Immigrant help!!!!

[lukenick1]

We have a friend who wants to come to the US from Europe. He would like to come here and see what it's like and hopefully get a green card. Do you know if he can get a job temporarily while he visits? I know he is allowed 6 months here on a vacation but was hoping he can make some money while here. Does anyone know how to go about getting him a job then a green card??? As an American citizen, I am clueless
thanks

 

[golfgal]

Not legally but that doesn't stop a lot of people.

 

[Hannathy]

does he have a skill that we as a country need? We have enough people out of work right now. If he has a skill that is in demand there are ways to come here. go to the state dept. website there is information there.

 

[si-am]

It's almost impossible to get a green card unless you work for a company who is willing to sponsor you or marry someone who is here legally.

 

[Hannathy]

I think there are temporary work visas but I believe you must have the job lined up and then the employer will sponsor you for a certain amount of time.

 

[lukenick1]

It's almost impossible to get a green card unless you work for a company who is willing to sponsor you or marry someone who is here legally.

How would he get a job here????

 

[si-am]

How would he get a job here????

He can't.

 

[Disneyadore]

No chance that he will get a permit or visa. The rules are very very strict and yes that is a good thing. He may visit you for 3 months and if he leaves one day to late he will find himself back in a prison.

There is NO way he can stay and work without a sponsor or a few million dollars which he has to invest in the US AND hire workers.

We have just been on a case were an eleven year old child that was beaten into a coma by another child needed a special treatment in the US- Fort Lauderdale. Altough the parents had enough money to pay for there stay and the treatment it took months to get a special half year visa.

 

[NotUrsula]

The only way that he can work here on a B2 tourist visa is under the table.

F1 Student visas allow the full-time student to hold a campus job, but nothing earned off-campus can be documented.

A proper work visa is an H1-B or H2-B; those are the ones that require a company sponsor. My employer sponsors a large number of H1-B's for scientists. What does your friend do for a living? If he has work skills that are hard to come by, an employer may hire him and sponsor the visa. Or, if he works for a multinational corporation, he can get a time-limited visa for a temporary transfer to a US office.

Most Europeans who immigrate without a family connection to get that green card do so either on an H1-B or by purchasing a small business to qualify for an E2 Investor visa. (The minimum investment for an E2 is $100K, not millions, but the bigger the investment the more likely it is that the visa will be approved.)

Working under the table is common for folks who want to test their intention to immigrate -- illegal but common. I've got family who have done it on a temporary basis, mostly by waiting tables, babysitting, or doing landscaping, janitorial or handyman jobs. Every one of them who decided to immigrate did it legally by coming back as a student and eventually marrying an American.

 

[Pakey]

Our company sponsored an individual with unique skills that we were unable to find in any candidates here.

It's a very long process and I have file folders full of paperwork that had to be done over the years until this was complete. We also had to prove through recruiting and applications that we couldn't find a US citizen to fit the needs of the position. I don't remember the exact cost but there was $$$ in attorney fees paid out over the course of the years.

 

[Geoff_M]

He can't.

I think there's around 11 million people in the US that would disagree with that answer. There seems to be plenty of work for the friend if he/she wants to work as a: in-home child care provider, roofer, construction worker, lawn maintenance person, hotel maid, farm laborer, meat packer, or lots of other jobs!

 

[lukenick1]

Does anyone know how long he can stay here as a visitor???

 

[lukenick1]

He has no profession.....just did odd jobs in the summer. He would love to come here and get an opportunity and why not, if he is a hard worker he should be allowed that right. He could replace a bum out there mooching off of our tax dollars.

 

[golfgal]

He has no profession.....just did odd jobs in the summer. He would love to come here and get an opportunity and why not, if he is a hard worker he should be allowed that right. He could replace a bum out there mooching off of our tax dollars.

Then he needs to go through proper channels and apply for a visa (which he probably won't get) and apply for citizenship-which takes 7 years. It's a process and paperwork, after paperwork, after paperwork and with each form is a fee. Call the immigration and naturalization office near you and find out the process and have him get started on it.

 

[Disneyadore]

Does anyone know how long he can stay here as a visitor???

