clarkefamily

so canada to gain entry to colorado?

Maste

Nobody has said, or remotely, suggested this. Colorado, unfortunately, is not going to happen for you or your family unless you can afford the business visa?

christmasoompa

No, moving to Canada won’t help you get to the US. But if you like mountains, cold and North America it’s a good suggestion as an alternative.

Despite what Rete’s husband thinks, it’s pretty tough for normal folk to get a visa for Canada (the system is very skewed towards the young and highly educated), but luckily for you Canada has a skilled trades program (unlike the US) so you should have a much easier route to a visa than most.

Best of luck to you.

Twinkle0927

New Zealand could be an option? A former neighbor of mine back in the U.K. emigrated to New Zealand as a manual craftsman-type thing. I believe he custom-builds kitchens.

notaclue

Sadly it wont happen with your current qualifications. Unless you have in excess of $150,000 to invest in a business (plus more for spouse etc) then the US is out.

scrubbedexpat099

OP has not mentioned anyway of getting here but I know a lot of people who work in Construction and none of them speak Spanish and certainly currently all of them seem to be doing very nicely.

I know an English guy who is a Plumber but he came over having married an American.

BenK91

Two sides to everything! Is that in the Denver metro area?! My FiL now works at a Starbucks in Boulder because it paid better than construction!

scrubbedexpat099

Was in Boulder last night and surprised that Starbucks pays more, I have noticed that the quality of staff in Home Depot etc has gone way down since the building boom.

I do have friends who work in Denver but most no.

I have helped friends a few rmes when they have been stuck standing up walls etc, quite interesting.

Now if you are talking framing new houses in new developments on the Front Range probably is predominately Mexicans.

BenK91

Yeah he was mostly finishing basements, framing and also digging for foundations and all that nice stuff. He said he was one of three Americans on the team he worked with, the rest were Mexican.

Funny you should say that as I was in Home Depot in Boulder last night and it's just 99% CU Boulder kids working in there. I was looking for a specific bolt size and couldn't see it displayed and asked one of them for help finding it and he looked at me like I'd handed him a bolt from a flux capacitor..

materialcontroller

You shouldn't be so dismissive of the advice you've been given. It's a sure fire way to burn your bridges on the forum very quickly; which would be a shame when you are being offered honest and realistic help for free from decent people who have first hand experience for the most part.

Octang Frye

You Denver people? It was only Ben.

Just out of interest, why Colorado? Skier?

materialcontroller

Octang, why did you quote my post and not the one from the OP?

clarkefamily

sorry i wasnt being nasty i was just having a laugh so does anyone else have any information that could be useful im looking for sponsorship really

carcajou

In your situation:

1. The US won't happen. That's the "useful information" the forum is providing.
2. Canada may happen. Use the visa points calculator on Canadian Immigration's web site to see if it's a possibility. Canada means Canada - it's not a stepping stone to the US as there are no Free Movement or CTA-style arrangements in North America.
3. Another poster suggested New Zealand. That won't happen unless you get a job offer first (it's almost impossible to meet the points threshold otherwise) and that will be very hard to pull off.
4. I will throw in Australia - but OP's occupation must be on the Combined List: Combined current list of eligible skilled occupations . Occupation must be an exact match in job description, not title - close won't count. Use the points calculator on the Dept of Home Affairs web site to see if you could qualify.

Good luck.

christmasoompa

Don't worry, I think most of us got that!

Have you read all the responses and links above? As said, your job won't usually lead to a visa for the US, so sponsorship is of no use to you (even if you could find an employer prepared to sponsor you - unlikely - there is no visa that you qualify for anyway). You've not yet said if any of the visas in the link above would be a possibility, something other than a job based visa?

Your options really are (i) look at another country like Canada (or the EU, make the most of it whilst you still can move visa free!); (ii) qualify for another visa that isn't employment based i.e. investment visa; or (iii) make it a long term plan, one of you get a degree as a minimum (ideally a masters), and work your way up in to a position that is more specialist and eligible for a visa.

Best of luck.