How can I bring my boyfriend from Finland in the US to stay and work? 13 Answers as of January 25, 2012

He has to be eligible in his own right if you are not willing to marry him. He could obtain a work visa if he had a proposed job offer in a field requiring a college degree and has a college degree.

You cannot unless you intend to marry. Otherwise, if you have a company you might be able to sponsor him. I need more information to further assist.

You cannot. He would need to qualify on his own for an employment-based visa.

If he has advanced education and special skills, he may qualify for H 1-B (skilled worker) status. In that case, his prospective employer would have to petition for him.

He needs to get a work permit. It will depend what type of job it is and what is his educational experience. *H-1B Specialty Occupation Visa* You qualify for what is known as the H-1B Specialty Occupation Visa. You will need to have an employer agree to sponsor you for a job. It does not need to be a full-time position, but it should be related to your degree. Our firm can do the entire petition. Once we begin processing and get it filed, it normally takes about six to nine months to get the approval. Please note that H-1B's are very limited and are only available for small periods of time during the year. Therefore, Premium Processing discussed next should be used. If you want a work permit in an expedited manner, you can take advantage of the Premium Processing program at USCIS. This will allow you to have the expedited answer in less than one month. Alternatively: *H-2B/H3/J1 Training related Visas* There are several types of training related visas. Such visas include the H-3, H-2B and J-1. Once you would find the company willing to train you, we can prepare these entire visa petition, including the training plans. Normally, after these petitions are filed, they take about six months to obtain the decision from U.S. immigration.

You cannot. You either marry him or at least get engaged to be married and petition for him as your fianc or he will need to try to qualify for a work visa on his own, based on a job offer from a US employer.

He may apply for a visitor's visa, but this does not allow him to work. Otherwise he can apply to a school and, if accepted, apply for a student visa.

Unless you are going to bring him as a fiance and then marry him, he cannot work here without work authorization. Depending on his education and experience there are several options available to him. He could consider an E-2 investor business if he wanted to start a business or perhaps with the appropriate experience he could find an employer willing to sponsor him for a visa and employ him.

Unfortunately, you cannot petition for your boyfriend to receive a visa that would allow him to stay and work in the United States. You could only petition for your boyfriend either after you were married or as a fianc. However, a fianc visa requires you to marry within 90 days of his entry into the United States and does not allow for employment. Your fianc may be eligible for an employment-based non-immigrant visa depending upon his education, experience, etc., but this would have to be requested by a potential employer.

Then he will have to find a way to work here, such as H1 visa, O visa, or investor's visa, etc.