ProudDUB wrote: » Are you aware that the company offering you employment, has to spend between $5,000 - $10,000 to sponsor you for a visa? It's not enough just to offer you a job, they have to apply for the visa on your behalf and pay all the processing fees. Are they aware of that? It is not uncommon for US companies to offer people jobs and not to be aware of what it entails for the employee to work legally in the US. If you want to do a J1, you have to be enrolled in full time third level education. You can't defer it.
ProudDUB wrote: » No, there is a lot more to it than that. The company will apply for a H1B visa for you. (You won't qualify for a green card for several years, if ever.) There is a finite number of H1B visas to go around. This years allocation was over subscribed on the very first day that applications opened. It is just the luck of the draw really as to whether or not your application will get one of the visas. Getting the US govt to give a work visa to a teenager, who has zero third level qualifications or in demand professional skills or experience, is going to be an uphill struggle, to be honest. Your speaking a certain language would not qualify in that regard.
Requirement 2 - Your job must qualify as a specialty occupation by meeting one of the following criteria: A bachelor’s degree or higher degree or its equivalent is normally the minimum requirement for the particular position; The degree requirement is common for this position in the industry, or the job is so complex or unique that it can only be performed by someone with at least a bachelor's degree in a field related to the position; The employer normally requires a degree or its equivalent for the position; or The nature of the specific duties is so specialized and complex that the knowledge required to perform the duties is usually associated with the attainment of a bachelor's or higher degree
ProudDUB wrote: » No. You must physically attend the university course that you are enrolled in. You can't just pay the tuition bill and shag off to America. There is no way around that.
ProudDUB wrote: » It is going to take a very, very good (and probably very, very expensive) immigration attorney to be able to convince the immigration authorities to give a visa to a kid just out of school. They want highly skilled, highly educated professionals who bring so much to the table, that the odds are very slim of their becoming a burden on the US social welfare system, or US society in general. Forget about the language aspect of it. That's a non starter.
ProudDUB wrote: » You can apply for the J1 during your first year in college. You can do it in the summer between years 1 and year 2 if you so choose. If you want to enroll in a US college, you have to apply for a student visa. To get it, you have to give a good reason for studying in the US & not in your home country. (Wanting to work in the US afterwards, would not be a good enough reason btw.) The average cost of tuition in the US is about $25,000 per year. Do you have that kind of money? If you go over on the 90 day holiday visa, you are not allowed work while you are there, be it unpaid or otherwise.
ProudDUB wrote: » I don't know a ton about student visas, but I imagine it would be pretty hard to get one, unless you had completed your home countries equivalent to a high school diploma, which would be the Leaving Certificate.
ProudDUB wrote: » If you go over on the 90 day holiday visa, you are not allowed work while you are there, be it unpaid or otherwise.
LC 2015 wrote: » I think a student visa is the way to go because it will make it easier to get a greencard too.
rockonollie wrote: » A student visa does not lead to a greencard.
LC 2015 wrote: » Not directly, but I could go from an F1 to OPT and then to a HB1. However I've since been in touch with the company and an immigration lawyer. We're going to go the EB-5 route, it seems to make the most sense given my situation. Thank you all for your advice, it has been invaluable.
Required minimum investments are: General. The minimum qualifying investment in the United States is $1 million. Targeted Employment Area (High Unemployment or Rural Area). The minimum qualifying investment either within a high-unemployment area or rural area in the United States is $500,000
jjbrien wrote: » OP have you looked into what the EB-5 visa is about? EB-5 Immigrant Investor Have you 500k or $1 million usd to invest over there? Be careful of immigation lawyers over there a lot of them will spin you a tale in order to get you cash. My OH an I did my greencard app ourself's. Have a look at visajourney might give you some free info
LC 2015 wrote: » Yep, it's the best option for me I think. I'm not allowed to discuss it but the project that was acquired worked out very well for me. The H1-B visa was intended to be a favour but it requires a bachelor's degree minimum so I'm ineligible. Other than that, I have no relatives that are US citizens, no extraordinary abilities, I do not intend on marrying anytime soon, the F1-OPT-H1B route takes too long, and the lottery, well it's just that - a lottery. As for the immigration lawyer, it's pretty much a necessity when applying for an EB-5. Thank you for your input though, appreciate it.
minaeire wrote: » your not from Limerick by any chance (Patrick and John Collison)??
Ponster wrote: » The lowest cost for the H1B is about $4800 and that's well less than a months wages for most people heading over on a visa. My fees were about $7000 for the L1 but that was just over a months wages for me so again not a lot if they feel that you are the right person for the job.
cena wrote: » 7000 a month a good wage in the states? What sort of job do you do?
lonestargirl wrote: » It's a good wage but it's the sort of wage you want want to be getting for a company to justify a H1b.
cloudatlas wrote: » I made an enquiry with the U.S. branch of a company I worked with in Ireland. They said "We do not sponsor, we have in the past had candidates willing to relocate at their own accord". I'm not eligible for citizenship so are there any options for me?
spideog7 wrote: » Highly dependant on where you live, outside of the major cities it would decent. You'd probably end up with about 5000 in your pocket after taxes then you'd have to pay health, pension etc.
