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Speaking as someone who moved to America on H1B with my wife - this is promising. In the back of my head, I'm preparing to go back next year if my awesome wife
by gopalv 13y ago
Speaking as someone who moved to America on H1B with my wife - this is promising.
In the back of my head, I'm preparing to go back next year if my awesome wife can't find anything to do - missed this year's H1 cap already.
It's frustrating to watch her get depressed sitting at home and feeling like she's missing out. It's making me angry to come home every day to find her turning her energy inwards into frustration.
She's more talented than me, just not in tech - she's into ads.
The ad industry does not have the patience of the IT industry when it comes to keeping a req open for 6 months while the H1 processes.
Australia & Canada are attractive options in my radar.
At least, I'm sure I can work on hadoop from anywhere and get paid to ship open source code.
- untitledwiz 13y agoUK and Germany would also be good options. I know the UK has a points based system so if you are highly educated with a good salary in the US you will most likely meet the highly skilled point quota and receive a work permit.
- cesarbs 13y agoWould you know how hard it is to obtain permanent residency in those countries?
- Saad_M 13y agoIn the UK if you have a Tier 2 visa then you apply for "Indefinite leave to remain" after 5 years of residency. The only restrictions are that you cannot spend more than 180 days outside the UK in any 12 months and your employer (sponsor) still needs you for your job.
- cesarbs 13y agoI'm with you, it's really sad to see my wife getting depressed for not being able to work (she is a very qualified software engineer). She is going to college now, but she still worries that when she graduates she won't be able to find work because of 1) years away from the market and 2) H-1B caps being reached every year - she already missed an opportunity because she wasn't selected in last year's lottery.
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