Moving to the US with partner on a secondment
Hello All,
My partner has been offered a great job with our company based in the states. To begin, it would be a 2 year secondment. We are very excited about the opportunity but I wanted to know my chances of getting a working visa as we are unmarried? My partner is willing to support me until I find work If this is not possible, is there a non working visa that will allow me to stay in the country? Are there opportunities for voluntary work without a working visa? Any advice would be gratefully received. |
Re: Moving to the US with partner on a secondment
Originally Posted by charlie86
(Post 9215500)
Hello All,
My partner has been offered a great job with our company based in the states. To begin, it would be a 2 year secondment. We are very excited about the opportunity but I wanted to know my chances of getting a working visa as we are unmarried? My partner is willing to support me until I find work If this is not possible, is there a non working visa that will allow me to stay in the country? Are there opportunities for voluntary work without a working visa? Any advice would be gratefully received. Whether you can work or not depends on which visa your husband will be coming over on. Sorry, just re read your post and you said partner not spouse/ husband. That puts a completely different slant on it. |
Re: Moving to the US with partner on a secondment
You might be able to get a B-2 cohabiting visa but it wouldn't allow you to stay for the full amount of time or work. The only volunteer work you could do without a work authorized visa would be 'proper' volunteer work, for instance working in a soup kitchen, and not something like helping out in your husbands office for free.
If 'partner' means same sex partner then your options become severely limited. |
Re: Moving to the US with partner on a secondment
Originally Posted by charlie86
(Post 9215500)
We are very excited about the opportunity but I wanted to know my chances of getting a working visa as we are unmarried?
Note: The B-2 cohabiting visa is different from a B-2 visitor visa. If you're married, your options increase tenfold unless your spouse gets an H-1B visa. In that case, you still won't be allowed to work. First up though... find out what visa his company is sponsoring. Ian |
Re: Moving to the US with partner on a secondment
Originally Posted by Duncan Roberts
(Post 9215541)
You might be able to get a B-2 cohabiting visa but it wouldn't allow you to stay for the full amount of time or work.
See here for more info: http://travel.state.gov/visa/laws/te...rams_1414.html If 'partner' means same sex partner then your options become severely limited. - Eric S. |
Re: Moving to the US with partner on a secondment
Originally Posted by Eric S
(Post 9215771)
Untrue. The B-2 cohabitating visa allows the partner to accompany the visa holder during the entire stay. You generally get a stay of 6 months when you first enter, but you can keep extending it.
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