I am a foreigner that wants to work in a US company, however H1B's quotas have been hit.
For the O-1 visa, i dont have meaningful contributions to software engineering but I have been exceptional in a sports related field(with meaningful community contributions, international representation, etc). Is the O-1 a possibility for me even though I would enter as a software engineer?
Otherwise, is it common to get another kind of visa for a first time job-entry in the US?
Your area of extraordinary ability for O-1 purposes needs to be related to the work you are going to do in the US so unless you somehow are going to work in sports, an O-1 might be tough.
For the O-1 visa, i dont have meaningful contributions to software engineering but I have been exceptional in a sports related field(with meaningful community contributions, international representation, etc). Is the O-1 a possibility for me even though I would enter as a software engineer?
Otherwise, is it common to get another kind of visa for a first time job-entry in the US?