@246baje , you have been through the process so I am going to defer to you. However, we frequently sponsor people so may I sit here and complain about the hiring managers who wanted a FUCKING guarantee someone was going to get a H1B?
Lol the H1Bs that there are so many applications that they close the application process days after opening it and then hold a lottery because there are so many applications for a few spots? You have my sympathy.
I was told that if I didn't get my H1B that I'd be sent to an overseas office for a year or so and then brought back on an L1.
They knew better than to say that shit to my ass. I would have made a NitaX face.
@246baje , you have been through the process so I am going to defer to you. However, we frequently sponsor people so may I sit here and complain about the hiring managers who wanted a FUCKING guarantee someone was going to get a H1B?
Lol the H1Bs that there are so many applications that they close the application process days after opening it and then hold a lottery because there are so many applications for a few spots? You have my sympathy.
I was told that if I didn't get my H1B that I'd be sent to an overseas office for a year or so and then brought back on an L1.
Yea, this happened to my husband. He didn't get picked in the ridiculous H-1B lottery back in 2007 and though his company tried to help, the office overseas (Toronto) ended up laying him off as they didn't really need him and were just doing the Boston office a favor. I was on an H1 at the time but unfortunately got laid off. Anyhoo, to cut the very long story short, we finally got our green cards this June. It just feels so liberating not to be tied to any specific employer
I confess to completing a decent number of these types of screening tests for other countries in November. Canada, France, UK, etc. - just about every single other country with a skilled migrant program would happily take me and my spouse. Maybe it's time to seriously consider that.
Nope, damn my lack of ability to invest over 1.8 million in the economy. I could also try to convince my company to double my salary when I transfer to the US office?
I definitely don't qualify, at least not under a points-based immigration class, since my master's degree doesn't count and I don't make enough money.
I could probably find a job as a technical writer, one of the NAFTA approved jobs, and get a TN work visa fairly easily. Also I'm married to a citizen, but that's a whole other immigration process, and anyway we're probably going to withdraw our application. In our case it's not whether I qualify, but whether I want to immigrate, and I'm pretty sure I've decided no.