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You could write a book on this topic. In nutshell: when an immigration officer “inspects” an alien at point of entry, he/she must find and alien (non-is citizen) “admissible” (or meeting legal requirements to be “admitted” or allowed to enter the US). Same applies to USCIS officers adjudicating “adjustment” of status applications, or consular officers looking whether to issue or deny US visas.“alinens” can be found “inadmissible” for temporary period (5,10,20 year), or forever “at any time”. Example, you can be found inadmissible forever “any time” for falsely claiming to be US citizen (registering to vote, lying on I-9 form etc about being US citizen), or for being convicted of certain “aggravated” felonies.

IANALYou don't technically need a degree to qualify for an H-1B, which is the visa you would need:Temporary Worker"H-1B - workers with "specialty occupations" admitted on the basis of professional education, skills, and/or equivalent experience;"However, the tough part is going to be finding a job. The US job market for international applicants is very competitive. Each year, 65,000 new H1-Bs are issued (renewals don't fall under this cap), with another 20,000 issued for applicants holding US graduate (aka postgraduate) degrees. Most of these are in STEM.If your experience is in network design and you've helped build national networks, you're competitive. If your experience is in network operations, running around a comm center fixing problems, you're probably not competitive. US systems are very different from everyone else (not because we're behind the curve, but because we're constantly developing our own technology outside of international consortia), and these jobs are becoming more scarce due to automation. The US IT job market (which telco used to largely encompass, but now largely encompasses telco) is biased toward degree holders.In a nutshell, don't worry about the visa; worry about getting the job. If you get the job, you have to make your visa application magically appear at the USCIS during a window usually of five days or fewer (there are companies that will essentially hand-deliver an application within a few business hours of the window opening). Once that window closes (which is when the USCIS determines they have more than 65,000 applicants), it's all just luck of the draw.One thing you might consider is starting a degree at Open University, which is online but is nonprofit and has been around long enough to have a reputation, and a largely good one. With significant experience, someone in-process of earning a degree looks better than someone with experience and no degree planned. Still, you're not in first place:US CS/IS/IT/information science degree holders with experienceUS STEM degree holders with experienceUS non-STEM degree holders with experienceUS CS/IS/IT/information science degree holders without experienceUS STEM degree holders with experienceForeign CS/IS/IT/informatics degree holders without experienceUS non-STEM degree holders without experienceForeign STEM degree holders without experienceUS non-degree-holders with experienceForeign non-degree-holders with experienceSomeone's kid sibling who dropped out of collegeMany will argue with minor orderings here and there, but that's generally the score.