Chances of getting a job on a B1-b2 visa

[singpinas 0]

Hi! Me and my wife are planning to apply for a tourist visa and try our luck to find a job there. I got a few questions and hopefully you could help us.

We are both Filipino citizens working in a restaurant in Singapore. We have cousins and parents Permanent Residents in the US. Questions are:

1. Is it better to have an invitation letter from other relatives other than my parents during our interview at the USEM for the tourist visa?

2. What are the chances and best thing to do to get a job in the US while we are on this visa?

Thank you in advance!

Singpinas

[Asia 2,499]

If you mention to the CO that you're applying for tourist visa to look for a job in the US (or to work in the US), you might forget about getting that visa completely.

To work in the US legally, you have to have a Green Card or a work visa. No work visa for working in a restaurant.

[mirian&john 1]

You don't have permission and are not suppose to work in US in a tourist visa. As it says, tourist visa.

[belinda63 3,053]

You need to find a company that will sponsor you for a work visa. You can't come to the US on a tourist visa and obtain a job. Unless you have some special skills or want to work in a job no USC want to work in you will have no luck finding a company to sponsor you. The fact that you have parents and other relatives as US residents will make getting the tourist visa harder.

What do you have to prove you will return home when your visit is over?

[singpinas 0]

We both have a contract in Singapore and We have a car and a house in the Philippines though the house is not yet titled under our name. So If we can find a company sponsor in the US while we are in the US, how long does it usually takes for it to get approved?

Thanks for all the replies. We are still trying to figure it out if we will or not and checking our chances.

[JayJayH 546]

We both have a contract in Singapore and We have a car and a house in the Philippines though the house is not yet titled under our name. So If we can find a company sponsor in the US while we are in the US, how long does it usually takes for it to get approved?

Thanks for all the replies. We are still trying to figure it out if we will or not and checking our chances.

B visas are tourist visas, and are meant for tourism purposes only. It's legal to apply for a job on one, you cannot however, accept any job offer and certainly not work.

The most common work visa to the US is an H1b. To qualify for an H1b you have to have at least a bachelor degree or above in a specialized field. The job has to be a specialty occupation, and must require applicants to hold at least a bachelor's degree or above in that field. Sponsorship for an H1b visa can take up to one year. H1b visas have an annual cap of 165,000 (correct me if I'm wrong) with about 300,000 annual applicants. So if you do get sponsored, it's about a 50/50. They are good for up to 5 years, but renewable.

It is also possible to get permanent residence through employment, but in addition to the academic requirements above, the sponsoring company must also prove that they cannot find any US person to do the job. This can take many many years.

[christeen 966]

As others have said, it is illegial to work on a tourist visa. Work visas applications open enroll,Eng is mid April and are usually quota filled within days and you MUST have a special skill that cannot be easily found in USA. They are expensive for companies to obtain and they use lawyers... Thinking you can come as tourists and just legally get a job here is naive at best... There are millions who would just love to pop on over as a tourist and be able to legally work... Illegially working as many "tourists" come here and do, well that is a whole subject in and of itself...

[singpinas 0]

Thank you so much guys! It really helps a lot! We just thought it will be as easy as it was in Singapore since that was what we did. Thank you so much!

Edited April 17, 2014 by singpinas

[RhettVoe 282]

I would check with that company from Spain (read one of the posts below)...they seem to know something about sending employees to the US...actually, you must have a college degree in something to have any real chance of getting a work visa...and those (H1bs) are limited in number annually....there is a long queue....

[singpinas 0]

Thank you RhettVoe! We are still trying to decide and which is better, a letter of invitation from my parent or from other relatives?

[Avery Cates 1,141]

B visas are tourist visas, and are meant for tourism purposes only. It's legal to apply for a job on one, you cannot however, accept any job offer and certainly not work.

The most common work visa to the US is an H1b. To qualify for an H1b you have to have at least a bachelor degree or above in a specialized field. The job has to be a specialty occupation, and must require applicants to hold at least a bachelor's degree or above in that field. Sponsorship for an H1b visa can take up to one year. H1b visas have an annual cap of 165,000 (correct me if I'm wrong) with about 300,000 annual applicants. So if you do get sponsored, it's about a 50/50. They are good for up to 5 years, but renewable.

It is also possible to get permanent residence through employment, but in addition to the academic requirements above, the sponsoring company must also prove that they cannot find any US person to do the job. This can take many many years.

USCIS has met the H1B limit for Fiscal Year 2015. FY 2016 would be the earliest one would be potentially available.

[TBoneTX 47,526]

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