thanks for the reply and i have worked on various server side technologies in Java like EJB, hibernate, spring etc and also have been doing lot of design work along with analysis and implementation. Currently i have been doing systems engineering providing platform and infrastructure for the ...

I thought i would post this in the right section of these forums. Hi All : I am trying to get an idea about how potential job seekers get treated based on their experience and educational background as i know atleast in US there is some difference. I have 7 years of tech experience in USA working ...

sorry about that and please feel free to delete this post. I did not find anything obvious to delete this post in this section.

Hi All : I am trying to get an idea about how potential job seekers get treated based on their experience and educational background as i know atleast in US there is some difference. I have 7 years of tech experience in USA working for different companies and couple of them are fortune 500 companies ...

Hi All : I am trying to get an idea about how potential job seekers get treated based on their experience and educational background as i know atleast in US there is some difference. I have 7 years of tech experience in USA working for different companies and couple of them are fortune 500 companies ...

thanks for your reply with links.

Am i reading it right, looks like they have changed it to 3 years where as for HSMP it was 2 years initially.

Please confirm as i just want to be sure as my plans are really based on number of years.

It is 3 years..correct

Hello All : I was curious how many years they give the visa for general tier 1 for the first time : is it 2 years or 3 years.

I think the total number of years for first time + extension is 5 years but do not know the breakup between first time and extension.

can somebody please let me know.

Thanks for the replies. Actually US immigration is pretty complicated and painful. 1. Your spouse cannot work when you are on H1-B visa 2. It might take 4-5 years to get Green Card ( which i think is equivalent to HSMP to some extent ) 3. It takes another 5 years to get citizenship. So until you get ...

I am currently in US and have been thinking about UK HSMP. Can someone please do some comparision of advantages and disadvantages of US vs UK. I am in IT/Tech. I have been very interested in UK for a while as i feel the work environment is more relaxed compared to US. I can watch cricket and enjoy ...

I am currently in US and have been thinking about UK HSMP. Can someone please do some comparision of advantages and disadvantages of US vs UK. I am in IT/Tech. I have been very interested in UK for a while as i feel the work environment is more relaxed compared to US. I can watch cricket and enjoy ...

srirkast wrote:Below link should help

http://www.cwjobs.co.uk/

Usually how is the UK market compared to US.

Which is better over the other and i know it depends upon individual but just wanted to get a general opinion