Your chances are not good. Basically a company has to proof that they cannot find an American worker capable of doing that job so they HAVE TO bring you in. This is pretty much how it goes on the work visas.

There are other types of visas like the E-1 investor type visa. If you make a substantial investment and create jobs (I belive around 1Mio or 0.5Mio in areas with high unemployment) you will get an E-1 visa.

Also there is a cap on how many visas are given out each year. For H-1 that frequently runs out around mid-year.

I hear than Nurses are very much in demand. If you are a licenced Nurse you should have no trouble at all getting a visa and a job.

Otherwise technical jobs are in demand (but it must be a little special) or anything where there is a shortage in labor. I think there is a shortage in farm labor but I am not sure you can get a visa for that.

To sum it up, without skills you can only marry or buy your way in with investments.

Andre

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Thanks, Andrei, I know that answer more or less and it is really hard. However, just spoke with a friend of mine, she said that if I come from another country (not from my country), I can easily enter US in the near future. Hope that would help me.

Not really. Citizens of most European countries don't need a tourist visa. They can enter on whats called the "visa waiver program". This allows them to stay for up to 90 days, but not to work. It doesn't matter what country your flight originated from, what matters is your nationality.

But even Europeans do need a visa if they want to work and some of those are capped (there is only a certain amount of H-1B per year). The work visas are as hard to get for Europeans as it is for everyone else.

Unless you are planning on getting a tourist visa and becoming an illegal alien after some time, you will have to apply for a work visa through the US embassy in your country of nationality. And don't even think about the illegal thing. Its a really bad idea. You will not be able to get a social security number, drivers license or any other legal document. You cannot get health insurance and you will be paid below minimum wage if you find an employer taking the risk to hire you. Basically its a really bad idea.

You don't have to have a super degree. You just need to find an employer in the US who is willing to file for your paperwork. If that job position is somewhat hard to fill with americans you have a winner. It is probably easiest to focus on foreign companies operating in the US. Even better if its a company from your country, since they will be more sympathetic towards your situation. Otherwise any asian company with a large operation in the US should do for you.

Disclaimer: The above does not constitute legal advice in any form. I am not an attorney and I am not qualified to give legal advice in any form. You do need to consult professional help in these manners. This forum does not primarily deal with immigration issues and is not the right place to get your immigration information. Everything said here cannot be used in a court of law and I am not responsible for any actions taken by whoever reads this. Consult a qualified attorney and do NOT try to outsmart or circumvent US immigration in any way. It will catch up with you at some point! Take the official routes and you will be safe.

Andre

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Thanks. Being an illegal alien is certainly not one of my plans. If ever I will be given the chance to go to the US, I have to be good in order to go back. Whatever way, I want to stay there and work legally. That's the best thing to do.

I am glad you see it that way. And yes you are right, since illegals don't have travel documents, they usually can never visit their home country again. Some of them bet on the off chance of being pardoned after about 10 years and getting a greencard but you will stand a good chance of being deported and permantently banned from visiting the US again.

Andre