USA: Jobs, Cost, Visa

Working, studying, insuring and paying your way in the United States.

39 articles

USA: Jobs, Cost, Visa

The US labour shortage and where it leads

Why the shortage exists and what it could mean for visas.

29 October 2021
USA: Jobs, Cost, Visa

How a green card can be terminated

The ways permanent residence stops being permanent.

29 October 2021
USA: Jobs, Cost, Visa

Fully remote US jobs from outside the country

How realistic remote US work is when you are not in the US.

29 October 2021
USA: Jobs, Cost, Visa

Three routes from an F-1 student visa to a green card

The three paths people take out of F-1 status.

29 October 2021
USA: Jobs, Cost, Visa

Hotel management jobs in the US

How hotel hiring and sponsorship work.

26 October 2021
USA: Jobs, Cost, Visa

H-1B from Bangladesh: what it takes

The qualifications and the lottery, plainly.

26 October 2021
USA: Jobs, Cost, Visa

Where US jobs for Bangladeshis are heading

How the market is shifting and which categories are exposed.

26 October 2021
USA: Jobs, Cost, Visa

Bahamas to Florida: the illegal crossing people ask about

The route people keep asking me about, and what it really involves.

26 October 2021
USA: Jobs, Cost, Visa

When does the F-4 interview come?

Where the sibling category queue stands and how to read it.

11 October 2021
USA: Jobs, Cost, Visa

How to tell if your US visit visa is multiple entry

Reading the visa stamp correctly.

5 October 2021
USA: Jobs, Cost, Visa

US resumes and cover letters

What actually gets read here, and what gets you filtered out.

19 September 2021
USA: Jobs, Cost, Visa

What immigrating to the US costs

The fees, and the costs nobody warns you about.

5 September 2021
USA: Jobs, Cost, Visa

F-1 costs, and whether a job can cover them

What studying here costs and whether campus work covers it.

5 September 2021
USA: Jobs, Cost, Visa

The DV lottery from Bangladesh

Who is eligible, who is not, and what the odds look like.

5 September 2021
USA: Jobs, Cost, Visa

When and why you should not come to the US

The situations where coming here makes your life worse, not better.

5 September 2021
USA: Jobs, Cost, Visa

US airport entry restrictions during COVID (September 2021)

How airport entry rules changed during the COVID period.

5 September 2021
USA: Jobs, Cost, Visa

Green card from a tourist visa: is it possible?

Where it can legitimately happen and where it cannot.

15 August 2021
USA: Jobs, Cost, Visa

The E-2 visa for Bangladeshis

The treaty problem, the money, and why this one is harder than it sounds.

11 August 2021
USA: Jobs, Cost, Visa

Three good reasons to live in Florida

Why so many Bangladeshis end up here.

6 August 2021
USA: Jobs, Cost, Visa

Studying in the US

Admissions, costs and the practical side of studying here.

6 August 2021
USA: Jobs, Cost, Visa

Can you freelance on an H-1B?

What the visa allows outside your sponsoring employer.

6 August 2021
USA: Jobs, Cost, Visa

The lowest legal salary in the US

Minimum wage, state by state, and what it leaves you.

6 August 2021
USA: Jobs, Cost, Visa

Family-based immigration: the first months for new Bangladeshi arrivals

What the first few months look like for families arriving on a family visa.

6 August 2021
USA: Jobs, Cost, Visa

Bank jobs in Florida

How bank hiring works here and who actually gets in.

23 July 2021
USA: Jobs, Cost, Visa

Your questions on US visas and jobs

Answers to the questions that kept coming in.

8 June 2021
USA: Jobs, Cost, Visa

B-1/B-2 to F-1: studying after you arrive as a visitor

Changing status from visitor to student, and where it breaks.

8 June 2021
USA: Jobs, Cost, Visa

H-1B to green card

Coming on a work visa and converting it to permanent residence.

8 June 2021
USA: Jobs, Cost, Visa

What you actually earn per hour in the US

Hourly pay, annual raises, and what that adds up to.

8 June 2021
USA: Jobs, Cost, Visa

The B-3 visa update everyone was passing around

What that B-3 news actually was.

8 June 2021
USA: Jobs, Cost, Visa

Driving without insurance in the US

The penalties, and how fast they escalate.

USA: Jobs, Cost, Visa

US jobs: the basic picture

How hiring, pay and progression work here.

USA: Jobs, Cost, Visa

How insurance works in the US

Health and auto cover, explained without the jargon.

USA: Jobs, Cost, Visa

What to do after an accident in the US

The first steps, and the ones people get wrong.

USA: Jobs, Cost, Visa

How undocumented Bangladeshis live in the US

What life without papers looks like here, day to day.

USA: Jobs, Cost, Visa

Who hires you when you are brand new here

Getting a first job with no US history behind you.

USA: Jobs, Cost, Visa

From F-1 to a green card

The path from student status to permanent residence.

USA: Jobs, Cost, Visa

What a month in the US actually costs

Month-to-month living costs, itemised.

USA: Jobs, Cost, Visa

The routes from Bangladesh to the US

The actual list of ways people come, laid out plainly.

USA: Jobs, Cost, Visa

B-1/B-2 visitor visa to a green card

What is actually possible if your situation changes after you arrive.