I told them I intended to work on my company and they weren't bothered by that. They were mostly concerned that I didn't have a job elsewhere that I would have to go back to.
But you are right, it is a matter of luck.
Getting a visa may save you a lot of trouble. You really don't want to spend a night in a California immigration facility with MS-13 gang members [1].
whoishiring bot here. I agree that it would be far better to post these only on business days.
But if these posts don't show up on time on the first of the month, others will post them and they will be upvoted. Moderators would have to kill loads of posts until the appointed time.
Moving the thread is definitely a solvable problem, but I'm not sure that it is worth the extra moderation work. Furthermore, neither your whoishiring bot or its caretaker is a moderator.
I am looking for a web designer for a start up who can implement designs using HTML/CSS and specifically Bootstrap. I'll take care of any client side programming.
I'm looking for a simple, flat design with careful use of color like the digitalocean.com control panel.
Of course your concerns about working for an unfunded start up are justified. I am certainly not an ideal client with a large budget, but I will pay on time.
The J1 visa for interns (current or former students) [1] and trainees (graduates with 2+ years of experience or others with 5+ years of experience) [2] is a very low overhead visa (just one form) and not subject to caps. So, it is very different from the H1B.
If you decide to hire a refugee on a J1 visas, I would be glad to help you sort it out. Please contact me at [email redacted].
The maximum duration for these visas is 18 months, but the Obama administration may reauthorize "Temporary Protected Status" [3] for Syrian nationals allowing them to stay in the country until it was deemed safe to return (which may be a decade away).
I told them I intended to work on my company and they weren't bothered by that. They were mostly concerned that I didn't have a job elsewhere that I would have to go back to.
But you are right, it is a matter of luck.
Getting a visa may save you a lot of trouble. You really don't want to spend a night in a California immigration facility with MS-13 gang members [1].
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS-13