Emigrating to Florida
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Emigrating to Florida
Hi All,
Firstly, thank you for taking the time to read and offer support or advice.
My partner and I are both teachers in the UK looking to move to USA. We don't have any family in USA nor do we have job offers. I am personally looking to leave the teaching profession. I am 31 and my partner is 27. I am really struggling to find which visa we could use to apply for the move.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Regards
Tom
Firstly, thank you for taking the time to read and offer support or advice.
My partner and I are both teachers in the UK looking to move to USA. We don't have any family in USA nor do we have job offers. I am personally looking to leave the teaching profession. I am 31 and my partner is 27. I am really struggling to find which visa we could use to apply for the move.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Regards
Tom
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Re: Emigrating to Florida
Unless you have found a viable route towards a visa in the Pulaski link you were given, it won't be happening for you. Do you have a lot of money to invest in a business? What else would you do if, as you say, you are looking to leave the teaching profession?
Also, why just restrict yourself to Florida? Your chances might improve if you were prepared to look at other locations and different opportunities. The USA is a massive and very diverse place.
Last edited by materialcontroller; Apr 29th 2018 at 11:21 am.
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Re: Emigrating to Florida
Now you see why the thousands of Brits who want to move to Florida (or anywhere else in the USA but Florida seems to be a magnet for Brits) are not already here. Without a visa it’s impossible. And only a few small groups of people qualify for visas. The vast majority of Brits here (me included) are here because we are married to an American. In fact, marriage visas is the biggest category of immigration into the country, followed by parents of US citizens.
The remaining small number of immigrants come here through work or investment. For a work visa the employer must bring you here. It’s not possible to apply for a work visa and then look for a job - like you can in Australia, for example. Unfortunately you have chosen one of the most difficult places to get into. If you really want to leave the U.K. for some reason, you might want to look st other places. If it’s Florida that you want or nothing, then you can still visit.
The remaining small number of immigrants come here through work or investment. For a work visa the employer must bring you here. It’s not possible to apply for a work visa and then look for a job - like you can in Australia, for example. Unfortunately you have chosen one of the most difficult places to get into. If you really want to leave the U.K. for some reason, you might want to look st other places. If it’s Florida that you want or nothing, then you can still visit.
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Re: Emigrating to Florida
There are a couple of visas you COULD apply for yourself, E2 comes to mond, but you need a serious amount of dosh to get one, or the EB-5 which requires you to have even more dosh you are prepared to lose, difference is the E2 is only temporary, no green card available, while your business is running, the EB-5 gets you a green card, BUT you are likely to lose all, or most, of the investment.
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Re: Emigrating to Florida
I think you're in for a rude awakening unfortunately. As more responses are added to the thread, you will begin to see that emigrating to the USA is extremely difficult, if not downright impossible, for the vast majority of people.
Unless you have found a viable route towards a visa in the Pulaski link you were given, it won't be happening for you. Do you have a lot of money to invest in a business? What else would you do if, as you say, you are looking to leave the teaching profession?
Also, why just restrict yourself to Florida? Your chances might improve if you were prepared to look at other locations and different opportunities. The USA is a massive and very diverse place.
Unless you have found a viable route towards a visa in the Pulaski link you were given, it won't be happening for you. Do you have a lot of money to invest in a business? What else would you do if, as you say, you are looking to leave the teaching profession?
Also, why just restrict yourself to Florida? Your chances might improve if you were prepared to look at other locations and different opportunities. The USA is a massive and very diverse place.
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Re: Emigrating to Florida
Now you see why the thousands of Brits who want to move to Florida (or anywhere else in the USA but Florida seems to be a magnet for Brits) are not already here. Without a visa it’s impossible. And only a few small groups of people qualify for visas. The vast majority of Brits here (me included) are here because we are married to an American. In fact, marriage visas is the biggest category of immigration into the country, followed by parents of US citizens.
The remaining small number of immigrants come here through work or investment. For a work visa the employer must bring you here. It’s not possible to apply for a work visa and then look for a job - like you can in Australia, for example. Unfortunately you have chosen one of the most difficult places to get into. If you really want to leave the U.K. for some reason, you might want to look st other places. If it’s Florida that you want or nothing, then you can still visit.
The remaining small number of immigrants come here through work or investment. For a work visa the employer must bring you here. It’s not possible to apply for a work visa and then look for a job - like you can in Australia, for example. Unfortunately you have chosen one of the most difficult places to get into. If you really want to leave the U.K. for some reason, you might want to look st other places. If it’s Florida that you want or nothing, then you can still visit.
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Re: Emigrating to Florida
There are a couple of visas you COULD apply for yourself, E2 comes to mond, but you need a serious question amount of dosh to get one, or the EB-5 which requires you to have even more dosh you are prepared to lose, difference is the E2 is only temporary, no green card available, while your business is running, the EB-5 gets you a green card, BUT you are likely to lose all, or most, of the investment.
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Re: Emigrating to Florida
what do you know about living there though? I visited here over 40 times before I moved and I was in a regular residential house with my husband, not a hotel or a holiday home with no connection to day-to-day non-tourist life. He went out to work and we went grocery shopping, not theme parks and beaches. And that still didn't fully prepare me for living here. Of course the locals are nice to you, they want your money. It's what they are paid to do - be nice to you. I'm not saying people are awful if you're not a holiday-maker here. It's just like anywhere else - some nice neighbors, some unfriendly ones. There's nothing special about living here. Life's what you make it.
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Re: Emigrating to Florida
Hi All,
Firstly, thank you for taking the time to read and offer support or advice.
My partner and I are both teachers in the UK looking to move to USA. We don't have any family in USA nor do we have job offers. I am personally looking to leave the teaching profession. I am 31 and my partner is 27. I am really struggling to find which visa we could use to apply for the move.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Regards
Tom
Firstly, thank you for taking the time to read and offer support or advice.
My partner and I are both teachers in the UK looking to move to USA. We don't have any family in USA nor do we have job offers. I am personally looking to leave the teaching profession. I am 31 and my partner is 27. I am really struggling to find which visa we could use to apply for the move.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Regards
Tom