Josh doesn't know what he is talking about. Look buddy, people in Mexico with no visa work in America all the time. You dont have to have a Visa. What it comes down to and only this, do you have anything to offer the company that will help the company grow and make more money?

I'm not going to get involved in the American migration debate because as a Brit it's not my place. But if you think that working for a games company as a programmer is remotely like crossing at Tijuana and getting informal work as a cook, cleaner, or agricultural worker, you are wildly mistaken. Technology companies keep rigorous documentation and pay is all above board, so the chance of an overseas worker convincing a pro game development studio to hire them on-site without the right documentation is vanishingly tiny. So that leaves remote work, and the vast majority of US companies don't offer that for anything other than proven top performers, no matter how low your price is.