Finding an appropriate work visa

[Tomaso11 2]

Hi, I've recently been in the U.S and have found someone willing to sponsor me. The trouble is, im struggling to find the right visa to fit. I'm a baker with over 15 years experience, with 3 in a managerial role. The only one possible I've found is the eb3 which takes two years to process, which it too long.

[Boiler 43,505]

EB3 is an immigrant visa not a work visa, anyway this is not something you do, you need to speak to the Employer's Lawyer and find out which visa they are intending to sponsor you for, by all means come back and we can help fill the details in but first you need to tell us which one.

[Crazy Cat 39,312]

What's the latest with the F1?

[SalishSea 16,792]

1 hour ago, Tomaso11 said:

Hi, I've recently been in the U.S and have found someone willing to sponsor me. The trouble is, im struggling to find the right visa to fit.

This makes no sense.  I don't think you understand work visas.

[aaron2020 11,651]

1 hour ago, Tomaso11 said:

Hi, I've recently been in the U.S and have found someone willing to sponsor me. The trouble is, im struggling to find the right visa to fit. I'm a baker with over 15 years experience, with 3 in a managerial role. The only one possible I've found is the eb3 which takes two years to process, which it too long.

Time to be blunt.  We're trying to help you.  

You are fishing for a visa to come spend more time with your girlfriend.  It's not going to happen.

You are contemplating any course of study that could get you an F1.  That's not going to happen.  You need to be a serious student and be able to articulate why a US degree would help you with a career in your home country to qualify for a non-immigrant F1 student visa.  You went from business degree to culinary degree with an emphasis on spending time with your girlfriend. 

Work visas are obtained by US employers on behalf of their potential employees.  The employer would need to spend minimum $5000 and a significant amount of time to get a work visa for a foreign employee.  Engineers, scientists, etc. are at the top of this list.  Never heard of any employer bringing over a baker.  

Your only choice is to use the VWP to visit your girlfriend.  There are many people on VJ who are not fortunate enough to be from a VWP country.  The US citizen takes many trips abroad, and it sucks because we have way fewer vacation days than Europeans.

You can continue to use the VWP or you can risk it all by seeking any visa.  If that visa is denied, your VWP days are over.

Take what you can get with the VWP and feel fortunate.  

THE ONLY WAY FOR YOU TO COME LIVE IN THE US IS MARRIAGE.  There is NO WAY around this for you.

Best of luck.

Edited February 18, 2021 by aaron2020

[Tomaso11 2]

57 minutes ago, aaron2020 said:

Time to be blunt.  We're trying to help you.  

You are fishing for a visa to come spend more time with your girlfriend.  It's not going to happen.

You are contemplating any course of study that could get you an F1.  That's not going to happen.  You need to be a serious student and be able to articulate why a US degree would help you with a career in your home country to qualify for a non-immigrant F1 student visa.  You went from business degree to culinary degree with an emphasis on spending time with your girlfriend. 

Work visas are obtained by US employers on behalf of their potential employees.  The employer would need to spend minimum $5000 and a significant amount of time to get a work visa for a foreign employee.  Engineers, scientists, etc. are at the top of this list.  Never heard of any employer bringing over a baker.  

Your only choice is to use the VWP to visit your girlfriend.  There are many people on VJ who are not fortunate enough to be from a VWP country.  The US citizen takes many trips abroad, and it sucks because we have way fewer vacation days than Europeans.

You can continue to use the VWP or you can risk it all by seeking any visa.  If that visa is denied, your VWP days are over.

Take what you can get with the VWP and feel fortunate.  

THE ONLY WAY FOR YOU TO COME LIVE IN THE US IS MARRIAGE.  There is NO WAY around this for you.

Best of luck.

I realise you are trying to help, and I agree that I am searching for the best way to live life with my girl after being apart for so long. There is nothing wrong with that. 

 

I do have a legitimate job offer from my last trip. He said he is willing to sponsor me to come over. I am struggling to find a suitable visa. That is my question.

