What Is The Best Profession To Move To The US With?
#16
Re: What Is The Best Profession To Move To The US With?
You pays your money and you takes you choice. ..... But you should definitely research what the status of such a degree would be vis-a-vis the "protected" H-1 visa class for holders of US Masters degrees!
#17
DE-UK-NZ-IE-US... the TYP
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Re: What Is The Best Profession To Move To The US With?
Hi there,
I'm planning on moving to the US from the UK in about 10 years time. Of course, the VISA application will prove to be difficult. There only seems to be two ways available to me which is an investor VISA (which I don't have the money for) or being sponsored by a US company (which I probably don't have the qualifications for).
With time on my side, I have the luxury of pursuing a degree/masters degree in order to make the move in the future. The problem is choosing the right degree. Salary isn't really the important aspect of it as I am in a good job here meaning my house should be paid off which probably means I can buy a house outright when I move so at least I won't have a mortgage to worry about.
If anyone has any insight to what industries would be wise to gear myself up for, then I would be grateful. I am fairly IT literate so I was wondering if something related to IT would be a good idea. Perhaps I could find a job with Microsoft or Apple in the UK and then transfer to the US later down the line.
Thanks.
I'm planning on moving to the US from the UK in about 10 years time. Of course, the VISA application will prove to be difficult. There only seems to be two ways available to me which is an investor VISA (which I don't have the money for) or being sponsored by a US company (which I probably don't have the qualifications for).
With time on my side, I have the luxury of pursuing a degree/masters degree in order to make the move in the future. The problem is choosing the right degree. Salary isn't really the important aspect of it as I am in a good job here meaning my house should be paid off which probably means I can buy a house outright when I move so at least I won't have a mortgage to worry about.
If anyone has any insight to what industries would be wise to gear myself up for, then I would be grateful. I am fairly IT literate so I was wondering if something related to IT would be a good idea. Perhaps I could find a job with Microsoft or Apple in the UK and then transfer to the US later down the line.
Thanks.
Doable if you are focused and as a bonus getting to the level for an L1a to apply in the right industry also has some financial benefits.
Good luck.
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Re: What Is The Best Profession To Move To The US With?
If the OP has an IT or software engineering inclination I don't think you can go too far wrong to focus on these areas in the UK. You really need to follow technology trends and anticipate where there is going to be a future shortage. For example at the moment in the SF Bay Area it is really, really hard to find good data analysts and data scientists for all the various social and e-commerce platforms starting up, and literally everyone wants to hire front and back end web developers. These are the roles employers will readily sponsor visas for or transfer personnel from UK based subsidiaries. As a manager I have written letters in support of sponsored individuals several times. The trick for you is to anticipate in what fields there is going to be a future demand when you are ready in 10-years, so you need to keep connected.
When I emigrated to the USA 21 years ago working in feature film visual effects technology was an example then. There was a huge shortage of skilled professionals in that area and it almost seemed there was a dedicated plane regularly landing at Heathrow you could just walk into and get a new job and life in the USA. Though I never planned it that way, it was clear that there would be a window of demand that would eventually close so I made the move. Those days have long gone in my industry unless you are an exceptional talent as home grown skills have saturated demand, but windows will open in other upcoming industries and fields you can target. Some are not that hard to identify, AI, VR/AR FinTech for example.
Chris
When I emigrated to the USA 21 years ago working in feature film visual effects technology was an example then. There was a huge shortage of skilled professionals in that area and it almost seemed there was a dedicated plane regularly landing at Heathrow you could just walk into and get a new job and life in the USA. Though I never planned it that way, it was clear that there would be a window of demand that would eventually close so I made the move. Those days have long gone in my industry unless you are an exceptional talent as home grown skills have saturated demand, but windows will open in other upcoming industries and fields you can target. Some are not that hard to identify, AI, VR/AR FinTech for example.
Chris
Last edited by aquatone; Feb 17th 2018 at 6:36 am.
#19
Re: What Is The Best Profession To Move To The US With?
A bit late to this party but just wanted to note that in the software engineering field there’s a huge number of medium to large (but not huge) companies with a presence in both the US and the UK. All three companies I’ve worked for in the US have had a trans-Atlantic reach and only my current employer is in any sense a “household name” and is not of the Facebook, Apple, Google size and probably never will be.