WORK VISA FOR BROTHER-INLAW???

[piglett 16]

hello everyone, not sure this is the rite section (feel free to move it if i'm screw up admin.)

my wife arrived here with her IR-1 on june 5th this year

she has her greencard & is already working

she is also a nurse in the Philippines & on her days off she studies for the nursing exam here so she can start working as an RN

we were talking today & i asked her if her younger brother who just took the teaching exam in her home country would ever be interested in working here in new hampshire where we live.

i'm sure there are some hoops that need to be jumped through

however in the next 2 years our house here will be paid for so after that we will be in really good shape

i'm just 42 & my wife is 29 so we still have plenty of good years left in us to work

the offer i would make the brother-inlaw is "i'll help you do whatever you have to do so you can teach here

but once you have been teaching for 1 year you have to go find your own place"

i feel this is more than fair

just a little backgroung on the brother-inlaw

23 years old +/-

not married no childeren

thanks for your help everyone

piglett

[canadian_wife 1,823]

First he'll have to become certified to teach in the state in which you want him to live (assuming the same as you)

After he is certified to teach in that state, then he'll have to get hired by a school board wishing to sponsor him

Nothing you can do yourself

Good luck

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

With so many teachers getting layed off ,teaching in general is getting to be a tough market unless you live where no one wants to go to. Even then I don't know if a school would have the budget for the visa fees.

[Penguin_ie 5,994]

**** Moving from Bringing Family... to Work Visas ****

I moved your question as you are asking about a work visa, but honestly I am not sure he can get one, unless he gets some specialised training/ experience. I know a few friends of mine from Ireland were head hunted by US clinics because after their teaching degrees, they took SLP (speech and language pathologist) training or trained in special ed.

[thinkerlove0212 158]

agreed. Unless he was in a high demand skill with no US workers and a company to sponsor, doesn' t look good. We now have a more than enough of Nurses and teachers and many unemployed and under employed and colleges full these students

[apple21 953]

Your brother-in-law will have to find an employer who will sponsor an employment-based visa for him. That is if no US citizen or LPR can do the job which is highly unlikely since there are already a lot of teachers/professors in the US.

His chances of immigrating are better if you can find him an American GF/fiancee/wife.

[Darnell 8,478]

look around in your state, see if they still have the 'foreign teacher program'.

if they do, contact the coordinator, get more info.

[Boiler 45,670]

Highly unlikely he would be able to move to the US through work with thst qualification.

[Harsh_77 718]

Your brother in law would need a visa to work in US and not very many school sponsor a visa.

[jaycali 415]

While a work visa is unfortunately a long shot, a student visa may be an easier way towards a work visa. If he attends a bachelor or masters program and graduates from a US school, he can then get what's called Optional Practical Training (OPT), essentially a one year work permit (EAD card) to work in an occupation related to his field of study.

Studies in the US and subsequently working on OPT is for many a "gateway" to the H-1b work visa, because an employer is more likely to sponsor someone (and pay huge fees) already working for them (on OPT) than someone completely new.

Edited November 3, 2012 by Jay Jay