Can Anyone Help.
Nov 10th 2004, 3:58 pm
#16
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Re: Can Anyone Help.
Originally Posted by Roightmush
Don't mean to split hairs but not true.
I chose to serve an apprenticeship at HM dockyard after completeing my A levels. Finished the apprenticeship with an HND.
When filing my H1-B visa I had to show enough work experience with a gradual progression in work status that would be considered equivalent to a bachelors degree.
I think it was 4 years work for every I year of degree.
I chose to serve an apprenticeship at HM dockyard after completeing my A levels. Finished the apprenticeship with an HND.
When filing my H1-B visa I had to show enough work experience with a gradual progression in work status that would be considered equivalent to a bachelors degree.
I think it was 4 years work for every I year of degree.
It's more typical for H1-B applicants to have that Bachelor's degree.
Nov 10th 2004, 4:17 pm
#17
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Re: Can Anyone Help.
Originally Posted by homer J
Thankyou for your help. Why is it that everyone I talk to is trying to stop us reaching our goal our dream. I understand that this is not a holiday i am going on. we understand that there will be obstacles and walls put in front of us to stop us reaching our goal That is life.This is a new start at life for me and my family, walls and obstacles will be dealt with when the time comes. There must be someone out there that loves living in Florida and has good positive attitude to getting in to the coutry and living out there dream.
That information is readily available on the internet.
You can not move to the USA and then get a job.
You have to get a job offer (with valid visa sponsership) in the USA before you can immigate.
Requirement to check: Level of education, field of experience, years of experience, criminal background.
Nov 10th 2004, 4:32 pm
#18
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Re: Can Anyone Help.
Originally Posted by NC Penguin
Roightmush is correct but having 12 years experience relevant to the industry or job you're applying for is unusual and rare.
It's more typical for H1-B applicants to have that Bachelor's degree.
It's more typical for H1-B applicants to have that Bachelor's degree.
Finding someone to sponsor you, well that's a different proposition entirely...it took me three years and literally thousands of cold-call resumes before I got an offer..and I've been in IT for 21 years and was a freelance consultant in the UK, a position generally regarded as being the top 5% in IT.
Sorry, but that's the way it is.
Good luck with your quest anyway...
Nov 10th 2004, 6:15 pm
#19
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Re: Can Anyone Help.
Originally Posted by Big Vern
True...for me to get my H1-B without a degree I had to get detailed references going back over more than 12 years to demonstrate my relevant experience in IT.
Finding someone to sponsor you, well that's a different proposition entirely...it took me three years and literally thousands of cold-call resumes before I got an offer..and I've been in IT for 21 years and was a freelance consultant in the UK, a position generally regarded as being the top 5% in IT.
Sorry, but that's the way it is.
Good luck with your quest anyway...
Finding someone to sponsor you, well that's a different proposition entirely...it took me three years and literally thousands of cold-call resumes before I got an offer..and I've been in IT for 21 years and was a freelance consultant in the UK, a position generally regarded as being the top 5% in IT.
Sorry, but that's the way it is.
Good luck with your quest anyway...
So basically you have 2 hopes... one plays golf
Bob Hope and No Hope
Unless you feel like ditching your wife and shacking up with a fat american chick....
Nov 10th 2004, 6:28 pm
#20
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Re: Can Anyone Help.
Should also point out that getting employment authorization for more than one of you (in the family) is going to be close to impossible.
The crowd here is not trying to kill your dreams - they're just trying to prevent you from unnecessarily starting a nightmare. Go to www.bcis.gov and you can look at all of the possibilities. Basically before you buy a plane ticket you need a job offer where the employer does the immigration paperwork (you cannot do it yourself, even with the help of a lawyer unless you have a Nobel Prize stuffed in your back pocket). The paperwork also needs (realistically) to be filed in Oct/early Nov of any given callendar year. So I wouldn't be turning in your resignation any time soon.
The crowd here is not trying to kill your dreams - they're just trying to prevent you from unnecessarily starting a nightmare. Go to www.bcis.gov and you can look at all of the possibilities. Basically before you buy a plane ticket you need a job offer where the employer does the immigration paperwork (you cannot do it yourself, even with the help of a lawyer unless you have a Nobel Prize stuffed in your back pocket). The paperwork also needs (realistically) to be filed in Oct/early Nov of any given callendar year. So I wouldn't be turning in your resignation any time soon.
Nov 10th 2004, 6:33 pm
#21
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Re: Can Anyone Help.
Originally Posted by BritGuyTN
I transferred on an L1b intracompany transfer - cost $7,000
BritGuy, is that the cost of an L1 visa to the INS? does it really cost that much?
Nov 10th 2004, 6:36 pm
#22
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Re: Can Anyone Help.
Originally Posted by AdobePinon
to be filed in Oct/early Nov of any given callendar year. So I wouldn't be turning in your resignation any time soon.
October is too late.
Nov 10th 2004, 7:14 pm
#23
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Re: Can Anyone Help.
Originally Posted by Manc
shall we try April instead.
October is too late.
October is too late.
Nov 10th 2004, 7:41 pm
#24
Mr. Grumpy
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Re: Can Anyone Help.
Originally Posted by Gross50
BritGuy, is that the cost of an L1 visa to the INS? does it really cost that much?
the fees were less than a thousand but the us/foreign entity was a complex setup and lawyers fees mounted (mainly my companies fault)
the lawyer was very good and did everything thouroughly - and the process once all the info was in pace took about 5 weeks from filing the petition to receiving the visa in the post (after the interview of course)
i would have rather paid this than gone through the crap of requests for evidence etc
Don't just think of the headine figure, also consider the opportunity costs - i.e. moving sooner to a place with a cheaper cost of living and lower taxes
Nov 10th 2004, 8:55 pm
#25
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Re: Can Anyone Help.
Originally Posted by homer J
Thankyou for your help. Why is it that everyone I talk to is trying to stop us reaching our goal our dream. I understand that this is not a holiday i am going on. we understand that there will be obstacles and walls put in front of us to stop us reaching our goal That is life.This is a new start at life for me and my family, walls and obstacles will be dealt with when the time comes. There must be someone out there that loves living in Florida and has good positive attitude to getting in to the coutry and living out there dream.
Nov 11th 2004, 1:23 pm
#26
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Re: Can Anyone Help.
Originally Posted by dbark
:scared: and they will tell you the same as we all have. But hey, that's entirely up to you.
What if the lawyer is a sheister and fills his head full of magic dust into believing he has a chance and ropes him along for as much dosh as possible?
