Originally Posted by Bushmaster09

You would do much better going to a job fair than trying to get a reference from someone who vaguely remembers you from the past. It is quite possible to get hired with no internal references(or external as they do not take these) with the current hiring team. And traveling all the way from a foreign country to see them at the job fair goes a long way. This isn't secondhand information i'm giving you, it was exactly my situation so please take this advice if you really want the job, do whatever it takes to get to the next job fair. Even if it means buying round trip tickets for 2000USD.