Need Help: US immigration issues
Hi,
I've been trying to ask MANY people about this, but couldn't get good answers yet.
I'll try asking in pprune
Here's my story, short and quick.
I'm a third year Aerospace Engineering student studying in the US under an F-1 Academic student visa.
I'll be graduating in about a year, in 2004. But I don't want to be an engineer, as I LOVE flying.
I'm a couple of hours away from getting my FAA PPL, and almost done with FAA Instrument ground school too.
I would like to work in the US eventually as a corporate pilot flying business jets. I dont' mind working for charter and flight instructing though. I love flying small airplanes...light twins and the like.
My biggest problem. US immigration. How does an Italian citizen (like myself) currently on an F-1 student visa get to work legally as a professional pilot in the US?
H1B visa? How would I apply for employment-based permanent residency?
Any info at all would be GREATLY appreciated.
Archer