I would like to know if there are North American
semiconductor/electronic companies who have available positions for
Process Engineers, Quality
Engineers,Test Engineers and Manufacturing & Engineering Supervisors
and do these companies sponsor working visa for foreign applicants
like myself?

Krisel
         The short answer is  "In principle yes" .

          However, situation changed drasticaly. Few years ago it was
          relatively easy for a qualified EE to find a sponsor.
           Today, there may be very few special situations.

Here is more detailed info:
 http://www.e-insite.net/eb-mag/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA245014

Avenue which remain somewhat  open is to complete course of study at
 US univesity and then look for job, get a job with US company
overseas
and be transfered or have a special, unique and visible skils ..
See J and O visa description:
http://www.ins.gov/graphics/services/tempbenefits/ecrd.htm#anchorO1

The companies are still described at several sites, e.g.
http://company.monster.com/
but it does not mean they have openings for foreign EEs.

Transfers still exists
http://216.239.33.100/search?q=cache:vSIgUvzhkdEC:www.eetimes.com/career/092598qa.html+H1B+VISA+EE+&hl=en&lr=lang_en&ie=UTF-8
and there are sites which promise to help with finding matches:
http://www.h1bsponsors.com/

but competition is now sever. Be careful ans skeptical.

Problems are not just with initial move to US
but with subsequent positions:
http://216.239.33.100/search?q=cache:SAaEj-kTiwkC:www.theworkcircuit.com/headhunter/OEG20011026S0031+H1B+VISA+EE+&hl=en&lr=lang_en&ie=UTF-8


Hre are some resent stats:
http://www.eng.monash.edu.au/uicee/gjee/vol6no1/Yurtseven.pdf

Here, is the specific answer to your question: employers which do
(or used to) sponsor H1-B visa requests:
http://www.zazona.com/ShameH1B/TopByTotal.htm

and here a discussion on the current slump in IT jobs
http://slashdot.org/articles/02/05/06/1225222.shtml

It may be best to wait few years until US economy recovers from the
dot com collapse

hedgie

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Request for Answer Clarification by krisel-ga on 25 Jan 2003 14:11 PST

Considering the economic situation here in the United States which
might really be hard for foreign applicants to land a job but I would
like you to specify semiconductor/electronic companies that sponsor a
H1-B Visa. That might help in my hope to acquire an H1-B Visa.

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Clarification of Answer by hedgie-ga on 26 Jan 2003 08:02 PST

OK
    I can point you to list of the companies, which used too,
    (which is useless)
    or give you list of companies which do, which is empty.

    That is the answer. Sometimes the equations has no solution,
    right?  Mathematically, that is the answer.

    But, there is always hope, and so
   here are some more resources for Silicon Valley:


http://dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/United_States/California/Metro_Areas/San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Business_and_Economy/Employment/

http://www.vacuumkitty.com/jobs.html#Computer

This is list of companies in S.V.:

http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/business/special_packages/silicon_valley_150/3067391.htm

However

  In my opinion, (humble but based on experience) these day you
  have to do more then send a resume (or 1000 of them).

 You need to do the next step, called networking.

 It can be done over the internet, for example by joining some
  Open Software developer group
 (if you have software skills) or writing a technical paper
  which would impress someone enough to e-mail you etc.


  Good books on job-hunting list such techniques.

Here are some resources on that
 http://www.eetimes.com/career/headhunt18.html

 Are you member of IEEE? These links are intended
 for US residents, but you may find something there:
 http://www.ieeeusa.org/employment/entry.html
 and
 http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/careers/careerstemplate.jsp?ArticleId=c080702

 If all that fails, I would get some  education in the US.
 People  start with J1 visa, get a degree, then get HB.
 Even a short course gives you access to placement service of the
school
 and of course - contacts. Which schools ? - That is another question.

 good luck - and thanks for the rating.

 P.S. Usually you rate after the clarification(s) are given
    so that total of information provided
   is taken into the account.

  hedgie

http://dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/United_States/California/Metro_Areas/San_Francisco_Bay_Area/Business_and_Economy/Employment/

http://www.vacuumkitty.com/jobs.html#Computer

But as I said, the list of companies which used to is useless,
of those who do is empty.


http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/business/special_packages/silicon_valley_150/3067391.htm
 You need to do the next step, called networking.