如果保持身份对你来说最重要,那么,你可以自己付relocation,自己掏面试的机票钱,尽一切努力拿到这个工作再说。the only difference between CA and DC is the extra cost. If you can do the job, be self-sufficent and take care of the extra cost by yourself, you are exactly the "local" guy they are looking for. People don't even care if you come from Mars.
Why do you keep asking the strangers to “可怜可怜我吧”? God only helps who help themselves.