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USA 1 Year Grad Visa Internships / Jobs

  • 10-04-2019 11:14PM
    #1
    215321
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1 ✭


    I am considering the USA 1 year grad visa, it looks like it would be quite the experience, and I'm sure 2019 is the last year of it.

    I would more than likely be heading to New York (alone), with the hope of getting a job in digital marketing (I will have my masters degree in digital marketing).

    from reading the USIT website, am I right in saying it would be internship jobs that I would be applying for ?

    Has anybody on here ever done similar, and if so, how is the pay ? I know it will vary company to company, but I am looking for rough expectations, as I'm sure it is not the cheapest place to live, and here in Ireland the phrase 'internship' usually means low paid.

    Thanks in advance!


Comments

  • #2
    Oymyakon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 245 ✭✭Oymyakon


    I'm in the same boat. Got my Visa approved yesterday, going to Philadelphia at the end of May with a degree in applied physics. From what I've researched, intern wages would be similar to entry level graduate jobs here (~~€25-30K/year). Happy to be corrected though, I'm not as well researched as I should be at this stage.

    Best of luck!


  • #3
    ReturningForY
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53 ✭✭ReturningForY


    I think you can apply for any job that's advertised; it doesn't need to be specifically an "internship job". Any entry-level job would be reasonable.

    Theoretically in the US it's illegal for employers to discriminate against "work authorized individuals" on the basis of the documents they provide to demonstrate their work authorization (which in your case is your J-1 visa and DS-2019). In reality, some employers are reluctant to hire people who have such a short term status. Other employers are willing to hire someone for a year or, even better, work with an immigration lawyer to try to get you a different visa like H-1B so that you can stay and work for longer.


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