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lucybelle   453

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Hello all!

My boyfriend and I are hoping to move to the USA in 2 or 3 years. I've been looking through the different visas, and it seems like it's pretty freaking hard to get a work visa. And I'm not even very sure which one he would apply for. He is a mechanical engineer with over 10 years experience, but not even a bachelor's degree yet (but he'll have that in a year or so, before we move.. finally! :dance: ) He has a very high level position in the company he works for, and is the leader of lots of the projects that go on there.

Right now we're not ready to be married, but perhaps in another year or two we will. If that's an option, would it just be easier to get hitched then to try to apply for a work visa? And just to know, which work visa would he qualify for? I'd like to look up a little more info on it, just in case.

Thanks!!! :thumbs:

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I don't know much about employment visas other than they can be difficult to get. 'Getting hitched' would be the easiest way to get him here but I wouldn't rush it if you're not ready. :)

Good luck and hopefully someone else can come along and shed some more light on employment visa options.

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Are you a foreigner to? If so yes, you'd need to be married unless you are able to get your own work visa. With his experience, he has a reasonable chance of a work visa-0 of course it'll depend what the economy looks like at the time. It is the employer who does work visa paperwork, so he'd need to find someone who wants to hire him first.

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lucybelle   453

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Are you a foreigner to? If so yes, you'd need to be married unless you are able to get your own work visa. With his experience, he has a reasonable chance of a work visa-0 of course it'll depend what the economy looks like at the time. It is the employer who does work visa paperwork, so he'd need to find someone who wants to hire him first.

Hey, sorry, should have specified. I'm a US citizen. If we plan on getting married I think we'd go with the CR-1 visa.

Thanks!

N-400 May 2017 Google Doc

Full timeline- 

 

Filed from abroad- Costa Rica

NOA1- NOA2: 316 days

Jan 12, 2013: Married!!
Mar 19, 2013: NOA1

Jan 28, 2014: I-130 approved

NVC- Green Card in Hand: 189 days

Feb 3, 2014: TSC sends case to NVC
April 14: Real checklist for AOS (saying tax number was incorrect when it wasn't)
April 30: Another AOS checklist, for proof of employment (which was already sent)
May 1: Checklist for IV- certified marriage certificate (even though I sent a certified one originally)
July 1: INTERVIEW!!! - APPROVED!
July 16: POE through Miami
July 22: SSN card in the mail
August 30, 2014: Green card arrives in the mail!!!
 
ROC: 366 days
April 27, 2016: Sent 300 page ROC packet to VSC via overnight mail
May 16: Check shown as charged online, received NOA 1 dated April 29
June 20, 2016- Biometrics
April 28, 2017: Approval
May 4, 2017: Approval letter arrived
May 15, 2017: GC arrives in mail
 
N-400: 190 days
May 8: Sent packet to Dallas Lockbox
May 12: NOA 1, Credit card charged
June 7: Biometrics
June 16: "In line"
Oct 2: Interview letter arrives (online status still says ''in line'')
Oct 31: Interview- Approved!
Nov 13: Oath ceremony!  Applied for passport & registered to vote on site.
Nov 22: Passport arrives (paid for expedited service and overnight delivery)
 
Journey complete! A total of 1701 days or 4 years, 7 months and 26 days.
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kzielu   1,147

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Then get married and help him become permanent resident - that will 100 time easier than work visa. 10 years of experience without a degree (sorry to tell you that) does not mean a lot if he is about to get a bachelor's degree right now (I am mechanical engineer myself, with 10+ years experience after Masters degree). It will be much easier for him to find a job being immediately available to work rather than asking potential employer to spend quite a bit of money to sponsor him for a work visa. Even company I work for - that has been hiring engineers for last two years pretty heavily and had a hard time finding right people, did not sponsor anyone for a work visa. I was transferred from different country after I got married and was able to work in US, being with company for 10 years outside US. Hopefully that gives you an idea...

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lucybelle   453

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Then get married and help him become permanent resident - that will 100 time easier than work visa. 10 years of experience without a degree (sorry to tell you that) does not mean a lot if he is about to get a bachelor's degree right now (I am mechanical engineer myself, with 10+ years experience after Masters degree). It will be much easier for him to find a job being immediately available to work rather than asking potential employer to spend quite a bit of money to sponsor him for a work visa. Even company I work for - that has been hiring engineers for last two years pretty heavily and had a hard time finding right people, did not sponsor anyone for a work visa. I was transferred from different country after I got married and was able to work in US, being with company for 10 years outside US. Hopefully that gives you an idea...

Okay thanks! I know him not having an advanced degree or even a degree at all would definitely hurt his chances at getting a job. Plus it's from some tiny Latin American school that no on in the USA will respect. I mean has anyone ever heard of Universidad Latina? Didn't think so... :whistle:

We'll look into the marriage route. Thanks for the advice!

N-400 May 2017 Google Doc

Full timeline- 

 

Filed from abroad- Costa Rica

NOA1- NOA2: 316 days

Jan 12, 2013: Married!!
Mar 19, 2013: NOA1

Jan 28, 2014: I-130 approved

NVC- Green Card in Hand: 189 days

Feb 3, 2014: TSC sends case to NVC
April 14: Real checklist for AOS (saying tax number was incorrect when it wasn't)
April 30: Another AOS checklist, for proof of employment (which was already sent)
May 1: Checklist for IV- certified marriage certificate (even though I sent a certified one originally)
July 1: INTERVIEW!!! - APPROVED!
July 16: POE through Miami
July 22: SSN card in the mail
August 30, 2014: Green card arrives in the mail!!!
 
ROC: 366 days
April 27, 2016: Sent 300 page ROC packet to VSC via overnight mail
May 16: Check shown as charged online, received NOA 1 dated April 29
June 20, 2016- Biometrics
April 28, 2017: Approval
May 4, 2017: Approval letter arrived
May 15, 2017: GC arrives in mail
 
N-400: 190 days
May 8: Sent packet to Dallas Lockbox
May 12: NOA 1, Credit card charged
June 7: Biometrics
June 16: "In line"
Oct 2: Interview letter arrives (online status still says ''in line'')
Oct 31: Interview- Approved!
Nov 13: Oath ceremony!  Applied for passport & registered to vote on site.
Nov 22: Passport arrives (paid for expedited service and overnight delivery)
 
Journey complete! A total of 1701 days or 4 years, 7 months and 26 days.
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Okay thanks! I know him not having an advanced degree or even a degree at all would definitely hurt his chances at getting a job. Plus it's from some tiny Latin American school that no on in the USA will respect. I mean has anyone ever heard of Universidad Latina? Didn't think so... :whistle:

We'll look into the marriage route. Thanks for the advice!

There is a process to get his foreign credits assesed by an American institution. I'm not sure of the process but there are many who have done it here. You could probably find a few of the threads by using the search feature at the top right of the page.

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