H1B Visa for Nigerian

This is just to encourage more Nigerian engineer, scientist and IT workers to apply for H1B visa. Indians are making use of this heavily and Nigeria can also benefit more from it than they are doing now. The advantage Indians have is that they have a lot of people who have acquired training in and working in IT industry. I have met Nigerians from mobile telecoms and IT that have used this H1B opportunity in coming to and working in United States.

You will not have a lot to loose if you start the process because most of the steps you will need to take will be online. If you think you have some good skill in your area of IT or engineering or science try it. I am not saying you must be an inventor you only need some specialized skill, you do not need to be Steve Job or Elon Musk.

If you start the process of coming to US on H1B visa now, you may be able to stay and work legally in US in 2018 if the present administration in United States have not canceled the program by next year. The process for 2017 is almost concluded you may not be able to make it this year unless you have started the process earlier.

There are some benefit to individual and to Nigeria as a whole.
1. Personnel in US on average earn more than people working in Nigeria. And if you are on H1B visa the minimum employer must pay you legally will be better than a new graduate from US university.
2. By vacating your present work in Nigeria you will be making space for some others that are not employed at the moment or underemployed.
3. Environment, Roads, Health, Sanitation, Security, Housing and other facilities are much more developed in US compare to Nigeria
4. US experience will be useful when you come back to Nigeria or if you go to other places in the world.
5. Your children under the age of 18 will attend school free like most other children in US and in most cases they will be able to join school buses free.

The bad side
1. Your wife or your husband will not be able to work in the United state but your wife or husband can come with you.
2. Staying in the United States is much more expensive than Nigeria. What you spend in Nigeria on accommodation in Lagos annually is likely to be what you will be spending monthly in a city that is not very expensive in United states. But you are likely to earn better than what you are earning in Nigeria.
3. You will leave the environment you have known for the unknown environment with different culture.

The process
1. You will need to get employer that will petition for the visa on your behalf
2. The employer will need to petition for H1B visa on your behalf
3. The US govt will need to select you for H1B visa
4. You will need to apply and get your visa stamped on your passport
5. Come to US and either start the job the sponsor of your H1B have for you or you look for another H1B level job that another employer can give you.

The first two steps is the most difficult part of it. There is some possibility of been successful if you start the process, but you will not be successful on the process if you do not start. To get an employer please go online and search for employer that will sponsor you. Employer will normally look at your resume (CV) and in most cases interview you on phone before accepting to submit your application for the H1B visa to the United States government. The limit to the number of worker that can come to US annually based on the H1B is about 60000 globally. The number of application normally submitted by employer in recent year far outnumber the 60000. For this reason there is normally a kind of lottery to select the eventual H1B worker.
Your H1B employer will not be able to submit a petition for the visa for you till April 2018 but you will need to start the process of getting employer now. Search for employer based on your field.

Search the internet. I have met a few Nigerians that came to US based on the H1B. They all told me that they got the opportunity through internet. Through my search recently I got list of employers that are sponsoring the visa, you may google H1B visa sponsors. Select the employers among the sponsors that is applicable to your industry and get in contact with them by email and let them know you want a sponsor for H1B.

When contacting sponsor with your resume (CV), use US resume format. Prepare your resume in US format. You can get a lot of samples on this format on internet.

People have used this opportunity, Nigerians have used this opportunity, try it, it may work for you.

It's a shame that good threads like this almost never make front page. They sink away down and gets rotten.

Seun
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SmartBug:
It's a shame that good threads like this almost never make front page. They sink away down and gets rotten.

Seun
Lalasticlala

Yeah you're right

Nice

Check list of companies sponsoring H1B visa in the link below

http://www.myvisajobs.com/Reports/2014-H1B-Visa-Sponsor.aspx

I Google it. Use Google to get your way through the process.

