OPT/H-1B placement track for engineers abroad.
Read experiences shared by users of CloudHire's Elite Traveller program. Reviews focus on the overall experience, value provided, support received, and how the program helped candidates progress in their career journey.
ML Engineer · Bengaluru · AI startup (London)
Was on OPT, panicking. Elite Traveller team coordinated with three companies on H-1B sponsorship timelines. The offer I took was not the highest paying but had the cleanest sponsorship path. That guidance saved me months.
Product Engineer · Bengaluru · Climate tech (Series A)
I wanted to work on climate. Most placement services treat that as a constraint. Mine treated it as a filter and still found great companies. Placed at a Series A I am proud to work at.
Backend Engineer · Bengaluru · Series A (Singapore)
Wanted Singapore or Dubai specifically. Traveller team had real connections in both. Got two interviews in SG, took the better one. Relocation paperwork support was clean.
Backend Engineer · Bengaluru · Fintech (London)
Half the work in international roles is finding companies that actually sponsor. Their shortlist saved me weeks of fruitless applications. Took the London offer.
Data Engineer · Bengaluru · Adtech (US remote)
I did not want to relocate. Traveller team specifically filtered for fully remote US companies that hire from India on contract. Got a role at one. Tax setup help was a bonus.
Engineering Manager · Mumbai · EU fintech (Amsterdam)
Moving family of three to Europe for an EM role is huge. Traveller team's checklist alone — visa, school registration windows, housing brokers — saved my sanity.
Backend Engineer · Bengaluru · Series A AI infra
Traveller team had pre-vetted the company's sponsorship track record. Visa came through in nine weeks. Relocation stipend, temporary housing, the works. Smoothest international move I could have hoped for.
Senior Backend · Mumbai · Fintech (Dubai)
Wanted Dubai specifically for the tax structure. Traveller team had real connections, not just job board listings. Two intros, one offer, clean relocation. Six months in, very happy.
ML Engineer · Bengaluru · AI lab (Toronto)
I was not just looking for a job, I was looking for a path to PR. Traveller team filtered for employers with strong LMIA history. Took the Toronto offer. PR application already in motion.
DevOps Engineer · Bengaluru · Series C (Sydney)
Outcome was great, timeline was longer than I expected. Australian work visas just take time. Traveller team kept me informed weekly. Landed in Sydney six months after the offer. Worth it.
Frontend Engineer · Bengaluru · SaaS (Amsterdam)
Had never lived outside India. Traveller checklist covered things I had not even thought of — BSN registration, 30% ruling paperwork, opening a Dutch account from India. Landed soft.
Backend Engineer · Chennai · Fintech (Singapore)
Singapore Employment Pass is unpredictable. Traveller team picked an employer with a clean track record. EP in seven weeks. Moved in three months. The pre-vetting is the value.
Senior iOS · Bengaluru · Consumer app (London)
UK Skilled Worker route felt opaque before I started. Traveller team mapped the Certificate of Sponsorship, salary thresholds, and points clearly. Visa stamped in five weeks. In London now.
Backend Engineer · Mumbai · Fintech (Dublin)
Ireland is not the obvious destination but the tax setup and English-speaking environment made it ideal. Traveller team had two pre-vetted employers, one closed an offer. Stamp 1 paperwork came together fast. Moved in October.
Full-Stack Engineer · Bengaluru · SaaS (Lisbon)
Wanted Europe on a less-saturated route. Coach mapped the D7 and tech-visa options and helped me pick the company that supported the cleaner one. Visa landed in six weeks. Lisbon has been a great call so far.
Senior SDE · Hyderabad · Cloud co. (Seattle)
I was already on H-1B and switching employers mid-cycle. The Traveller team coordinated with both attorneys, kept the timeline tight, and zero days were lost. The new role is what I actually wanted — not just what was easy to switch to.
ML Engineer · Bengaluru · AI lab (Zurich)
Swiss work permits for non-EU folks are brutal. Traveller team specifically picked an employer with quota slots left for the year. That single piece of intel made the difference. In Zurich now, four months in.
DevOps Engineer · Pune · Fintech (Auckland)
New Zealand was always going to be a slower process. Took about five months from offer to landing. Communication during the wait was good — weekly status, no surprises. Would have loved a faster timeline, but the outcome is exactly what I wanted.
Senior Backend · Bengaluru · Climate co. (Copenhagen)
The Danish Pay Limit scheme is fast but only if the comp lands above the threshold. Coach negotiated the offer so the band cleared it cleanly. Visa in five weeks. Moved with my partner, no drama.
Backend Engineer · Bengaluru · FinTech (Tokyo)
I do not speak Japanese. Traveller team pre-screened for English-first engineering teams and the company even handled the immigration paperwork end to end. Three months in, settled. Honestly did not expect it to be this smooth.
Frontend Engineer · Bengaluru · SaaS (Toronto)
GTS is the fastest Canadian route if your employer qualifies, and mine did because Traveller picked for that. Work permit in 21 days. Slightly bumpy onboarding once I landed — that is on the company, not the program. Still happy.
Product Engineer · Hyderabad · Series A SaaS (Dublin)
I had been doomscrolling visa-sponsor lists for months. The Traveller team gave me a shortlist of nine companies in Dublin and Amsterdam that actively sponsored at my level. I literally flew out for two onsite weeks and came back with an offer. The relocation checklist was the kind of detail you only get from people who have done this before.
DevOps Engineer · Srinagar · Cloud infra (Berlin)
I was honestly more anxious about the visa and relocation than the interviews themselves. The Traveller team walked me through the Blue Card paperwork, lined up housing leads, even flagged tax filing differences I had not thought about. Cleared the technical loops on my end, they handled the rest. Already onboarded.
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