With your skills, you should be able to get well-paying remote work. But you hav...

With your skills, you should be able to get well-paying remote work. But you have to get out of this mindset of being stuck in your local market.

I have applied to remote jobs but most don't want someone that is not from the US.

That must be the case if you only apply to remote jobs at companies based in the US. Apply for jobs outside the US.

Make a good professional profile online.

Post your profile and apply for jobs on the monthly hiring threads on HN - https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=whoishiring