IB or Strategic Consulting for a foreigner to move to NYC or LDN?

My profile -A Japanese -Graduating from Japanese University(Undergrad) -Lived in both cities and speak fluent(non-native) english -Do not have the citinzenship or the visa currently -Currently have some fulltime offers from IB and Consulting(in Japan office)

I would like to hear your opinions on which option has the highest chance for me to move to NYC or LDN? Also I would appreciate if you could specify the teams(industry or product wise) and the career paths as well.

-IB(coverage, MA, ECM or DCM?) -Strategic Consulting -PE(Corporate or Real Estate?) -HF(which type?)

The following is not my kind of field currently but probably possible to break into after a few years. -Corporate Banking(RM, FX or treasury solutions) -Sales(Equity or Bonds) -Trading(Equity or Bonds) -Equity Research(Japanese equities, US or UK) -Structuring

Thank you very much for reading.

4 Comments
 

Not trying to be harsh but they all sound pretty improbable. The biggest issues are your visa and your background. Unless you can craft a REALLY good story on why you need to shift to London/NY after graduating from local university and getting a FT in the same country, I don't see why any companies would go out of their way to sponsor a visa.

Try doing an MBA or something 3-4 years down the road.

 

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