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Working visa for the US? Still time left to apply?

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  • 21-02-2011 1:46am
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    Hunter21
    Registered Users Posts: 690 ✭✭✭


    Just wondering, is it too late to apply for a working visa for the US? I want to go for the Summer and will do unskilled work.


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    lonestargirl
    Registered Users Posts: 1,501 ✭✭✭lonestargirl


    Are you a student? You need to be to qualify for the summer J1 program.


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    Hunter21
    Registered Users Posts: 690 ✭✭✭Hunter21


    lonestargirl wrote: »
    Are you a student? You need to be to qualify for the summer J1 program.


    I'll be finished a course this may.. So in theory I wont be a student when the Summer comes :o and Im guessing if I plan to go into another course it still wont work.. Been told I must be in a consecutive year course to apply


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    abelard
    Registered Users Posts: 1,837 ✭✭✭abelard


    I did a J1 last summer, after my final year in college.

    My circumstances were slightly different. I had done one the previous year as well, so I didn't even have to go to the embassy interview the second time around, they seemed to just trust that I'd come back since I had the previous time. I was also coming back to do a Masters in the UK, but since I didn't have to go to the embassy, never had to prove it.

    But anyway, the point is, as far as I know, you're not ineligible if you're in final year now. When you go to the interview, they'll likely be a a little more intense in asking to to show that you're going to come back at the end of the summer.


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    Hunter21
    Registered Users Posts: 690 ✭✭✭Hunter21


    abelard wrote: »
    I did a J1 last summer, after my final year in college.

    My circumstances were slightly different. I had done one the previous year as well, so I didn't even have to go to the embassy interview the second time around, they seemed to just trust that I'd come back since I had the previous time. I was also coming back to do a Masters in the UK, but since I didn't have to go to the embassy, never had to prove it.

    But anyway, the point is, as far as I know, you're not ineligible if you're in final year now. When you go to the interview, they'll likely be a a little more intense in asking to to show that you're going to come back at the end of the summer.


    It would just be easier to get a company to sponsor me and I apply for a one year visa.


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    lonestargirl
    Registered Users Posts: 1,501 ✭✭✭lonestargirl


    Hunter21 wrote: »
    It would just be easier to get a company to sponsor me and I apply for a one year visa.

    I disagree, with unemployment the way it is in the US I think you would find it very difficult to get a sponsor.


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    lil_lisa
    Registered Users Posts: 1,829 ✭✭✭lil_lisa


    Only one thread for this topic is required.


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