need advices! especially from firefighters!

[joe from dayton]

Originally Posted by freeGreg

so there is no other way? aaand is it really difficult to get an invitation from employer? lets just say i'm a qualified specialist with some experience, would it be a problem to try to pass the tests or entrance examination considering this?

You will not be sponsored by a civil service department; you must take the entrance exam like everybody else.

[timfountain]

And generally, with a few exceptions, federal jobs require US citizenship. A visa or greencard will not work.

See section 7.3 of the following link (cross linked from the Office of Personnel Management - OPM)

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-200...ol1-sec7-3.pdf