Have any one successfully got a h1b sponsorship in the finance domain in the US. What does it take to bag one?

Question

with just a couple of years of experience and Bcom MBA, how do i do it?

Answer 1

It is not easy to find an employer willing to sponsor you, especially if you are looking from outside the US. But there have been many who have successfully applied and got H1Bs in the finance domain

There are no job boards of companies seeking to accept foreigners. If you apply with online job sites as Monster.com, it will be hard to get any response whatsoever because you are competing with US job seekers that employers don't have to worry about the costs and time spent arranging for the work visa sponsorship.

However, you can still:

1. Continue to send resumes and job applications to US companies. Who knows, someone somewhere might like your experience and education background enough to sponsor you.

2. Get a graduate course or degree in the US. Most of the people I know who easily got H1Bs are those who studied MBA or MS Finance in the US

3. Go to the US on a tourist visa, and while here try to get job interviews. Employers are more likely to entertain you because they won't have to think of spending to get you here in the US just for the interview as you are already in the US.

Otherwise, consider the other routes to getting a US visa -- marriage to a US citizen, or asking a relative to petition you for immigration

Answer 2

You first need a company to sponsor you, as in, hire you. Which means unless they're open to looking for people that don't already have US work permits, you may be running into a bit of trouble.

Why?

"The H-1B non-immigrant category requires an intent by the employer (the petitioner) and the employee (the beneficiary) that the placement by temporary. If either side fails to show this temporary intent, status will be denied."

If you just want temporary placement, then companies may be more open to it. But if you want to live in the states permanently, you need a green card, or a different type of visa.

Have you thought about intracompany transfers? E.g. sign on with a global finance company and then transfer?

This site talks a bit more about the H1B and what you need to get it:
http://www.grasmick.com/prof.htm