Canada
Mexico
Singapore
Chile
But TNs are renewable infinitely. You did need to call yourself a systems analyst. Systems analyst was on the list of approved TN jobs but computer programmer was excluded, even though they're the same thing. I believe software engineer was recently added even though that is also the exact same thing as a computer programmer or systems analyst. The Dept of Labor has a dozen or more objectively indistinguishable words for programmer.
There is a route to permanent residence, of course. You can either just keep renewing or you can marry an American. You probably can't afford to retire in the Bay Area as a programmer anyway if your spouse isn't insisting so you might as well return home when you're done working. Canada and Mexico are nice places to go home to at the end of a career.
It can also be used, like you mentioned, as a bridge to start working immediately without having to wait for H1-B openings the be ready.
when i last applied it rapidly descended into a process that felt like bribery and moving goalposts.
that being said, i in no way blame america for making it hard for people of arab descent who spent any serious amount of time immersed in that culture. i would do the same. (i /assume/ that was the problem - i may well be wrong)
One day, fairly fed up with the long journey and yet another selection he went "Relax guys, I'm only here because I write the software the you guys (TSA) use".
Moral of the story, if you are good enough, there's always a place for you.
You seem eager to kiss the hand that slaps you.
- Are lawyer fees counted in?
- Different advertising expenses for having public ads up for position as per requirement of H1B petition process?
- Internal HR costs (which run large for larger corps)?
- What's the ultimate revenue model?
The short version is that you can start working in the U.S. within 6 weeks, and stay for at least 2 years with:
- a 82% chance of success
- $2,183.13/year cost to sponsor you
Previously I was also told that the waiting period could easily be up to 9 months.
I'd try the service to see if it takes that into account but I deleted my LinkedIn account a long time ago.
Bit suprised by that to be honest.. if this goes viral they just lost the opportunity to get a ton of oAuth Authorizations to LinkedIn which could have been v useful to them down the line for further data scraping (I would imagine).
The fact that they didn't suggests that they have their heads on the right side of your privacy concerns.
Also, this is a YC company and it looks like this is a pivot or alternatively they're trying to find more candidates for clients, who then pay them a fee to sort out the visa?
Not a pivot, just an experiment to see how people respond. Give it a whirl and let us/me know!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3dYS7PcAG4 (nsfw-language: Louis CK bit)
It's sad that people don't realize that or value the contributions they could make to their societies, to lift their cultures and countries, instead of compounding ever more advantages. It's brain drain. It's rather supremacist in nature too and not unlike colonialism.
But I'm not attached to my country, the country I was born in is an accident, they are conservative and short sighted, I don't care leaving (albeit, I don't think the US is really the best place to live).