[plug] {Somewhat Offtopic} Self Education, US Visa's and Linux - The E3 Visa

[Simon Newton]

On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 6:28 AM, Peter Revill <nervlord at internode.on.net> wrote:
> Hi Guys appreciate the responses, wow that’s quite high 4 years required if
> that was the case I would be totally stuffed, I have only really found 3
> year requirements to be honest (3 years per uni degree)
>
> Yep I imagine I will have to do something similar in regards to that, I am
> not a published author but do have media pieces so ill see what happens
> there.
>
> It does include time spent at tafe BUT my time at tafe was after hours: I
> did night classes
>
>
> Counting experience as my first honest to goodness job, but i also did a
> year of literal work experience which is a program in Perth (maybe in
> eastern states) where your implanted at a job for one week a year.
>
> Thanks guys I appreciate the responses, It’s gonna be what it’s gonna be.
> ill definitely hit up an immigration lawyer

+1. As someone about to get their 5th E3 visa I can't stress enough
how much easier it is with a lawyer. Not only for the initial
application but it's also helpful to have someone to call and answer
questions while you're living in the US.


Simon


>
>
> On 23 Dec 2013, at 10:13 pm, Paul Antoine <pma-la at milleng.com.au> wrote:
>
> I have no experience with E3, but my experience with H1B1 was that they
> required 4 years of experience per year of degree equivalency such that 16
> years equals their standard 4 year undergraduate degree.  I was required to
> submit my detailed resume to a professor of Computer Science who, for a fee,
> verified that my experience might be equivalent to a 4 year undergraduate
> degree.
>
> This was back in 2001.  My immigration lawyer (they are a thing in the US)
> later informed me that because I was a published author, and had had media
> pieces written about me in the past, that I could have applied for another
> type of visa (I forget the letter designation) for people with some renown
> in their field.
>
> I dare say you could get the opinion of such a lawyer for a fee... but
> having one handle the whole visa application process cost some $US10k back
> in 2001 when I and my partner did it.
>
> Does the almost-12 years include the time spent at TAFE? If not, I dare say
> the TAFE time will count towards your E3 requirement and tip you over the 12
> years needed. I imagine they'd see TAFE as not equivalent to university, but
> better than plain work experience. The CCIE qualifications may help... not
> sure.
>
> I remember being told to join the ACM and IEEE... and successfully became
> full member of each of these based on my experience alone (and not the
> multiple failed university degrees.)
>
> Hope this helps...
>
> P.
>
>
> On 23/12/2013, at 5:04 PM, nervlord at internode.on.net wrote:
>
> Hi Guys
>
> Long time subscriber not very often poster, This is slightly off topic but
> as IT professionals some of you are probably, like me: self taught, no uni
> degree.
>
> Long story short: been offered a job in the US doing System Admin/Network
> Engineering for Linuxy/Ciscoy stuff., I  have ALMOST 12 years work
> experience, a tafe degree in programming and triple CCIE, but no uni degree!
> I am a bit worried about getting the E3 Visa, which requires apparently 12
> years experience, I am so close (11 years 6 months) and with everything else
> including being published in computerworld and a few other bits and bobs
> remain somewhat hopeful.
>
> I guess i would feel even better if anyone could share any success stories:
> do you know or have you yourself ever gotten an E3 or H1B1 Visa from work
> experience alone (no uni degree) and if so how many years experience did you
> have or what else did you use?
>
>
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