Three months.

He has no profession.....just did odd jobs in the summer. He would love to come here and get an opportunity and why not, if he is a hard worker he should be allowed that right. He could replace a bum out there mooching off of our tax dollars.

Believe me if it was that easy we would have crossed the ocean years ago.
On the other hand if the US government would be that easy going with immigrants you soon would be dealing with millions of people that would be leaning on public money and free health care. Thank god on your bear knees that your laws are that strict.

 

[crashbb]

He has no profession.....just did odd jobs in the summer. He would love to come here and get an opportunity and why not, if he is a hard worker he should be allowed that right. He could replace a bum out there mooching off of our tax dollars.

How, exactly, would he "replace a bum out there mooching off of our tax dollars"? Is it some sort of new exchange program? Unless he becomes "a bum out there mooching off of our tax dollars", he isn't replacing one. If anything, he is making it harder for said bum to get a job (since your friend has taken away a job).

What was he doing over the other 9 months of the year (you say he only worked over the summers)? Living off the tax dollars of whatever country he is currently living?

 

[scrapquitler]

We have a friend who wants to come to the US from Europe. He would like to come here and see what it's like and hopefully get a green card. Do you know if he can get a job temporarily while he visits? I know he is allowed 6 months here on a vacation but was hoping he can make some money while here. Does anyone know how to go about getting him a job then a green card??? As an American citizen, I am clueless
thanks

If he comes on vacation, he can't legally work. To work he has to prove that he has a 'work visa'. Of course not all employers or people on tourist visitors follow those laws.

 

[MAH4546]

Does anyone know how long he can stay here as a visitor???

Three months, but:

A) The person who said if he overstays his welcome by a day that he would be thrown in prison is a moron. He won't be thrown in prison. He'll be forced to leave the country if caught, but do people get caught? No, not really, especially not if they come from a European country, the majority of which are visit without visa.
B) Legally, he only needs to leave the U.S. for only a second to reset the time clock. So, if for example an immigrant lives in San Diego, all one needs to do is go to the border crossing, go into Mexico and turn right around, and the 90 days is reset.
C) If he is young and is willing to work for free as an intern to gain experience, just about anybody will hire interns under the table. Its technically not illegal to hire immigrant "apprentices." That doesn't do much to find him a job, though.

Long story short, though, is this: for a European to find a permanent job in the United States, typically requires they have an outstanding skill/talent (actor, sports star, scientist, doctor, professor, PhD in economics) or that they recieve their undergraduate or post-graduate degree in the United States, which makes a company that sponsors visa far more likely to sponsor a visa.

There are temporary avenues. Depending on his age, Disney is one of them, offering temporary, visa-sponsored employment to young foreigners at Disney World and Disneyland:

https://www.disneyinternationalprograms.com/

 

[scrapquitler]

Does anyone know how long he can stay here as a visitor???

That depends on what country he comes from. Visitors from some countries can come without any visa at all, and visitors from other countries can't come without a rigorous application process. CHeck the state department website.


Oh, and there are other visas which allow people to come and work on some sort of cultural exchange visa for specific employers on a seasonal temporary basis (I think this is how Disney gets some of their international Cast members, and I know that the ski area I go to gets a lot of seasonal employees that way, and Six Flags hires a lot of people thru this sort of program too).

 

[Disneyadore]

Three months, but:

A) The person who said if he overstays his welcome by a day that he would be thrown in prison is a moron. He won't be thrown in prison. He'll be forced to leave the country if caught, but do people get caught? No, not really, especially not if they come from a European country, the majority of which are visit without visa.
B) Legally, he only needs to leave the U.S. for only a minute to reset the time clock. So, if for example an immigrant lives in San Diego, all one needs to do is go to the border crossing, go into Mexico and turn right around, and the 90 days is reset.
C) If he is young and is willing to work for free as an intern to gain experience, just about anybody will hire interns under the table.

Well the moron thanks you but I know for sure that Europeans leaving the country after the set date went to prison and the also went to Mexico to try this trick.
This was a hot item in our news for weeks. But I would say just try it.