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by muzani 1693 days ago
As the others have said, it's very difficult to get a H1B, even as a senior. You'd probably have better luck getting a founder visa. No college degree makes it hard to even qualify for a visa; it's literally one of the things they look at.

I've applied to American jobs. I'm told my resume is solid but the conversation stops immediately once I tell them I don't have a work permit there. The only exception were dodgy seed stage companies who had like 9 months runway and no applicants, but even they decided not to go through with it.

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> it's very difficult to get a H1B, even as a senior

I'd say it's the opposite.

The last administration started sending more and more RFE which weeded out a lot of fraudulent applications, especially from body-shop operations. Now there's a lot more room in the pool for real "specialty occupations".

I have the same experience. As soon as I'm asked whether I'll need sponsorship, it's done. Thank you for sharing.