Help with visas needed!

[faye25]

I've posted this on another forum but hoped someone here might be able to help me further...

I'm 25 and graduating from university next month with a degree in Film and television studies with American studies and I want to get a job in the US. I'm English and my degree is from an English university and because of this I was told that I don't qualify for OPT as that is only for people who have studied at an American university which I didn't.

I want to get a job either in journalism or the film or television industry and I had a look on various websites and don't think I qualify for an H1B visa either as that is not in the list of occupations listed.

Can anyone suggest anything? I'd really appreciate any help with this! Thanks

 

[faye25]

Thank you Joe. The website I found said that it had to be a speciality occupation and listed scientific, medical and business occupations and didn't say anything about media related ones so I just assumed it had to be in the areas listed.

Do you know if a 3year BA (hons) degree from the UK is equivelent to a 4 year US one? Its a Bachelor of Arts so I would think it is?

Should I just write to companies asking if they had jobs and if they would sponsor me? You say I would have to wait until Oct 1. Is that because it takes that long to arrange the visa or because that is when the H1B visa year begins?

 

[faye25]

Thank you so much for your help Joe. I really appreciate it.

One last thing though, is it only graduate level jobs that can be applied for on an H1? I saw an ad for a production assistant which I think was entry level so do you think that would be ok?