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- H1B/H1B premium processing Hi Blind community. I finally got selected in the h1b lottery in this March. Just a quick question in terms of premium processing. From what I read on several posts in other forums, it seems that there are two separate premium processing, right? One is for the h1b petition the other is for h1b trans
- What technical skills have you gained while working at Meta? A perk I keep on seeing on Blind for Meta is career growth. What technical skills have you learned at Meta? Both skills that are company specific and that transfer elsewhere are interesting to hear about. Tc 100k
- H1b transfer question I am in the middle of switching employers and the visa transfer will be inititated next week under premium processing. was wondering if i got laid off before the transfer is complete then would that count unemployment days under new petition or old? Also can that result in withdrawal of offer ? Bl
- H1b expiration noob question Hello Blind Folks, My understanding h1b expired in 6 years (with one extension). Does transferring h1b count as extension ? Meaning we cant extend anymore after move to other job? TC: 350k
- Amazon H1B Transfer timeline Hello Blind, I have recently accepted an offer from amazon and currently I have uploaded all my documents related to h1b visa transfer. I want to know how long amazon takes to file the transfer from the time they start reviewing the documents? Its been 2 weeks and they have not get back to me. T
- Signed offer letter, do I disclose my spouse works for the same company? I have just signed an offer letter with company A and they have started the H1B transfer process. I will be joining soon. My spouse already works for the company A. Do I need to disclose this? If so, when and how? Blind tax: Old TC: 190K New TC: 313K YOE: 3 Yrs. #tech #swe
- want to leave aws team immediately been here three months. I read everything about Amazon culture on blind before I joined. Thought I could deal with it, and by and large I think I could except for my direct manager. I enjoy my extended team and the work, but my direct manager is one of the most unpleasant people I have ever met. The
- Urgent: Question on grace period on H1 Asking for a friend who is not on Blind rn. How does the grace period during unemployment of H1B work? 1. Does the 60 day timer stop when we file H1B transfer and USCIS sends us the receipt? Or 2. Does the 60 day timer stop when we start with the job? There are varied opinions on internet, hence
- H1B transfer process timeline Hello All, Hoping to understand the H1B transfer timeline (including LCA home posting to transfer completion) in premium processing ? Blind Tax : TC - 180k
- GC application - AOS was transferred from Texas Center to NBC. Anyone know how long does it usually takes to get any updates after it’s transferred? #greencard Blind tax 180k YoE 6
- Inheriting Money from Indian Parents Did anyone here have to go through this? Anyone here figure it out? My parents are still alive but recently asked me to ‘figure it out’ on how to inherit/transfer money into the USofA with minimal taxes etc. Anyone here already been through this journey? What wisdom do you have to share my Indian
- Need suggestion on job change. Hello Blind family, Recently I got a Senior software engineer role at Visa and I accepted the offer. Visa org started my H1B transfer and is in progress. Now I got a better offer from Twilio which I like to go. Is it ok to go to Twilio while My H1B transfer is in progress from visa? 1) I accepted
- Microsoft Hiring Freeze..Any Impact on existing offer ?? I saw on many blind posts about MSFT hiring freeze. I signed an offer for SDE position few weeks ago. and I am currently waiting for the immigration team to finish my documentatiin (H1b transfer) Is there any chance of the offer being Rescinded ?? or is my offer safe ?? Please let me know your t
- Should I be concerned about my signed meta E4 offer? Heard about their hiring freeze on blind today. I’m currently in H1 transfer phase, should I be worried? Can they rescind my signed offer quoting hiring freeze? 😔 Location: Menlo Park TC:210K New TC: 320K
- link How long does L4 to L5 promotion take at Snap? I read the following blind post [1] and it claims 2.5 - 6 years to get to go from L4 to L5. Also that L3 to L4 takes 2.5+ years. Are those estimates accurate? If they are, why would people stick around at Snap trying to get a promo? Like for instance, couldn't you just job hop after two years
- vote With the 5th case of H1b transfer denial to FANG, are you guys still joining on H1b transfer receipt? 5th SWE to SWE transfer denial on blind. Are you still joining on H1b transfer receipt? Title says it all!
