how do i immigrate to us without sponsorship or job offer

[Goldenkoi91 3]

so i was wondering how am i able to get an entry into the states without family or spouse sponsoring me or if i dont have any job offers? i dont have any family in the states to sponsor me and ive applied for jobs but no reply so far. What are my other options?

[aleful 1,905]

hi

 

none, you have to be sponsored by someone, either an employer or direct family member

 

 

[millefleur 5,046]

Why do you want to come to the US? To live/immigrate here?

[Goldenkoi91 3]

3 minutes ago, aleful said:

hi

 

none, you have to be sponsored by someone, either an employer or direct family member

 

 

oh ok.. ive tried applying for jobs hopefully one will be interested in sponsoring me.

4 minutes ago, millefleur said:

Why do you want to come to the US? To live/immigrate here?

I love the states and always wanted to live there and i believe its a better opportunity for me to find better work 

[USS_Voyager 1,972]

10 minutes ago, Goldenkoi91 said:

so i was wondering how am i able to get an entry into the states without family or spouse sponsoring me or if i dont have any job offers? i dont have any family in the states to sponsor me and ive applied for jobs but no reply so far. What are my other options?

 

Generally, you have to have intentions to come to a different country. People don’t just wander around like that and one day realize: “ Oh I’m in the USA”. What is it that you want to do in the US?  Do you want to visit, sightseeing, study, work, live here,...?

[millefleur 5,046]

1 minute ago, Goldenkoi91 said:

oh ok.. ive tried applying for jobs hopefully one will be interested in sponsoring me.

I love the states and always wanted to live there and i believe its a better opportunity for me to find better work 

I see. Well, depending on what country you are from, there is the Diversity Visa lottery. Have you looked into that to see if you qualify? That's pretty much the only option I can think of that would allow you to live/work here without employer sponsorship or via marriage.

[SalishSea 17,837]

15 minutes ago, Goldenkoi91 said:

so i was wondering how am i able to get an entry into the states without family or spouse sponsoring me or if i dont have any job offers? i dont have any family in the states to sponsor me and ive applied for jobs but no reply so far. What are my other options?

Have you ever been here?

[Goldenkoi91 3]

2 minutes ago, USS_Voyager said:

 

Generally, you have to have intentions to come to a different country. People don’t just wander around like that and one day realize: “ Oh I’m in the USA”. What is it that you want to do in the US?  Do you want to visit, sightseeing, study, work, live here,...?

mainly to live and work. i basically want a new life 

 

2 minutes ago, millefleur said:

I see. Well, depending on what country you are from, there is the Diversity Visa lottery. Have you looked into that to see if you qualify? That's pretty much the only option I can think of that would allow you to live/work here without employer sponsorship or via marriage.

ive considered the lottery but im abit late on it. im from canada

Just now, Jorgedig said:

Have you ever been here?

been to the states about 5 times now

[USS_Voyager 1,972]

2 minutes ago, Goldenkoi91 said:

oh ok.. ive tried applying for jobs hopefully one will be interested in sponsoring me.

I love the states and always wanted to live there and i believe its a better opportunity for me to find better work 

I am not gonna say it’s impossible but it is very very hard to find an employer that is willing to sponsor a foreign national from a foreign country. Reason being there are many many graduates every year that are foreign nationals here in the US and they are competing fiercely for those jobs that offer sponsorship for H1B and/or GC. Most of them already have the ability to work temporarily through OPT. For example, in a typical year, there are 85,000 H1B cap visa and 20,000 of those are for Master Degree and above and usually they receive around 200,000 applications in the first 5 days of the new H1B season and they close the cycle and do the lottery. That’s what you’re up against.

[millefleur 5,046]

What @USS_Voyager said. You might want to consider studying here and finding connections that way, plus having a US degree would be helpful. This is a costly and risky road to go down but some people do manage it.

 

You could also consider getting hired at a US company in Canada and see if they can transfer you to an office in the US.

[Goldenkoi91 3]

8 minutes ago, USS_Voyager said:

I am not gonna say it’s impossible but it is very very hard to find an employer that is willing to sponsor a foreign national from a foreign country. Reason being there are many many graduates every year that are foreign nationals here in the US and they are competing fiercely for those jobs that offer sponsorship for H1B and/or GC. Most of them already have the ability to work temporarily through OPT. For example, in a typical year, there are 85,000 H1B cap visa and 20,000 of those are for Master Degree and above and usually they receive around 200,000 applications in the first 5 days of the new H1B season and they close the cycle and do the lottery. That’s what you’re up against.

i was warned that its very hard to find an employer that will sponsor me. dam that is insane, definitely will be hard for me to go against that and knowing my luck i doubt id win.

 

4 minutes ago, millefleur said:

What @USS_Voyager said. You might want to consider studying here and finding connections that way, plus having a US degree would be helpful. This is a costly and risky road to go down but some people do manage it.

 

You could also consider getting hired at a US company in Canada and see if they can transfer you to an office in the US.

I dont know any US companies thats operating in canada. i was told to try studying but i dont have the money to start.

[SalishSea 17,837]

11 minutes ago, millefleur said:

You could also consider getting hired at a US company in Canada and see if they can transfer you to an office in the US.

"Transfer" would still meet with the same issues of sponsorship/visa as for a US company not in Canada.

[SalishSea 17,837]

What about seeking education/training for a job that is in high demand here?  For example, there is a shortage of registered nurses in the US.

[geowrian 22,337]

Got a lot of money? You could apply for an investment visa (i.e. E-2 or EB-5).

[Paul & Marina 53]

1 hour ago, USS_Voyager said:

I am not gonna say it’s impossible but it is very very hard to find an employer that is willing to sponsor a foreign national from a foreign country. Reason being there are many many graduates every year that are foreign nationals here in the US and they are competing fiercely for those jobs that offer sponsorship for H1B and/or GC. Most of them already have the ability to work temporarily through OPT. For example, in a typical year, there are 85,000 H1B cap visa and 20,000 of those are for Master Degree and above and usually they receive around 200,000 applications in the first 5 days of the new H1B season and they close the cycle and do the lottery. That’s what you’re up against.

As noted above, this is the harsh reality. Impossible No, a very hard task and be ready for the task at hand.

 

I am currently in Moscow for K1 Visa interview. A friend of mine who is Russian (Mater in Software Engineering is married to Vietnamese women with BA living in Saigon.  He has desire to live in US, better opportunity, for family, child (when child was born, they were not allowed to give child name the wanted, it had to be a Vietnamese name format with only approved name). Her mother lives in US and soon his mother will live in US be close to family. So many reasons for desire to move).  

 

They have been staying in my house for about a month now looking for work. Prior to coming applied for many jobs, had call with job offers. Even CV said he lives in Vietnam thy thought he lived in US and when they found out he didn’t removed offer. While here same, but said they don’t offer visa support.

 

So not having much luck. I told him to fly into Mexico run across the border and it wouldn’t be a problem to get a job (for you folks in Rio Linda or without a sense of humor LOL (the purist sign there is no intelligence life on Earth)