Hi Fishes,🐠🐟🐬🦈🐳🐋🐡
Let's hear about your journey, how did you land in US/UK/EU/Canada etc. from India? preferably direct hire with Visa sponsorship.
Pls do share company name & country, Job portals.
Also it would be great to hear some do's and don'ts
Hopefully it will help someone who is/are planning for migration and will help him/her to plan better.
TIA

Apologies if it is off topic.
My brother has over 20 yoe in electric and 10 yoe in solar engineering including owning his own small solar company. He is looking to relocate to US or Canada. Can anyone provide any lead on which companies provide sponsorship? H1B or Canadian work visa. Thanks!

How VISA in terms of flexibility and work Internationally on remote, do they allow to work from India during the holiday travel?

Jerusalem or Caribbean cruise (round trip out of PR) over the holiday shut down in December? Cost is not a factor, family is paying for it

Looking for suggestions on what area to stay in Austin-downtown congress ave, convention center area or Capitol Hill area. Won’t have a car so will he walking or taking other transportation to get around.

28M. First time solo travel 3 week trip to Spain coming up. Flying Royal Air Maroc from US. They’re allowing 2 check in bags and 1 carry on. However, I want to travel light and am trying to avoid check in bags completely. What carry on backpacks do you recommend to buy that would be enough for 3 week trip but also be allowed as a carry on? Also need to buy packing cubes.

What would be the ideal base salary for band 30 at Amex Canada? Role is Compliance Analyst.

Hi USI 🐟
First 3 years on my H1B visa are expiring in Sep this year. No one has reached out to me regarding extension filing.
Does anyone know what the process is, whom shall I reach out to get this process started??

I'm working in the US under H1B, I got a chance to face an interview for another company. My current company started the PERM application also and results will be out within the next 3 months. Is it okay to transfer my H1B to a new company? Can my H1B transfer be denied? How long will my green card application delay if I move to a new company and start to apply for a green card from scratch?

I moved to the Netherlands 3 months ago on a spouse visa. Was working with EY-P earlier. I have been applying to jobs and giving interviews but for some reason things are not working out. I get a different reason everytime (after going through the whole process). This has never happened earlier in life and now I don't know what else to do. I have worked as a strategy consultant (& a researcher). Should I change lines? Where else can I try?
I can't apply to boutique firms since Dutch is mandatory

Hi fishes,

Does anyone know how long you have to wait post biometrics inorder to get the passport letter or even the visa? It's for Canada work visa.

Hi Fisher ,
Can anyone guide me or provide the link for how to get job visa for UK or Europe from India, as I am getting job opportunities in UK but they are asking work visa for UK as the company where I am applying are not eager to sponsor my visa?

Has anybody at PwC taken the 20% LOA while on H1B? Considering it due to personal/family reasons and would like to know potential immigration impact if any.

Hi fishes,
What is the Average annual hike in amex?

SO and I have finally saved $500k. Should we buy a house or a green card (Indian born on H1 in the US, I-140s approved)

My PTO was approved for the Thanksgiving & Christmas weeks but I’m totally clueless about the vacation spot given the pandemic situation. Requesting your recommendations. Warm places preferably! Thinking of Hawaii/Keywest

Thoughts on the Sheraton Kauai? I’m considering the offer they sent. Is Kauai a nice island?

What salary can be expected for 8 years experienced .Net developer in USA? ( negotiation period for H1B with service based )

Am i right in understanding that you can't do Dropbox processing from Inside the US? You have to be in the country that you got your last visa from?

Does Deloitte do H1b extensions in premium?

Can we claim HRA tax exemption without agreement copy and claim deduction in Cognizant?

Hi Guys,

I will be moving to Hyderabad soon. Can someone please tell me some good areas to live and party/hangouts?

Any one attending Kellogg successfully receive more aid after being admitted and during their time at the school? I want to keep pushing for what I think I deserve 😁, tactfully of-course

Back when I was getting started in the food world, I worked flipping burgers at In-n-Out. A man came in and said the burgers he had gotten weren’t right. He dumped the food on the counter and then he started throwing them back behind the counter. We gave him a refund and then his demeanor completely changed. He was calmer and he told us to have a great day as he left us to clean up the mess he made.

How’s the LGBTQ community in other places. I’m in Los Angeles and I find it difficult to connect.

Can anyone help me with Adobe Future at work details. The page is not accessible outside network

Hi Fishes,
Has anyone switched from INFOSYS to TCS

Recommendations for non-consulting roles that involve international travel?

Before taking resignation they were saying will get letter in 2 days max, now Delay in offer letter even after more than month from the day I took my resignation back.

Any suggestions will be much appreciated.

MBB or FAANG (Ops role)? Similar comp structure

Hey guys, is there anyone (female) living in Marahathalli or Whitefield and needs a flatmate(female)? Please reply. Will need to shift in the mid of December.

Can anyone recommend a good personal trainer in park slope / prospect park area? Looking for someone who can help with training and nutrition. Thanks!

