Your First Month in the USA: The Paperwork That Unlocks Everything Else
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The American administrative system runs on a small number of documents, and almost everything you need in your first year depends on having them. A bank…
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F-1 to OPT to H-1B: Turning a US Degree Into a Work Visa
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An American degree does not come with the right to stay and work. What it comes with is a limited, structured window in which you have to convert a…
The L-1 Visa: Transferring to Your Company’s US Office
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There is a route into the United States that requires no lottery, no labour market test, no minimum salary and no degree. It is available to a narrow…
The O-1 Visa: What Counts as Extraordinary Ability
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The O-1 is the US work visa with no annual cap, no lottery, no minimum salary and no degree requirement. You can file in any month of the year and nobody…
Which US Industries Actually Sponsor Foreign Workers
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American work sponsorship is far more concentrated than the size of the economy suggests. A small number of industries, and within them a relatively small…
The EB-3 Visa: The Green Card Route for Skilled, Unskilled and Professional Workers
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Most American green card routes ask for something exceptional. An extraordinary record, a national-interest argument, eight hundred thousand dollars, a…
H-1B Cap-Exempt Employers: The Route That Skips the Lottery
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Every spring, hundreds of thousands of people enter a lottery for around 85,000 H-1B places. Most lose. Many lose repeatedly, then run out of student visa…
How to Find a US Employer Who Will Sponsor Your Work Visa
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The hardest part of moving to the United States for work is not the visa. It is persuading an American company to want you enough to pay for one.
Which US Cities Are Realistic on a Newcomer’s Starting Salary
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There is an uncomfortable tension at the centre of moving to America for work. The cities where visa sponsorship is concentrated are the cities where you…