John Dollus Posted November 17, 2006 Share Posted November 17, 2006 >>My first salary was 35,600/year which is the minimun the INS would give you an H1B for. Less than that and you will not get approved. and when I left it was $65,000. Having worked to bring in an employee from another country under H1B status, I know the above statement is not accurate. However, there is a certain window of opportunity in which H1B visas are given out and once they are all spoken for, no more are issued until the next year. All 2006 H1B Visa's have already been allocated unless you are exempt from the cap. http://www.workpermit.com/news/2005_08_15/us/h1b_visa_quota.htm http://www.workpermit.com/us/us_h1b.htm The company offering you the job should already know this. Perhaps they have a good immigration lawyer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Alexander Posted November 17, 2006 Share Posted November 17, 2006 Dallas is a fairly inexpensive place to live...seeing as I just moved there at least for a short term gig. It is NOT New york, LA, Sanfran, and like most cities it's size in terms of cost of living. In all reality it's at or less than the cost of living in S.E. Wisconsin. Texas taxes are a far cry from the greedy bastards in Government up north, der hey! 30-40k a year "ain't bad" all things considered down here in Dallas, imho. The question is can you live on that after you have checked out how much renting a place to live will be and the associated utility costs? Well if you are seriously considering this move....drop me a PM. More than willing to help you look deeper into the costs and places to hang your "hat"...it's Texas after all, ya all WDA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotten42 Posted November 17, 2006 Share Posted November 17, 2006 They went to Canada and both had work visas within 24 hours. plus unemployment insurance Health care Probably a $100,00 grant maybe even first nations status ..the list goes on :mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cssony Posted November 18, 2006 Author Share Posted November 18, 2006 Thank u everyone for the informations , ofcourse it is a great help now i have to think , i will let u know abt my decision regards sony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cssony Posted November 18, 2006 Author Share Posted November 18, 2006 If you've got 2 - 3 years of experience it sounds fair to me. The cost of living in Dallas is pretty low compared to other major cities like Chicago, New York or LA. What's your work like? Post some examples so we can really tell. my work is in architecture visulisation (3d max and Vary) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernest Burden III Posted November 18, 2006 Share Posted November 18, 2006 my work The kitchen's the best. Good stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihabkal Posted November 19, 2006 Share Posted November 19, 2006 >>My first salary was 35,600/year which is the minimun the INS would give you an H1B for. Less than that and you will not get approved. and when I left it was $65,000. Having worked to bring in an employee from another country under H1B status, I know the above statement is not accurate. you're right. I remeber now. the salary should be high enough in the region that you are working in that a US citizen would apply for the job. the minimum amount of monies is decided by immigration people depending on the job and the location. 35,600 was specific to my case only in Toled Ohio, very quite and affordable place to live. I bought a house there for 132000, I had to leave it after 2 years. broke my heart. the only single family house I ever owned. A completely different experience than living in small appartments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STRAT Posted November 19, 2006 Share Posted November 19, 2006 my work is in architecture visulisation (3d max and Vary) that work is worth more than the costs you're talking about, but, like allot of us, you can double that number in freelance work in your spare time to supliment your salary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cssony Posted November 20, 2006 Author Share Posted November 20, 2006 Thanks once again all regards sony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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