Working abroad Via Social Welfare

snakey1989

Ok the title more or less says it all. A friend of mine who had been on the Jobseekers allowance recently went working in the USA and I was told that he got a 6 month Visa and a job through Social Welfare, im curious as to whether or not this is true.

Anyone heard of this?

orchidsrpretty

I doubt very much that is true. Its near impossible to get a visa for the states unless you are sent via your company or win the green card lottery.

You would also need to be highly skilled.

Jarren

orchidsrpretty wrote: »

I doubt very much that is true. Its near impossible to get a visa for the states unless you are sent via your company or win the green card lottery.

You would also need to be highly skilled.

I have seen Irish pubs from Boston advertising on jobs.ie and looking for the staff.

They were organizing the working visas but I just don't remember which type was it.

Never heard about Social Welfare dept organizing any working visas though

krd

jarecki1976 wrote: »

I have seen Irish pubs from Boston advertising on jobs.ie and looking for the staff.

They were organizing the working visas but I just don't remember which type was it.

http://www.rira.com/

Yes, surprisingly there is an obscure hospitality visa. Ri Ra come over to Ireland every year and recruit Irish people for working in their bars. I think it's actually a "training" visa.

snakey1989

sorry about the delayed response, totally forgot I had put this up.

Ya i seen it alright on jobs.ie

Looking into it now.