EgbonBode thank You so much for sharing information on the H1-B ( foreigner legal work permit) visa that many people are not aware off.
We need more good people like You who share knowledge and information for Nigerians to benefit. Kudos and Thumbs Up

Information is power! Good one OP

Egbonbode thanks for ur post.
Please just send mail So we can discuss better

great info

The H1B is for JOBS THAT AMERICAN WORKERS CANNOT BE GOTTEN FOR EMPLOYMENT


Like Software Engineering, Medicine
, Computer Programmers,



Its for exclusively specialist jobs that are difficult to get American workers

EgbonBode:
H1B Visa for Nigerian

This is just to encourage more Nigerian engineer, scientist and IT workers to apply for H1B visa. Indians are making use of this heavily and Nigeria can also benefit more from it than they are doing now. The advantage Indians have is that they have a lot of people who have acquired training in and working in IT industry. I have met Nigerians from mobile telecoms and IT that have used this H1B opportunity in coming to and working in United States.

You will not have a lot to loose if you start the process because most of the steps you will need to take will be online. If you think you have some good skill in your area of IT or engineering or science try it. I am not saying you must be an inventor you only need some specialized skill, you do not need to be Steve Job or Elon Musk.

If you start the process of coming to US on H1B visa now, you may be able to stay and work legally in US in 2018 if the present administration in United States have not canceled the program by next year. The process for 2017 is almost concluded you may not be able to make it this year unless you have started the process earlier.

There are some benefit to individual and to Nigeria as a whole.
1. Personnel in US on average earn more than people working in Nigeria. And if you are on H1B visa the minimum employer must pay you legally will be better than a new graduate from US university.
2. By vacating your present work in Nigeria you will be making space for some others that are not employed at the moment or underemployed.
3. Environment, Roads, Health, Sanitation, Security, Housing and other facilities are much more developed in US compare to Nigeria
4. US experience will be useful when you come back to Nigeria or if you go to other places in the world.
5. Your children under the age of 18 will attend school free like most other children in US and in most cases they will be able to join school buses free.

The bad side
1. Your wife or your husband will not be able to work in the United state but your wife or husband can come with you.
2. Staying in the United States is much more expensive than Nigeria. What you spend in Nigeria on accommodation in Lagos annually is likely to be what you will be spending monthly in a city that is not very expensive in United states. But you are likely to earn better than what you are earning in Nigeria.
3. You will leave the environment you have known for the unknown environment with different culture.

The process
1. You will need to get employer that will petition for the visa on your behalf
2. The employer will need to petition for H1B visa on your behalf
3. The US govt will need to select you for H1B visa
4. You will need to apply and get your visa stamped on your passport
5. Come to US and either start the job the sponsor of your H1B have for you or you look for another H1B level job that another employer can give you.

The first two steps is the most difficult part of it. There is some possibility of been successful if you start the process, but you will not be successful on the process if you do not start. To get an employer please go online and search for employer that will sponsor you. Employer will normally look at your resume (CV) and in most cases interview you on phone before accepting to submit your application for the H1B visa to the United States government. The limit to the number of worker that can come to US annually based on the H1B is about 60000 globally. The number of application normally submitted by employer in recent year far outnumber the 60000. For this reason there is normally a kind of lottery to select the eventual H1B worker.
Your H1B employer will not be able to submit a petition for the visa for you till April 2018 but you will need to start the process of getting employer now. Search for employer based on your field.

Search the internet. I have met a few Nigerians that came to US based on the H1B. They all told me that they got the opportunity through internet. Through my search recently I got list of employers that are sponsoring the visa, you may google H1B visa sponsors. Select the employers among the sponsors that is applicable to your industry and get in contact with them by email and let them know you want a sponsor for H1B.

When contacting sponsor with your resume (CV), use US resume format. Prepare your resume in US format. You can get a lot of samples on this format on internet.

People have used this opportunity, Nigerians have used this opportunity, try it, it may work for you.

Boss I'm about to go through this route. As I have a US citizen trying to get me a job there. What are your thoughts? Also I studied building Construction Tech, must I get a job strictly related to my Bachelors or I can get a job in any field without being rejected while get visa. Thanks