Apply with a CV tailored to each job.
The largest English-language tech market — and the toughest visa pathway.
LumiCV is CV-tailoring and job-tracking software you run yourself — not a recruiter or immigration consultancy. We show you publicly listed roles and help your application land; you choose the jobs and you apply.
US resumes follow the convention every other market measures itself against: 1 page for early-career, 1-2 pages for mid-senior, reverse-chronological, no photo, brief summary at the top. Achievement-led bullets with quantified outcomes are mandatory — US recruiters spend an average of 6-8 seconds on initial scan, and missing metrics gets a resume rejected fast.
Visa sponsorship is the hardest part of the US tech market. The H-1B lottery is the main pathway and is heavily oversubscribed; STEM OPT extensions buy time but not permanence. State visa status clearly: citizen / PR / EAD / O-1 / H-1B-eligible / requires sponsorship.
Salary thresholds and visa rules above reflect publicly available figures as of 2026 and may change. Always confirm with the official authority — www.uscis.gov — before applying or making relocation decisions.
Three things that move the needle when applying in United States — most foreign candidates miss at least one.
One page for early-career, 1-2 pages mid-senior. No photo, US-style.
Lead every bullet with a quantified outcome. Recruiters scan in 6-8 seconds.
State visa status in the header: citizen / PR / EAD / O-1 / H-1B / requires sponsorship.
LumiCV's browser extension auto-fills on Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, SmartRecruiters, Ashby, Jobvite, StepStone, Indeed and LinkedIn. These are the ATSes you'll see most often in United States.
A sample of the high-growth employers actively hiring in United States. Not an exhaustive list — your jobs feed surfaces hundreds more.
Country-specific guides and live job feeds for each sponsorship route.
State visa status explicitly: "US citizen / Green Card holder / EAD / H-1B holder / H-1B-cap-exempt / requires sponsorship". US recruiters screen on this in 6 seconds.
Lead with measurable extraordinary-ability evidence: GitHub stars, conference acceptances, press, prizes, exits, named investors.
L-1 candidates: highlight tenure at the foreign entity prominently — recruiters and L-1 immigration teams screen on the 1-year minimum.
Bilingual, North-American format, with Express Entry as the dominant visa pathway.
The largest English-language European market — post-Brexit visas now mainstream.
High-paying tech market with strong appetite for offshore talent — visa-friendly.
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