- Ex-Amazonians - What was the last straw before you left? For ex-Amazonians, what ultimately drove you to the decision to leave? If not TC or PIP, why did you decide to leave instead of internally transfer to another team within Amazon? Blind tax: 8 YOE (all Amazon), $205k TC (non-tech)
- vote Moving back to Home Country Hi Blind, I'm from India, working as an L4 dev at Amazon, California soon to be promoted to L5. Current TC 180k I've received offers from Google and Microsoft, Google - L3 offer for 275k (low balled but Google has been my dream company for a long time) Microsoft - SDE 2 offer for 280k (not conside
- Internal Transfer Europe to Canada - Salary Adjustment Looking at internal transfer from Europe to Canada as Snr Eng. What kind of adjustment should I expect in line with Canadian Salaries?#hardware Blind Tax YOE: 4.5 Years TC: 60/35/12= €107k
- vote H1b transfer poll Let's poll on how many rfes, approvals and rejection on just h1b transfer is experienced by blind users from Jan 2018. Again this is just h1b coe/transfer, does not include extensions or new applications. I understand this will be a biased view, still curious to see if bad news is more prevalent th
- Fragomen review To fellow immigrants out there, How is Fragomen as immigration service. Can anyone share their H1b transfer experience. Mine is going snail slow and its frustrating to be in two boats as i am looking forward for my new role. Blind tax Yoe-3 Tc -150k #immigration #h1b #h1b #h1btransfer
- Why people(especially software engineers) are planning to move out from India ? Hey people, Lately, I'm seeing a lot of posts on Blind about moving out from India to USA, Europe, etc via direct hiring, internal transfer, and higher studies. Any idea why the sudden spike in such posts ? TC : 🥜🥜 YoE : 2
- Microsoft background check and visa transfer Hello Blind community, I recently signed an offer with Microsoft. HireRight has sent my background check to Microsoft with a yellow flag on gap standard 5 business days back. When can i expect them to initiate my H1B transfer ? From this point, what are the steps and timelines i can expect until th
- What is the minimum time to be employed in US before switching to India I need to move to India soon but want to change company before that. Thinking of moving to Google, Microsoft and LinkedIn to make some extra bucks and then do an internal transfer. What is the minimum time I should be employed in US region before I can do an internal switch to India in these compa
- FB H1B transfer timeline Thank you blind for helping me realize how underpaid and under appreciated I was. Nothing to ask but sharing H1B transfer timeline for anyone who is in the process: 06/09: Initial email for questionnaire and docs 06/14: Questionnaire and docs provided, LCA filled 06/15: Review for docs 06/21: LCA a
- Meta PERM/i40 Issue Hey @meta I recently got Meta Offer. I am on H1B with Perm and i140 approved. How does Perm Filing and I140 Transfer Process look at Meta noe? Blind Tax Yoe: 3 Years TC: 230K #meta #immigration #h1b #i140 #offer #tech
- Any of you successfully transfer H1B recently? Lot of H1B transfer reject stories on Blind of late, wondering if it worked out for any of you? Any idea why it worked out?
- Google CorpEng to Different PA - Internal Transfer How easy/difficult is it for L4 SWE to move from CorpEng to different Org as internal transfer. I saw mixed reviews on Blind. Just wanted to know latest situation. #tech
- PIP @Google Asking for a friend who isn’t on blind. He works for Google L3, been there around 14months. He thinks that his manager may be setting up to be put on PIP (may not be performance related but not getting into that) Should he try jumping ship and working on an internal transfer to a different team? I
- Resume Feedback Hey blind. Interested in getting some feedback on my resume. Please feel free to tear it apart. Background: 1 year out of college with business degree, looking to transfer to swe. Worked on a lot of open source projects. Self taught Any and all feedback is appreciated. https://i.imgur.com/dpmpjA
- Amazon L4: On Focus Same old blind story: A failed internal transfer attempt ends up putting me into focus plan. Mentally traumatized. Looking for referral in any decent company in India. Can anyone please help? YOE: 1 TC: 🥜
- Masters in US vs Job in India Currently working in Atlassian as a P3 (will be completing an year this June/July). TC - ~27 LPA, mostly will be getting promoted this year end. I have been thinking about applying for masters for Fall 23 programs and read a lot of posts on blind which suggested internal transfer, but Atlassian doe
- link I invest in real estate. A newbie. AMA. Just transferred 250k cash from selling stocks to my bank to close on 8 apartments. And I have never seen 10k with my own eyes. It kinda feels surreal. Came long way from living on $30 a month to this. I am no pro. Doing real estate for about five years. Have ten, working on eight more. Planning ge
- Facebook new joinees January 2021 Anyone joining FB (menlo park or otherwise) next year Jan ? Is there a common Blind/ FB group for noobs to discuss stuff like visa transfer timelines / relocation etc.? Wanted to check before creating a group Current TC : $155k Yoe: 6