When salary will get credited in globant. Is it last working day of month?

Constantly wanting to leave work and go study for the CPA. I am distracted and bored while at work. It’s putting me in a meh mood. Ugh

Currently working as product owner with a tier 2 Product organisation with a CTC of 33 lpa and company is quite stable and old. Just got an offer of 48 from a series B funded startup in AI, is worth taking risk ? My yoe is 10 years in Product management.

I'm currently a Scrum Master that is looking to make an exit! I have a new profound love for data! However when looking at the salary for data analytics, it appears that I would have to take a pay cut. I currently make 123k in the state of NC...any insight? Should I transition to Data Engineering instead?

For those that live in Shaw how do you like the area? Thinking of moving there this summer

Hello Fishes,
I'm a product manager in tech space with experience in both business and tech aspects of product management.
I am looking for opportunities abroad in product space preferably in US/UK/Canada/Australia/Singapore
If you could help me with the process or can help with it i would be very grateful to you.
If you are willing to give referrals please DM.

Thank you.

Tell me the best way to search UI and Mobile Development jobs in Germany?

Hi All,

I am currently working in India. Recently I got a job offer from Germany. I have a doubt that I should go to Germany or continue here in India. Here are the benefits

Current company
28LPA Fixed + 3.3 LPA variable + 2 LPA Additional PF contribution. + 75000 USD RSU in Four Years

diconium GmbH Germany
62000 Euro/year

Can you all please provide your views which path I should follow.

I'm a front end developer with 5 years of experience. I'm looking for sponsorship visa job in UK or US. Can anyone please refer me to any company.

Any referrals for information security analyst in EU countries??

Hi Techies,

Having an overall experience of 11 years, in which 6 years in Multi-Cloud, DevOps, Cloud Engineering, Cloud Cost Management, Governance and FinOps.

Any chances of oppurtunities in abroad with sponshorship?

Anyone who landed Job outside India through LinkedIn can you please share your experience? How many companies did you apply how many interviews did you landed? I landed 4 interviews after applying for last 5 months and almost daily rejections.

Hi, I have 11 years if experience in Monitoring tools( BMC, Dynatrace, Splunk, ServiceNow AIOps etc.) in different roles(Tool admin, SME, Operations Lead, Consultant and Solution Architect).
Executed multiple implementation of tools at Customer place, performed many assessments and proposed service improvements.

Experienced in working at client places like Netherlands,Norway etc.

Currently I am lookin for an opportunity in Europe, please let me know if any.

Could anyone please share timeline after giving medical and biometrics how long it is taking for Canada Work Permit.

I have valid H1 visa, can anyone help me to transfer it to their organisation and I can travel after that? I dont want to continue in current projects and want to switch company as its been 10 years here

Hi Fishes,

Looking for a job in any European country.

Any leads will be helpful.

I have 9.5 years of experience with 4 years experience as an AWS Cloud Infrastructure Engineer. Experience eith On-premises to Cloud migration. Experience of Linux Administration for almost 7 years.

I am AWS Solutions Architect - Professional certified too.

DM me if any relevant job comes up for this role

I'm an Identity and Access Management Engineer with 4.7 years of IT experience in Identity and Access Management domain. I am currently on the lookout for a new position with Visa sponsorship in UK. Looking for job in Big 4 , Goldman Sachs, JP morgan, Morgan stanley , Ocado, Wise, Sainsbury's digital , Accenture. Kindly let me know if any one can refer me. Sainsbury's Accenture Wellsfargo Wise JPMorgan Chase Morgan Stanley EY KPMG PwC Ocado

Please help me to get 11 likes.

Hi Fishes,

Could you please help me with with below scenario :
My YOE is 4.3 and ctc is 13 lpa. I am currently nominated for H1B 2023 and my petition is pending with USCIS for approval after lottery. I have heard H1B process could take months to complete. Should I waiting for the H1B or make a swtich? Is it worth waiting for H1B and how much saving one can make per month if traveling to US?

Kindly share your thoughts

IBM Infosys Wipro Amazon TCS Cognizant
Capegemini Accenture PwC KPMG EY

Hi, I recently moved to Canada for the onsite opportunity of my project but I am not at all happy with the salary paid to me because of high cost of living in Canada and I am currently having a closed work permit.
Is there anyway I can change job in this situation? If not, when can I do that?

Thanks.

Hi, I have 2 offers below,

1. 50lakhs per year in Bangalore
2. €105k in Netherlands

Considering the economic crisis due to war, inflation etc. I am confused on which one to select. Please guide me.

Hello Fishes, looking for a c++ developer in any of the automotive industries in EU who provides visa sponsorship as well YoE : 7 years Working for ADAS functions Any referrals or leads ?

Hello Fishes!
Any idea how long it takes to get a German visa appointment for an EU blue card and dependents? I am based in Chennai and have been trying for 4 weeks, with no luck. I added myself to the waiting list on the 5th of July and have not received any updates since.
Do slots really open up at certain times?
Am supposed to join work by Aug 30th. Please help!