Hello.

Does anyone know of a person that specializes in getting H1B working visa and work for Australians with a Computer Science degree and eight years experience?

Take Care,

Alex Portnoy
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There are some large national IT staffing agencies in the US that will sponsor H1B visas IF and ONLY IF they have a client in need of your particular skill set and it's a long term contract (i.e. one year or more). I work in the field - my firm does not sponsor visas but many others do and i could suggest some names to help you start your search. Write to me directly at [email protected] if you have questions.

You may have more luck doing it yourself. Check out all of the major job boards (I'm not sure of the tech sites--I'm sure someone else can check it out here), as well as the help wanted ads in the major newspapers (www.washingtonpost.com) springs to mind. Some companies state in their ads that they will not sponsor, but there are some that will do it. My husband's firm has 3 H-1 visa holders (sorry, it's not a tech company). It only costs the company between $1,500 and $3,000 for the visa, which is a lot less than paying for a headhunter, so many companies are looking to do this. Also check out the websites of the big tech companies.

Alex,

I suggest you look online at US city newspapers in the employment section depending on where you would like to work. (NY times would be good, although I believe they now charge a fee to use view the paper online). I recently left work at an immigration law firm and know that it is extremely beneficial to try to get into a company which will sponsor you. We did tons of H-1Bs for IT people and the U.S. is constantly looking for workers to fill its positions in the U.S.
[Owen-have seen your posts all over and interesting to see you posting on this one also! Always interested in your email address!]

Shannon - my rather odd email address has a simple explantion. It's my real address with the characters #$% added in simply because they're sequentially the next keys to type when I'm holding the shift key and typing the "@" symbol. I began using the NOSPAM designation inserted into in my posted email address when I began receiving travel related spam but find this method to be easier. By the way... I've never had a problem with individuals writing me directly (the few that have were very nice) but there are bulk e-mailers and quick buck promo artists now using automated programs that cull email addresses from public forums such as this. Thus far my approach seems to be working (I think). I still get spam but not nearlyt as much as in the past.

You do have to register to view the NY Times online, but there is no charge, and all the classifieds are online.

Owen,
Thanks for you explanation.I have not had any problems with junk/spam emails when I use my real address, but I limit the use of my real address for fear of that. Have heard bad things about that stuff on this site.
Caitlin, thanks for the info on the NYTimes online. I prefer the hard copies of the paper! Have also read a lot of your posts. You have been all over!
PS-I hate when people get off topic of the initial poster. Sorry to Alex.