Hello,
I am very new on this forum and to contracting. I hope someone can help me.
I am a french citizen who used to work for a consulting company in London for many years. I took a year off to travel, and I am planning to come back to UK in January and start contracting.
I have just been offered a contract to work on a 1 year project in the USA with company X (thanks to the people I have met when I was working for a consultancy). But for that, I need a H1B visa. Unfortunately company X cannot sponsor my visa as I am not a permanent employee of their organisation. I did some research online and I found that an alternative would be to:
-find a contracting agency that has offices in Europe and in the US
-I do a contract with the contracting agency
-the contracting agency does a contract with company X (my client)
-the contracting agency sponsors my H1B visa
Has anyone had a similar experience? Is it a good option or are there any options? If yes, would you be able to recommend some contracting agencies that could help me? What are usually their fares or commissions? I think that usually they take quite a high commission (20% of all your earnings) when they help you find a job, but in this case, I am the one who found the job for them, but I need their help for my visa...
Also, I was planning to come back to UK and get a flat here. But now, if I get the contract in the US, I won't get a flat in the UK anymore (I'll just get one in the US, on my project location where I'll be spending most of my time for a year). Would a contracting agency accept to sign with me if I have no address in the UK, or can I just use a friend's address? Does that have an impact on UK income tax?
Would appreciate any help on this.
Calder
I am very new on this forum and to contracting. I hope someone can help me.
I am a french citizen who used to work for a consulting company in London for many years. I took a year off to travel, and I am planning to come back to UK in January and start contracting.
I have just been offered a contract to work on a 1 year project in the USA with company X (thanks to the people I have met when I was working for a consultancy). But for that, I need a H1B visa. Unfortunately company X cannot sponsor my visa as I am not a permanent employee of their organisation. I did some research online and I found that an alternative would be to:
-find a contracting agency that has offices in Europe and in the US
-I do a contract with the contracting agency
-the contracting agency does a contract with company X (my client)
-the contracting agency sponsors my H1B visa
Has anyone had a similar experience? Is it a good option or are there any options? If yes, would you be able to recommend some contracting agencies that could help me? What are usually their fares or commissions? I think that usually they take quite a high commission (20% of all your earnings) when they help you find a job, but in this case, I am the one who found the job for them, but I need their help for my visa...
Also, I was planning to come back to UK and get a flat here. But now, if I get the contract in the US, I won't get a flat in the UK anymore (I'll just get one in the US, on my project location where I'll be spending most of my time for a year). Would a contracting agency accept to sign with me if I have no address in the UK, or can I just use a friend's address? Does that have an impact on UK income tax?
Would appreciate any help on this.
Calder
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