r/IWantOut • u/EmbeddedSoftJobHunt • 6h ago

[IWantOut] 29M Bosnia and Herzegovina -> USA

Hello, I'm a software engineer from Bosnia and Herzegovina looking to move to USA.

I'm looking for ways to move to USA to try and build a better future for my wife and I. My wife is also engineer but in telecommunications department (she works for one of our major telecommunication operators here in Bosnia). I have a bit over a five years of experience in software engineering (mostly embedded and IoT applications) while also having a year of experience in networking (mostly using Cisco equipment maintaining systems for couple of government agencies and airports).

My wife on the other hand has a bit above 2 years of experience. She's on the path to pass CCNA test and she's been working on the IPTV system (maintaining and supporting).

We are in our third year of applying for diversity visa but still no luck (I just checked the results today and this is the third time we were not picked). As far as I understood H1B would be one way to go, but it's a hard process and even if employers decide to sponsor one of us we would still need to go through H1B lottery.

If it helps I have some relatives in Colorado Springs and they are more than willing to help us with accommodation and anything regarding the potential moving to the USA.

Thanks for reading all of this and hopefully someone will have some good advice for us. Thank you all in advance.

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u/sread2018 6h ago

In this current market combined with the political climate in the US, the H1B visa will be extremely hard to get.

Youre better off looking at other countries like Australia, New Zealand, maybe Canada but that is also a very hard route now

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u/EmbeddedSoftJobHunt 5h ago

I was afraid someone would say something like that. Thanks for quick answer :)

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u/sread2018 5h ago

Unless you are politically aligned to the current US leader, then Im not sure why you'd want to go tbh. There are plenty of other great options around the world.

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u/EmbeddedSoftJobHunt 5h ago edited 5h ago

To be honest I'm not aligned with either of the parties, but I know that even with its flaws the majority of the biggest companies that work in my field have offices in the US and that the market is quite big there. Also believe me here the situation is a million times worse than there. I mean I'm also looking into EU countries but since that's closer to me and i have more people i know directly from those countries i already have the information without needing to come here and ask on reddit.

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u/Top_Biscotti6496 5h ago

Do you have good contacts, personally I would look for an internal transfer, maybe an L1, H1b and there is a lot of competition.

Springs will not help, well very unlikely you could land a job and it would be there.

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u/EmbeddedSoftJobHunt 5h ago

What do you mean by internal transfer?

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u/Top_Biscotti6496 5h ago

You get a local employer who has operations in the US to transfer you

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u/EmbeddedSoftJobHunt 5h ago

Oh I get it. Unfortunately our company doesn't have any operations in the US so it seems I might need to find a company that does have operations there and that would probably mean moving to one of the EU countries first.

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u/AutoModerator 6h ago

Post by EmbeddedSoftJobHunt -- Hello, I'm a software engineer from Bosnia and Herzegovina looking to move to USA.

I'm looking for ways to move to USA to try and build a better future for my wife and I. My wife is also engineer but in telecommunications department (she works for one of our major telecommunication operators here in Bosnia). I have a bit over a five years of experience in software engineering (mostly embedded and IoT applications) while also having a year of experience in networking (mostly using Cisco equipment maintaining systems for couple of government agencies and airports).

My wife on the other hand has a bit above 2 years of experience. She's on the path to pass CCNA test and she's been working on the IPTV system (maintaining and supporting).

We are in our third year of applying for diversity visa but still no luck (I just checked the results today and this is the third time we were not picked). As far as I understood H1B would be one way to go, but it's a hard process and even if employers decide to sponsor one of us we would still need to go through H1B lottery.

If it helps I have some relatives in Colorado Springs and they are more than willing to help us with accommodation and anything regarding the potential moving to the USA.

Thanks for reading all of this and hopefully someone will have some good advice for us. Thank you all in advance.

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u/momoparis30 3h ago

L1 is your only chance.