Working In America

[Fantismo]

Im british and have been travelling around Australia, in a few months I'll be in New York, I want to stay there for 4 - 6 months and get a job, I am trained in IT Back Office / Front Office, Server Support Ect, Is there any chance I can get a visa, what are the criterea for successfully obtaining a Work Visa ?

[geofbob]

If you have not already seen it, you should certainly first look at the official USA Immigration Service website on http://www.usais.org/

[tgunn]

Getting a working visa in the US is abit of a nightmare. You can stay there for 3 months on a holiday visa but you are not allowed to work leagally in those 3 months. To qualify for a working visa you need a solid job offer. The company who has offered you the job then has to apply for your visa not you and this could take anything up to 3/4 months. The way to get round it is to get a 'sponsorship' from a company, it's basically abit like work experience except they pay you your proper wage, it's just a way of getting round the red tape, alot of companies do it. It's not illegal or anything just abit of a shortcut.