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- H1B visa opportunites for SWE living overseas Hey folks, I’ve been a SWE for 4 years now, doing the following: - 1 Programmer Jr (games) - 1.5 data engineering Jr/Int (games) - 1.5 full stack Int (fintech) - Moving into the metaverse space soon at Int/Senior rates (fully remote) I’m based in Australia/New Zealand and was wondering what’s the
- Are job offers typically dependent on visa approvals (company sponsored)? I'm a US citizen looking to work overseas, where a work visa is required. I have a verbal offer and was told a written offer is coming soon. But the visa processing & approval time is around 3 months. I've only ever worked for US companies so far so not familiar with the visa process and accepting
- Does your company sponsor trip for visa renewal/change? Does your company sponsor the trip (flight, hotel etc) to an overseas US consulate to change/renew your visa status (since it's employment related)?
- Has anyone been accepted by a Univ recently from outside My GF is overseas and wants to find out if Universities in the US accept international students or everything is remote now? How long does it take to apply and get accepted/Visa, with Covid changing things.
- Companies that have offices in Canada Hello all, Got to know that h1 wasn’t picked up. This was my second attempt. Wanted to start preparing and want to what companies have an overseas presence and hire candidates on stem opt? #workvisa #h1b Tc:- 100k
- Looking for MLE referal Hello Blinders, Looking for referral at top tech companies for senior/staff ML engineer. Currently based out of Bangalore, India. Open for overseas opportunities if visa is sponsored. #tech #airbnb #amazon #linkedin #twitter #bytedance #expedia #airbnb #apple #microsoft #atlassian #twilio #uipath
- Is Overseas Citizen of India considered India PR? Applying H4 dependent visa for wife and she has Overseas Citizen of India card. (She is not an Indian Citizen) In DS160, should we say she is a Permanent Resident of India? TC-170k
- Moving overseas to US for comp bump and career growth Hi folks, Have been working at Azure IDC past couple years and was looking forward to move overseas on reaching L62 say in an year. However, I came to know that for both Msft and Google, they don't bump your stock only the base when relocating overseas. Doesn't that affect TC? Is it possible for m
- Lyft L1 policy and overseas offices 1. Does Lyft have overseas offices? 2. Does Lyft provide L1 visa if I miss all H1-B lotteries? 3. If no, what will happen to me if I miss them?
- Singapore working visa I had an interview with a company at Singapore but then because of the virus government stopped issuing working visas for overseas candidates. I wonder how is the situation now, can anyone from Singapore give some info? Thanks.
- Who's succeeded getting at FAANG in the US without being in the US? Is it worth even trying to apply if I'm overseas and only have B1/B2 visa? Or recruiters pretty much just ignore these applications? Any hints on how to get at FAANG in the US for the first time? TC 142k YOE 12
- Immigrant Property in USA I am paying a lot in rent and thinking of buying a home. I am worried that if I don't get H1B renewed and also don't even get a B1 visa. How will I sell my property? Can I do it from overseas? (Asking this here as a lot of people on Blind are immigrants and buy properties in the USA) Thanks! 200k
- Bring up visa with google recruiter Contacted by a google recruiter in the US, who is aware that I’m currently based overseas. I’m not sure if they know I would need visa sponsorship. In our initial call, what should I be aware of about this discussion?
- Is relocating to USA on L1 visa worth the hype? I am in conversation with an onsite team for a position in Dallas. Interview with hiring manager is done and he is willing to sponsor my visa and ready to schedule technical interviews. But the recruiter is saying that hiring an overseas candidate would be a long and tough job considering the curren
- vote Is it still possible... to apply for the roles based in the US from overseas (EU)? I am not very familiar with the visa process in the US like what kind of visas companies sponsor or what kind of people these companies are looking to hire? How can I know in a job ad if a company is willing to sponsor an immigrant visa? Wha
- Need Referrals for Openings at Software MNCs in Europe Have offers from Amazon and Microsoft India, SDE II, interview to be scheduled for Google, again India. I want to apply overseas, for instance, Meta/Bloomberg across Europe. Don't mind startups as well, as long as they have good work reputation and can sponsor visa. TC: INR 20L YOE: 2.5
- visa ban - Apna Time Aayega stay strong everyone. those affected, i am sorry. hope the situation improves and you are back in no time. those not affected, please help others who are affected in all ways within your means. to all, government will soon realize visa ban will enable jobs going overseas. APNA TIME AAYEGA!! TC-
- LinkedIn L-1 policy I’m applying and will be interviewing with LinkedIn soon, but I have about 1 year OPT left, I’m wondering what oversea office will LinkedIn relocate me to if I’m not selected in H-1B lottery 2020? I’ve heard there’s an India office but I’m not Indian so not into that.
