Job Offer with a US Employer

[mbhendrick 0]

I have a job offer with a US Employer. I work for a Tech company in Canada and our authorized reseller wants to bring me down to America and work in a sales related function. They want me to assist with sales, training on the product and customer service. We do not own our reseller. The only ownership we have is the licesense agreement for the reseller to sell our product and we can yank it at any time for any reason. Can anyone give me some ideas what visa I should go for? The reseller has asked me to help them find a visa that works to get me into the company.

Mike

[YuAndDan 153]

The allotment for H-1B is all used up for 2011

However perhaps TN visa? http://travel.state.gov/visa/temp/types/types_1274.html

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

Would sale and training be covered under the computer systems analyst header and do they check your education ? ( not that I am looking just learning )

[Harsh_77 716]

First of all for H1B the reseller will have to hire you as their employee, I believe same applies for TN.

They cannot just apply for you if you are not on their payroll, they will have to bring you on their payroll.

[HeatDeath 430]

From what I've read, the TN "computer analyst" category - because it has been abused in the past [employers would call just about anything even tangentially related to computers "analysis"] - is now very difficult to get. You can expect CBP to go over the offer letter with a fine-toothed comb and refuse anything that isn't very specifically actual computer systems analysis [which is a tiny, highly skilled sub-specialty of computer programming and would definitely not include sales and support].

They would also definitely be checking your training and credentials, and they'll want to confirm that the job actually requires the training [at least a Masters in Computer Science.]

Edited February 23, 2011 by HeatDeath

[Boiler 43,436]

Sounds more like a L.

Really something for your Employers Immigration Lawyer.