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Re:Ask HN: Where to live in California? by q-base on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @01:33AM (#17352835)
No, but I could not expect it would be any problem to obtain - or am I too naive?
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Re:Ask HN: Where to live in California? by fdafellow on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @06:48PM (#17360576)
Yea, you are a bit naive in this regard then. Please go and read those work visa(H1-B) horror stories. First find a company who will be willing to sponsor the work visa which is more than half of the battle.
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Re:Ask HN: Where to live in California? by q-base on Thursday June 21, 2018 @01:22AM (#17362340)
Since I got that initial reply, I have been looking into it. It seems like I was very naive indeed!

The follow-up question would of course then be, how likely/wide-spread is it that companies will sponsor working visas for new tech-hires? I assume that it would be more likely if already being employed in a company, that then sent you to USA as an expat.

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Re:Ask HN: Where to live in California? by copperx on Friday June 22, 2018 @01:51AM (#17371678)
I was naive in this regard too. I assumed the top 5 handed out H1-Bs easily.
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