QuoteOriginally posted by: traderjoe1976Actually, these days, the first question that the companies ask is not whether you have MFE degree or PhD degree, but rather whether you have USA citizenship. 80% of the MFE students are international students and even though they are really smart, most of them have to go back home because the companies cannot sponsor their work permits in this environment.Companies cannot sponsor, but they need people to do the work. Who is taking all these jobs? Outsourced?

QuoteOriginally posted by: lexingtonCompanies cannot sponsor, but they need people to do the work. Who is taking all these jobs? Outsourced?Unemployment is at 9%. There's no shortage of people wanting to work.

QuoteOriginally posted by: twofishQuoteOriginally posted by: lexingtonCompanies cannot sponsor, but they need people to do the work. Who is taking all these jobs? Outsourced?Unemployment is at 9%. There's no shortage of people wanting to work.But the same MFE graduate is able to get an IT job and companies are ready to sponsor them. Too much supply of Quants?

QuoteOriginally posted by: lexingtonBut the same MFE graduate is able to get an IT job and companies are ready to sponsor them. Too much supply of Quants?But they aren't as far as I have heard.

QuoteOriginally posted by: twofishQuoteOriginally posted by: lexingtonBut the same MFE graduate is able to get an IT job and companies are ready to sponsor them. Too much supply of Quants?But they aren't as far as I have heard.There is just no way of getting a visa this year and most likely not the next either. I tried to move internally from the UK to US this year and HR basically came back to me saying that the issuance of visas had been so limited and restricted that there was no way for me to make the move until next year at the earliest. Even then it will depend on whether or not visa issuance will be back on track (I heard from somewhere else that only 10k H-1Bs were issued this year vs 65k normally).

It's pretty rare that I hear of internal transfers having major problems, so it's interesting to hear this.

QuoteOriginally posted by: DominicConnorIt's pretty rare that I hear of internal transfers having major problems, so it's interesting to hear this.Yeah, HR was as surprised as I was. It's never been an issue before. They were looking into a non H-1B route but as the move was for personal reasons which changed so that I didn't want to move anymore I never saw if that would have resulted in anything.

QuoteOriginally posted by: lexingtonBut the same MFE graduate is able to get an IT job and companies are ready to sponsor them. Too much supply of Quants?IT people get visa sponsorship through some really shady deals. Some shady companies sponsor H1-B for the person and then takes 10% - 20% of the person's billing. Quite a large number of IT people are doing this route to get H1-B.

QuoteOriginally posted by: HansiQuoteOriginally posted by: DominicConnorIt's pretty rare that I hear of internal transfers having major problems, so it's interesting to hear this.Yeah, HR was as surprised as I was. It's never been an issue before. They were looking into a non H-1B route but as the move was for personal reasons which changed so that I didn't want to move anymore I never saw if that would have resulted in anything.Two guys in my bank moved from Singapore to NY and NC in the past six months under L1A. Both of them are expecting their green cards. But this is in IT.

Well I did, but i found the course work too soporific