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by nickd2001
1376 days ago
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This isn't as easy as it once was, I believe. I did precisely this about 25 yrs ago, then ultimately returned to the UK. At that time you could get a H1B visa as long as they paid you the market rate and had advertised the job sufficiently at home first. Once you had a H1B you could transfer the visa between employers if you got another job, although not entirely simple. Since then, rules have changed so you have to earn a lot of money to qualify - though this may be do-able on a FAANG salary after a couple yrs experience. Also numbers of visas are capped so you might not even get one. So you could try L1 route as sibling post suggested, although, then you have to rise in that company a little bit , then you're quite beholden to them if you transfer - once in the USA, not so easy to transfer so what happens if you're unhappy in your job? Maybe you should do a Phd and try to get classified as "alien of extraordinary ability". (I love this terminology ;). ). That opens other doors possibly to visa independent of employer. In short- its not easy for a foreigner to go and work in tech in the US these days, and that in itself may explain some of the salary inflation that is being seen, hence the original Q on HN at all. |
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