Usa ?

[icanbelieveitsnotbutter]

Hi all, I have a Limited Company and am an AS400 RPGLE programmer.

The UK is slow at the moment, but the USA seems to have some contracts floating around.

My question is.... Are you able to work in the USA without a Green Card?

[ChimpMaster]

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[northernladuk]

You don't need a Green Card, you need a working visa - H1B - and this has to be sponsored by an employer. The problem for you is that a lot of USA job adverts specify no more visa applications, i.e. local candidates only. In some way they are smart to do that.

and they are probably allowed to specify that. I would like to see that attempted in job ads over here!!!

[Not So Wise]

As said above, to work in the US you need to be a US citizen, have a green card or H1B (or other appropriate visa). For general contract work you are unlikely to get a company to sponsor you for a H1B (as it costs and can be a lot of hassle) they are more used for permie roles

and they are probably allowed to specify that. I would like to see that attempted in job ads over here!!!

It's done here all the time, basically by saying your must be eligible to work in the UK/EU. Different terminology, same meaning

Only reason they say specifically say "no visa applications" is because system is as abused as the ICT method is currently in the UK, to the point that any IT job posted was assumed that company would be willing to sponsor a H1B

[Mustang]

Are you able to work in the USA without a Green Card?

Can you define work in this context? If there was a contract between your UK Co and the US Co, would you need a visa? I know plenty of people that go to the US for extended periods of time, have meetings etc, come back here to do the work then go back for many meetings etc.

What is to stop the above happening?

[Tarquin Farquhar]

Can you define work in this context? If there was a contract between your UK Co and the US Co, would you need a visa? I know plenty of people that go to the US for extended periods of time, have meetings etc, come back here to do the work then go back for many meetings etc.

What is to stop the above happening?

In order to do work that earns money in the USA, you need an H1-B visa. In order to have a business meeting there, as part of a contract where the money-earning work is done outside the USA, you need a B1 Business Visit visa.

[shoes]

So how does a UK Ltd co contractor make the move to the US for a contract role if typically the client will not sponsor a H1B application? (Assuming you don't already have one or a green card)

[Fishface]

if they have a European subsidiary get this entity to pay you - not the head office in the US.

Then you can state the work is being billed and carried out in the EU/UK regardless of where the instruction comes from.

[jmo21]

I went to the US a couple of times in my first job, for a week each time.

The bosses told us very specifically when asked what you were doing there, to say you were there for a training course, so we didn't need to bother with all that stuff.

This was pre 911.

[SlimRick]

Where are you finding these contracts? I have an IR1 green card and could be quite tempted to make the move back.