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I'm a European who lived in the States for a year on the J-1 visa and I'd love to go back.
Question is: Does it make sense to apply for jobs while being there on a tourist visa for three months (do be able to go to personal interviews) or are the chances that any company will actually be willing to help me with the visa extremly small?
I'd be even willing to pay for the visa (I know that it's a couple of thousand dollars), but still, the company has to help with me the paperwork. Plus, how do I even mention in a letter to the company that I'm ready to pay for my own visa?
I have a Master's degree from a wellknown European university, work experience of 2 years plus internships in 4 different countries and I speak three languages fluently.
What do you think? Should I give it a shot or is it really unlikely that any company will actually hire me?
I have a friend who did it like that. A company hired him and paid for his visa officially, but it was more like a kind of loan from the company- He paid his company back on a monthly basis. so i guess it works.
I have a Master's degree from a wellknown European university, work experience of 2 years plus internships in 4 different countries and I speak three languages fluently.
Could you work at a museum? The Getty always asks for people with multiple European languages:
I have a friend who did it like that. A company hired him and paid for his visa officially, but it was more like a kind of loan from the company- He paid his company back on a monthly basis. so i guess it works.
Hmmm. So you're already looking for illegal methods of getting in?
The major obstacle you're going to encounter is that your multi-lingual qualifications aren't enough to qualify you for a visa when there are so many US citizens who have them. Even if your working experience is in a highly specialized field, two years experience in that field is minimal.
I assume you've gone through the USCIS website (linked in the first sticky on this site) and looked at the various visas which will allow you to find employment in the US? If you've exhausted all possible options there then I'd likely confirm that your chances are minimal at best.
Even contemplating doing something strictly illegal is totally foolhardy and obtaining a visa that way leaves you in constant danger of being deported from the country.
I have a friend who did it like that. A company hired him and paid for his visa officially, but it was more like a kind of loan from the company- He paid his company back on a monthly basis. so i guess it works.
It is illegal - so not a good thing to share on a public forum.
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