- rsu cap apple expecting offer from apple but have unvested stock i dont want to lose. afaik they’re offering highest base in my band. does apple match stock when hiring from another FAANG? most offer numbers i see on blind are transfering from a nom-FAANG company and rsu/join bonus numbers trend lower on blind th
- Best way to remit money from India to USA Wanted to ask blind community on low cost, best forex rate remittance strategy from India to USA. Usual banks charge for inward wire transfer. Also unsure if the conversion rate offered by indian banks like SBI are any good. TC:600k
- Leaving Amazon any Do's and Dont's Hi Blind fam (ex-Amazon), Leaving Amazon at the end of Jan. Are there any Do's and Dont's I should be aware of OR compete before leaving? Will follow the HR guidelines for 401K, HSA Transfer, ADP/W2 access, 2 weeks notice, Transition docs, etc. Anything else? Current TC - 230K (cliff year) New TC
- vote H1b vs canada ict visa and path to pr Hey folks, Needed some advice. What would be the suggestion from indians/chinese who have a long wait for green card in eb2 category. Should stay in the us with h1b or take the option to move to canada on an intra company transfer? I140 not approved. Blind tax: tc 134k yoe 3
- link Please help with referrals - Booking.com, Apple Hello blind, I'm not able to move out of India from Microsoft, I've been trying but internal transfers are very difficult in the company. Please help me with referrals to booking.com or any good companies in Europe that hire people from India. I have practiced around 200 LC and am confident to cl
- Google joining in Jan 2022- Refresher Got offer letter from Google US in second week of October, unfortunately with the H-1 transfer process taking a while could not join by Dec 13( last orientation date) in 2021.. anyone with Jan 10,2022 joining date? Did we miss stock refresher eligibility for Dec 2022 ? ( read here on blind about r
- Adobe San Jose salary for Sr CS Hi, I have a verbal confirmation from recruiter for international transfer to a team based in San Jose. I am currently based in Adobe Bengaluru. The recruiter is still waiting for green light from India HRBP, but has mentioned that there would be no sign on bonus and no RSU grants for the transfer.
- Possible to move to US from abroad for data science/analytics roles? Hey, I've seen guys on blind list their career progression from India -> US purely in analytics roles (not SWE). I always thought that was close to impossible. How do I get that without internal company transfer? #dataanalytics #datascience #h1b
- link I140 Approval Timeline - COVID Making a thread similar to [Blind] Check out this post! H1B transfer timelines - COVID (Work Visa) https://us.teamblind.com/s/A7O8S1Rb When was the I140 filled, what's the status, when did it get approval etc.
- Meta H-1b transfer with Ogletree Guys could you please comment, how was your experience with Ogletree. They're handling my transfer process. How long will it take start to finish? Do we have to followup a lot with them or they're pretty good handling all the steps? Blind tax: 250k TC #meta #facebook #h1b #metahiring
- Posting LCA at home H1b transfer Hey y’all I’m transferring my h1b to another company and they asked me to post a LCA notice (just a one pager they sent) around my home address. Question is, do I just put it up in my apartment or do I have to put it up somewhere in the building? blind tax: 180k
- Background checks Why the fck every second post on blind is about background checks. Are people really so sh*t scared or they outright lie on resume. Or it obsession as people don’t have anything to worry about. Maybe spend a few hours worrying about green card, h1b visa transfer or what not …..
- Uber internal transfer - last H1B attempt Hi fam, I have an offer from Uber - L4. This is my last H1B attempt. I’ll probably be working for Uber on F1 for about 6 months, if I’m not picked in this year. 1. Whats Uber policy for transfer to Toronto/Amsterdam? 2. Whats Uber policy if I want to return to US from Toronto/Amsterdam? I’m guessi
- vote Is visa sponsorship an issue at DataDog? Have an H1-B with approved I-140. Recruiter didn't seem to mention there will be any issue. But from online digging/Blind I'm seeing concerning things like "visa sponsorship depends on performance": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21937473 Is it that they will transfer over my H1b but not actu
- H1b transfer while amendment/extension in progress My current company filed an amendment/extension under regular processing for h1b on January. I got an offer from AMD but their legal team doesn’t want to file h1b transfer till the amendment is completed. But, according to some sources I found online, I think AMD should be fine filing a transfer. Is
- Need suggestions: Amazon/AWS Teams with good work and WLB in California? Hi Blind, Got promoted this quarter so I'm planning to internally transfer to California to stay close to family. If you know teams with good WLB and work in California please leave a comment. Thanks TC 140k