- Take vacation before on boarding or ...? I will be on boarding soon ( H1B transfer now). Would like to take an oversea vacation but not sure if it is good to take it right after transfer visa is approved(I need to stay in the US during VISA process) . Since the boss will have waited for me so long already, not sure if he likes to wait for
- Indian citizen looking to do a workation in UK Hi, I’m pretty confused about the legalities of this. I live in india and want to work from UK for 2-3 months. I don’t want to be employed in the UK for a UK employer and continue working from my laptop while I’m overseas for my Indian employer. Is this possible on a tourist visa? What are my optio
- Travel on new I-797A My visa stamp in my passport is from my last employer, Company A, and is valid until 18 September 2019. My I-797A from my current company, Company B, is valid until 14 November 2020. I am traveling overseas shortly; will I need to carry any documents other than my passport and the I-797A to re-enter
- Visa Issues Support at Large Tech Companies I don't have a GC and having trouble extending my H1B beyond 6 years. I intend to live/work in the Bay Area in the long run. Have verbal offers from LinkedIn, Uber and some FAANG. What's the typical reaction of these companies towards such visa issues? Do they offer to temporarily park you at an ov
- Unrealistic tech industry I am wondering what is the one logical reason why the tech companies sponsor overseas offers for software engineering when there are abundant resources and college graduates available in US. TECH industry is bubbled so much with huge pay offers where on the other side the non tech engineers are stil
- Seeking advise on moving to London (or any other European city) as an SDE2 I'm working out of Seattle at present as an SDE2, visa status is L1 (pending extension) - if my visa gets rejected, I'm considering a few options like moving back to home country, or some other European country with in Amazon I'm wondering if the TC - Cost of living in European countries is at leas
- Will Google take someone with OPT expiring soon? I’ve passed Google HC early this month, currently in the team matching stage, but still unable to find a team yet, that also means no offer extended yet. But I only have a few months of OPT left and my visa will expire soon in July. Google didn’t know about this information yet, but they told me it
- How much notice should I give? NEED SOME URGENT HELP ON THIS I am starting a new job in slightly more than 3 weeks from now (probably first week of October). I am on H1B visa and my Visa is already transferred and approved. When should I tell my current employer about leaving? I am planning to travel overseas to get the most o
- H1b visa stamping Now that H1B visa’s have a drop box option if you have a US visa issued after 2008 or something. Does anyone know how long it’ll take to get your passport back after you have dropped off the documents for stamping ? I have my visa slot booked already and assumed my company would be fine with me wor
- Anyone worked overseas for the experience? American here (no visa issues) The org that is giving me an offer at Amazon has a team in Berlin. The thing with A is it seems rather easy to change teams to just about anywhere. I understand the pay in other countries is not as ludicrous though Anyone worked overseas for the experience? Was it wo
- The U.S. Is Crazy to Scare Skilled Immigrants Away https://www.bloombergquint.com/view/the-u-s-is-crazy-to-scare-skilled-immigrants-away?ch=99&share=a183ba68 President Donald Trump has done a lot to scare high-skilled immigrants away from the U.S. He has made it harder for them to get green cards. He has blocked some foreign students from entering
- How to transfer to North America or Europe for work? I am a back-end development engineer, graduated with a bachelor's degree for 4 years. Because I played too much LOL during school, my GPA was less than 3.0. So I want to try to go out to work directly through the interview, if it is not feasible, go to China's Amazon and Microsoft to work, accumulat
- link Visa approvals for tech workers are on the decline. That won’t just hurt Silicon Valley. Outsourcing and consulting firms — which provide IT services for companies whose main business isn’t tech, and which tend to rely more heavily on H-1B visas as a share of their overall workforces — have received the brunt of the decline in approvals. The situation isn’t as bad for the biggest tech c
- link Huffpost: Trump is right about H1Bs https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-h-1b_b_5890d86ce4b0522c7d3d84af?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cucmVkZGl0LmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAABjFz7ALDIYwC20oncfSzGWtQ1W1_Ke67EjZgMbQy7R4BLhJkSRWbqtoXyYww5Y1o2tMIuJJqDmAyBOVezfFyIjVDILjjAzljP7OtQ-oXi1hb366T1w6Je-Fg5Pg8USNw8tkOnLJoLlLPnEqeHQI8b
- Update from Senator Dick Durbin on S386 *got the following email response from senator:* Thank you for contacting me regarding the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019 (S. 386). I appreciate hearing from you. The Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act, introduced by Senator Mike Lee of Utah, would amend the Immigration and
- hr1044 consequences Just my 2 cents: 1- If they want to introduce a positive change, let's first increase the ridiculous cap on eb visas, maybe add extra 100K (the extra cap can be free from country limits), this will help to clear the backlog. 2- If this bill succeeds (unlikely) there will be an exodus of non-Indian s
