Essentially if you want an official full time work, you have to have a right to work in the U.S. It doesn't matter if you are remote. If you want to be a contr

Essentially if you want an official full time work, you have to have a right to work in the U.S. It doesn't matter if you are remote. If you want to be a contractor there is no such requirement and you may work for a U.S. customer from anywhere and don't need a right to work in U.S. And yes, almost everything in software is 'U.S. phenomenon only'. I for example, just skip European customers because they are too difficult to work with and pay too little, they don't worth the worry, and their projects are hopeless anyway.