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So, I'm a Russian-born UK citizen, and I've wanted to move to the US since basically forever. I'm about to receive a Masters degree in Computer Science from a leading British university, and a friend of mine in the US has a small business and wants to hire me as a FTE. He lives out in the sticks, though, so he genuinely cannot find somebody local to do the work for him. H-1Bs for this FY disappeared in a <24 hour feeding frenzy this year, but actually couldn't he just sponsor me for a green card directly? He's already (informally) done a labor cert and come up short in his local area, and I believe that an MSc counts as an "advanced degree" for an employment based visa, and this category doesn't have any associated backlog. This seems a little too easy, he said he'd ask his lawyer about it but is this actually a viable course of action? Failing that I could always try riding the H-1B train next year and maybe work for a few years in Canada in the meantime. The only real reason I want to move to the states is that virtually all of my friends live there. I'm not really a native British person and I like the atmosphere in the US far more than I like the one in the UK. Well, that and I'd like to do some sort of tech work other than "write a terrible ASP.NET thing for ten quid an hour" or "prostitute yourself to a bank".
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May 16, 2013 17:24
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Can I do contract work for him from overseas in the meantime, or is that a no-no? I mean, given the cost involved it's probably not worth his while, I suppose. Thanks for the responses so far
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May 16, 2013 19:45
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Awesome  thanks for taking the time to reply, I really do appreciate it
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May 16, 2013 23:33
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