) OPT. 3 years is enough time to get proper H1B or green card, unless you were born in India or China.<p>For exceptional candidates, there&#x27;s EB1, EB2-NIW - you can self-sponsor these without a company if you think you fit the requirements. Another type is O-1, company sponsorship required for this type but it could be your own startup and once you&#x27;re in, you can work for another company on it. Biden reintroduced Entrepreneur Parole recently, another way to get into the states to roll your own startup.