Originally Posted by
galaxy flyer
I worked, in the US as a US citizen, for a foreign company. Obtaining work visas for internal moves required legal work and a lot of HR angst to move Canadians across the border. They were reluctant sponsors of work visas. There is no way a US mainline carrier will sponsor a non-US pilot for a work visa. Try marriage and it still isn’t easy, then go to a regional, maybe in 2-3 years, optimistically you’ll be competitive.
GF
I'm a permanent resident through marriage. It's easy, just frustrating and time-consuming. And sometimes downright ridiculous (their medical exam includes "visual inspection of external genitalia")...
There are less than 10 non-Australian foreign pilots sponsored for work visas per year. I think they are all done by Air Wisconsin and SkyWest. None, zero, 0, nada, to mainline carriers.
Your chances of getting hired by a mainline is 0 without a legal right to live and work in the US.