[blindlaw] Regarding employment related matters for people from other countries

[adrijana prokopenko]

Thanks. I am a 38-year old teacher of English as a second language,
but would take any job. I have contacted many blindness and other
places in the US and they all tell me that they don't have such
programs to help the blind from elsewhere.

On 10/18/17, Andrew Webb via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Can you elaborate as to what sort of work you have in mind doing in
> the US? Are you looking for work in a particular profession, or are
> you prepared to do most any kind of work for the sake of having
> experience living and working in the US? There are visas available (I
> don't recall which category) that allow people to come to the US
> temporarily to work in service industry jobs (things like working as
> entry level staff in hotels, restaurants, the hospitality industry,
> etc.). Definitely not glamorous and probably not great pay by US
> standards, but I think these positions are often attractive to
> university students from other countries looking to earn a bit of
> money and experience life and work in the US, usually for a summer or
> just a few months. Higher-level professional jobs normally require
> sponsorship of a US corporation, with a showing that the foreign
> worker has unique qualifications that the employer would have a hard
> time filling by hiring American workers. There are only a limited
> number of these visas available each year, and the number may soon be
> reduced drastically depending on whether our government adopts new
> immigration laws that some politicians have been supporting. Hoep that
> is some helpful general information.
>
> On 10/18/17, adrijana prokopenko via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>  I am not a lawyer by trade and live in Macedonia, but was wondering
>> if there is any way that anyone would know off that would provide
>> opportunities for non US residents to get a job in the US? For many
>> countries, visa is hard to get to the US unless we have a strong
>> reason for it and in most times, working would require work permit and
>> a green card which many countries do not give and that you would have
>> to get by staying in the US for a longer period of time. I still hear
>> of people somehow being lucky and having found a way, but haven't
>> seemed to be able to understand what usually helps them. Hope someone
>> would have some advice for me.
>>
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