>Often, the only ways to enter the US legally are to marry someone in the US or to get the sponsorship of a powerful tech company.
Actually even Tech companies can't typically do it. Years ago, I had an offer from a FAANG company that wanted to hire me to one of their US offices. However as it turns out there is no regular "skilled worked sponsored by a company visa". The paths are:
H-1B: lottery, happens once a year, consistently oversubscribed. So you'd have to wait at least one year, likely several L-1B: intracompany transferee. Bunch of requirements, most notably having been employed in another country by the same company for 1+ years O-1: "extraordinary... (read more)
>Often, the only ways to enter the US legally are to marry someone in the US or to get the sponsorship of a powerful tech company.
Actually even Tech companies can't typically do it. Years ago, I had an offer from a FAANG company that wanted to hire me to one of their US offices. However as it turns out there is no regular "skilled worked sponsored by a company visa". The paths are:
H-1B: lottery, happens once a year, consistently oversubscribed. So you'd have to wait at least one year, likely several
L-1B: intracompany transferee. Bunch of requirements, most notably having been employed in another country by the same company for 1+ years
O-1: "extraordinary... (read more)