I received an offer a month ago, but a few weeks later an agency I dreamed to work at came. Yesterday the wrote that they are preparing an offer. I want join them, but the first agency is sponsoring my visa and all the stuff already, I feel bad and obliged. The other agency is ready to sponsor visa too. Please, help. I feel like I want to accept the 'dream agency' offer, but I don't know how to make it right, how to actually handle that situation with the current agency.

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Just be honest with the current place. The bridge might be burned but they'll get it. Do what's best for you cause nobody else will.

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Bear in mind they're not sponsoring your visa out of charity or doing you a favor. It's a business transaction and par the course for them. Same as when agencies let people go after sponsoring visas or relocating them 🤣 You'd be wondering, they paid for the visa or relocation and they let you go, what's the business sense in that? Cos you're insignificant in their big picture.

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First of all, congrats on getting two good offers!

Tell the truth and ask if they have already started the legal process; if so, offer to compensate for some of their lawyer fees. The fee isn’t too much, tbh.

Many of my friends and I are on visas to work here in the US, and it’s a mission to find agencies willing to provide sponsorship. Please don’t punish the agency for opening its arms to support talents who need a visa in the first place, as that'll make them think twice to recruit talents who need sponsorship. Don't burn the bridge after you cross it.

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I had the same problem, literally the same. I have let the agency know i withdrew my signature. I thought I burned a huge bridge but the agency made me a new offer after 2 years. DM if you want

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