Visa Info question

[Tracey&Greg 35]

Don't know where to start or what to do exactly but here goes.

My fiance is currently still living in the UK and he wants to find work in the United States but we were wondering how he can find work in the United States while he is still a citizen of the UK? I don't know if he can come here and then apply for a job with a visa(but which one?)

Do you know if he can his tourist visa once in the states to a work can he change his visa to a work visa?

[kzielu 1,149]

Answer - no he can't. You do not get work visa just like that - need to be applied for by prospective employer - it is costly, numerically limits and has other requirements. Much easier work is for him to immigrate through marriage to you - either on spouse or fiance visa - if you're ready for that.

[LIFE'SJOURNEY 970]

NO to all questions.

If he is your finance then are you ready to get marry and are you ready and able to file for a finance visa. After marriage and an adjustment of staus based on his marriage to a USC will he be able to work with the correct and required documents.

If your finance can obtain a H1B work visa from for a company in the US, then he can work for the company that sponsor him. Again this process is done all thru the company who wishes to hire him.

Not knowing your finance skills, he must have a BA degree to qualify for a H1B.

[Penguin_ie 5,993]

Work visas are quite difficult to get in the current economic climate- his US future employer would need to petition for him. What qualifications does he have? How much experience? Does he have a Masters or above?

He can come over on the visa waiver program to go to interviews and look around for jobs, but he couldn't adjust status to a work visa within the country.

You say he is your fiance- why not just apply for a K1 fiance visa, or marry and then apply for a spousal visa?

[Boiler 45,535]

The best bet would be to get his current employer to transfer him.

[Teddy B 17,252]

Work visas are quite difficult to get in the current economic climate- his US future employer would need to petition for him. What qualifications does he have? How much experience? Does he have a Masters or above?

He can come over on the visa waiver program to go to interviews and look around for jobs, but he couldn't adjust status to a work visa within the country.

You say he is your fiance- why not just apply for a K1 fiance visa, or marry and then apply for a spousal visa?

A person in the US on the VWP falls under the same category as a B1 visitor for business matters and is not legally allowed to seek out employment.

[Penguin_ie 5,993]

A person in the US on the VWP falls under the same category as a B1 visitor for business matters and is not legally allowed to seek out employment.

I am disagreeing with you. The VWP (and B1/B2 visa) allows visiting the USA for business, as long as no renumeration is received. Attending meetings and interviews falls under that. You could not start work, but you could seek work, then go home to apply for a suitable work visa.

[Teddy B 17,252]

I am disagreeing with you. The VWP (and B1/B2 visa) allows visiting the USA for business, as long as no renumeration is received. Attending meetings and interviews falls under that. You could not start work, but you could seek work, then go home to apply for a suitable work visa.

It is a bit of a gray area, but you will not find anything of official importance that states a person is allowed to seek employment under a B1 visa. "Visiting for business" and seeking employment are two very different things. For one to "visit for business", there would have to be a set criteria of business to be conducted. Let's look at it this way, what do you think the chances are of someone getting a B1 visa under the guise of seeking employment? Do you think that visa would be approved?