dannyg5150

Thanks for the advice people. I suggested the H1B, but the employer is not willing to go through with that. They estimate 9 months for it to come through!

On reading your other thread BMflex, it seems the B1 option is a no goer either. This is all looking bad chaps

TimNiceBut

Sorry to hear that, but whenever I read about an employer not willing to go through with an H1B and trying to find "interesting" alternatives, alarm bells start to ring. Especially because you personally tend to suffer the greater consequences of said alternatives than the employer does.

I know this is not what you want to hear but this almost looks like a blessing in disguise to me.

GeoffM

It doesn't take 9 months for an H1B; 2-4 seems to be typical. However, with some exceptions they're capacity controlled and applications aren't accepted until April 1st 2013 (5 months) with an earliest start date of October 1st 2013 (11 months).