I am currently doing a Ph.D at a national lab, somewhere in Europe, and I am myself an EU citizen. My field of expertise/research is deep learning machinery (the stuff under the hood that makes your models run faster). For various professional reasons I want to move to the US after I finish. It is in fact the natural progression in my field to do a post-doc in the US if one does a Ph.D in Europe (or vice-versa). And it has always been a dream of mine to work at a national lab in the US.
But in doing a bit of research, I am reading that one typically does a post-doc on a J-1 VISA and it is not possible to transfer to a permanent or sponsored VISA afterward.
Ouch. There goes my plan. My aim is to attain permanent residency and work in industry, if not for anything else, because it is the only logical thing to do for my very specific career path.
So what immigration path would most likely work in my case?
But in doing a bit of research, I am reading that one typically does a post-doc on a J-1 VISA and it is not possible to transfer to a permanent or sponsored VISA afterward.
Ouch. There goes my plan. My aim is to attain permanent residency and work in industry, if not for anything else, because it is the only logical thing to do for my very specific career path.
So what immigration path would most likely work in my case?