- vote Is amazon recent high TC a trap Nowadays amazon is offering 350-400k for new hire SDE2. We all know Amazon is frugal and has smallest profit margin among FAANG. PE ratio is at a whopping 68. How come it suddenly becomes so generous. Let's look closer. Amazon has a really bad reputation in US. Talents born and raised here have kno
- New H1B rule seems like a terrible idea! 1. Startups are at a disadvantage as most of their compensation is in the form of equity? 2. Isn't it unfair fair to assume that an organization x (base pay 150k) has smarter people when compared to organization y (base pay 120k, 200K RSUs) for the same location? 3. This ruling only affects Indians/
- link Why S386 should not pass, but will pass There are two problems: 1. Too many candidates from one particular country. When diversity is not kept people don’t integrate, communicate between their culture only, bring all their relatives, hire only from their country, nothing good. No any country should get more than 10% of H1B or GC. 2. The
- Google team transfer after opt expire Google extended me an offer, whose start date will be mid March. However my OPT will expire in May, and in April it will be my last time for H1B lottery. (For those who are not familiar with OPT/H1B, OPT is a temporary work permit while H1B is a long-term work permit which you can only get via an
- Onsite at a company im not eligible to work for So I got an onsite at a FAANG company. The position is based in United States but I cant get a work visa to join them if I do clear the interview. Should I fly out anyway or let them know? I love the position and would love to work for them remotely if they put me in an overseas office(Canada) wher
- How flexible is Google in terms of relocation? I am currently on a process with google to relocate to Canada, but as of now my starting date is in the middle of the winter late Jan early Feb. - Relocation Agents said that it's better to relocate after Winter, and closer to Jul 1st - My wife is currently working and her assignments are due on Ma
- RSUs - from abroad So as some who have moved from satellite/abroad offices may know, there's a huge gap in RSUs compared to US. That's due to a range of factors, biggest one I'd say is competition and industry standard. However, outside of visas keeping you at your company, financially it would not be beneficial to r
- Travelling while H1b Transfer Hi all, I see there are multiple posts about H1b transfer already and understand that we are not lawyers here, but would like to ask for perspective if anyone has been in a similar situation. I am ROW. I currently work for employer A, with H1b Approval Notice, but do not have visa stamping. I am
- 1 year left on STEM OPT EAD any chance some company will sponsor for GC? I have 1 year left on my STEM OPT EAD. I’m from a ROW country. Graduated from a very good US College with Bachelor’s. H1B wasnt picked up in the last two attempts and I have one attempt left. Is anyone aware of a company that would sponsor GC for me. Im willing to take a large pay cut. I’m aware th
- Is it even worth working in Tech anymore? I just got to know that my parents aren't just well to do but infact loaded. They have a combined net worth of around 25 crores INR (~ 3 million USD). We never used to take expensive vacations or buy expensive things, a typical middle class Indian familly. It just comes as a surprise to me. They ne
- Looking for PM or Sr. Service Mgr Position I've been applying like mad to various Program Manager or Sr. Manager jobs in SF, Seattle, and Vancouver but absolutely no bites. Even tried overseas for a few (dual national). I'm afraid that my time in Oil and Gas has tainted my experience. Databases, programming and managing Engineers can't be th
- Tesla treats me like trash TL;DR My offer was rescinded by Tesla because the H1B petition requesing transfer domestically failed. The only way is to renew my visa in a third country. The whole process is problematic because I paided the Premium Processs for $1,770 myself to expedite onboarding and Tesla just decided to withdr
- Twitter is terminating a remote employee even with its WFH policy Repost this to get more people’s attention. My girlfriend who works for Twitter with H1B got terminated while stuck outside of the States but continues to work remotely for the company. Some facts about it: 1. Company HR and the manager confirmed that working from overseas is acceptable and the co
- father at 54 cheated on mother, have a bastard son, then got cancer I never thought my life would be changed dramatically right before I turned 30. I got a call from my sister overseas, she told me my father has a 4 years old bastard son, and he also got stage 3 kidney cancer. it turns out my father has been having an affair for the past 19 years, he sees this youn
- vote MSCS at NYU Courant vs. Internal Transfer to SF Office Hey folks, I'm a 24-year-old CS graduate and I'm currently working as a senior software engineer at an overseas office of an SF-based company. (I don't want to disclose the company name.) I'm recently admitted to NYU Courant to pursue MS in CS starting in Fall 21. I also knew that my company does in
- Deed and Tax implementation My Dad is not a US Citizen/Resident and lives Overseas. He sent me money to buy a house. The house was purchased while I was married. The financing and everything about the house was done in my name. I have paid fully for the house and the lender has sent me a release of lien. Since I live in a com