<p>^^true, because of the visa sponsership thing…</p>
<p>I don’t think H1 visa is required for internships. But I could be wrong.</p>
<p>Different branches of engineering may have different job prospects. Does anyone know how hard it is to get sponsored with an industrial engineering degree? Do consulting firms sponsor international students?</p>
<p>I think Mechanical and Industrial are pretty similar.</p>
<p>Is sponsor visa a big deal? does it cost the employee a lot? It may be take time but I don’t think it will cost them much. </p>
<p>Actually, I heard that companies like to hire international because international can accept lower-salary compare to US citizen, and they’re also more diligent and work harder than the native (that’s what i heard. no offense). I don’t know is it true or not, but i hope it is (i’m international as well). Anyway, I would like to ask if it is better to get job for computer science major? I see this major is growing fast and its field is very broad, but there also have a lot of people study it.</p>
<p>About why there are many Indian scientist in USA, just look at their population and you will see the answer. If Korea have 1 talent out of 10 and India have 1 out of 20, the overall numbers of India talent still beat Korean because India population is 10 times more than Korea. Same with China. Moreover, there still have a lot of poor people in India and China. People who experience poverty always have more motivation and work harder than who never experience it.</p>
<p>Cost is one of many reasons why companies rather hire US citizen but the most cruicial reason for not hiring international student is because of their absent time for visa reissurance. International students would have to get new visa again and it may take few days, months, or even years depending on his/her major and country. Company can’t just have his/her position unfilled until he/she can come back when there’s uncertainty of how long he/she will be absent. </p>
<p>I have read an article of Stephen Chu, who is currently secretary of department of energy, talk of a student who is studying atomic physics at berkeley went to get his new visa from his country but took year to renew visa because of his major. it’s sad that all students have to come to US for top education but that’s how it is since having education and degree from US can be recognize all over the world not just within its own country. </p>
<p>Well… I do agree with your opinion that experience poverty in life can motivate you to succeed in life, but just because you weren’t born in poverty, doesn’t mean that student can’t be motivated and passionate about his/her field… I am sure when my next meal is on the line, I think I would study harder but… still.</p>
<p>So how about CS major? Does it take long time to renew visa with CS?</p>
<p>I also don’t understand why company have to suffer cost when hiring international?</p>
<p>There are various fees associated with hiring international workers. Also, you probably want a lawyer or legal department to file all the documentation so all the i’s are dotted and t’s are crossed.</p>
<p>But international usually accept lower pay than native. That could be an advantage.
Otherwise, can internation CS major get job easily?</p>
<p>All the boeing job posting on Career website @ Georgia Tech wants US Citizen… not a single position says H-1 or F-1 visa…
here’s example of internship job description: </p>
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<p>here’s another boeing job for aerospace engineer type :</p>
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<p>Just because they will accept a lower salary does not mean it will cost the employer less due to other costs associated with a foreign worker. So, they can get an American citizen with no hassle or have to deal with who knows how much paperwork for an international… for roughly the same price. The choice is obvious.</p>
<p>Also, you should drop this notion that international students are somehow “better.” They’re not, as much as you might like to try to justify it.</p>
<p>another things to consider is company’s get money from the government for hiring interns and new grads…(not applicable to int’l peeps)</p>
<p>According to this Web site, <a href=“http://www.clearancejobs.com/security_clearance_faq.pdf[/url]”>http://www.clearancejobs.com/security_clearance_faq.pdf</a>, foreign nationals can not get a security clearance. They can get limited access to information up to Secret, when the government can not find any qualified US citizens to take the position. If 38% of the workers at NASA are Indians, it is because either
- they do not work on classified projects or
- they are US citizens, either through naturalization or birth.</p>