[milimelo 4,220]

6 minutes ago, Tomaso11 said:

I realise you are trying to help, and I agree that I am searching for the best way to live life with my girl after being apart for so long. There is nothing wrong with that. 

 

I do have a legitimate job offer from my last trip. He said he is willing to sponsor me to come over. I am struggling to find a suitable visa. That is my question.

Not on prospective employee to figure out visa. It’s on the employer’s immigration lawyer to sort that out. Sounds like the employer is not big enough or knowledgeable enough to even qualify to bring in outside workers. 

[SusieQQQ 11,584]

38 minutes ago, Tomaso11 said:

 

 

I do have a legitimate job offer from my last trip. He said he is willing to sponsor me to come over. I am struggling to find a suitable visa. That is my question.

If he is willing to sponsor you it means HE needs to find the visa, organize it, pay all the legal stuff and application fees etc. That is what it means to sponsor someone for a work visa. All you should be doing is providing whatever certifications you are asked to show and arrive for a visa interview. 

[aaron2020 11,651]

1 hour ago, Tomaso11 said:

I realise you are trying to help, and I agree that I am searching for the best way to live life with my girl after being apart for so long. There is nothing wrong with that. 

 

I do have a legitimate job offer from my last trip. He said he is willing to sponsor me to come over. I am struggling to find a suitable visa. That is my question.

Nothing wrong with that.  You are desperately fishing for a visa to live with your USC girlfriend, and there isn't one.  We're trying to save you from making the mistake of getting a denied visa and ending your VWP privileges.  

 

While you may have a legitimate job offer, it's not a path to a work visa.  If it was truly legitimate employment requiring a foreign worker, then the US employer needs to retain an employment immigration attorney.   That is how it's done.  It's not on the potential employee to sort out and against US laws for you to pay for the visa.  US laws requires the employer to pay for the work visa process and it's illegal to get any reimbursement from the employee.  

If there was a way to help you live with your girlfriend, we would tell you.  There isn't.  Don't blow your VWP privileges.  

Good luck.  

Edited February 18, 2021 by aaron2020

[Boiler 43,505]

 

1 hour ago, Tomaso11 said:

I realise you are trying to help, and I agree that I am searching for the best way to live life with my girl after being apart for so long. There is nothing wrong with that. 

 

I do have a legitimate job offer from my last trip. He said he is willing to sponsor me to come over. I am struggling to find a suitable visa. That is my question.

Not your call, what are they proposing?

Edited February 18, 2021 by Boiler

[Tomaso11 2]

19 minutes ago, Boiler said:

 

Not your call, what are they proposing?

He just said he is willing to sponsor me, I've been talking to an immigration lawyer who is working with us both. She suggests the best visa is the eb3 (skilled worker) but because of the time it takes to process, we are trying to explore all options.

[Boiler 43,505]

6 minutes ago, Tomaso11 said:

He just said he is willing to sponsor me, I've been talking to an immigration lawyer who is working with us both. She suggests the best visa is the eb3 (skilled worker) but because of the time it takes to process, we are trying to explore all options.

So what other options has the Immigration Lawyer suggested.

[SalishSea 16,792]

2 hours ago, Tomaso11 said:

He just said he is willing to sponsor me, I've been talking to an immigration lawyer who is working with us both. She suggests the best visa is the eb3 (skilled worker) but because of the time it takes to process, we are trying to explore all options.

Two years is approximately the same time to process nearly any other visa available to you (spousal, fiance etc).  US immigration is not fast, not cheap.  

[Tomaso11 2]

2 hours ago, Boiler said:

So what other options has the Immigration Lawyer suggested.

We talked about the e3 although I don't have a degree i have a lot of experience in the field, some in a managerial role. We talked about an o1 as my workplace has been in the press quite a bit, we are still looking into exploring all possibilities to see if anything can work apart from the marriage visa.

 

1 hour ago, Jorgedig said:

Two years is approximately the same time to process nearly any other visa available to you (spousal, fiance etc).  US immigration is not fast, not cheap.  

I heard the k1 and e3 were a lot faster?

[Adventine 3,187]

Apply for the visa which best suits your main objective to come to the States, which is to be with your partner.