I briefly read it but need to read it over again. Yeah I just recently decided that this was what I really wanted to do. I have been coming to US for 2 months at a time, twice a yea, trying to see if this is where I wanted to settle and have just recently decided it is. Yeah I do wish I had studied more at school and always had the intention to move out here, things would have been a lot easier for me

Well I previously didn’t think there was much point in me getting into a relationship with a USC as I wouldn’t have been able to live here. And infect...I am in big hurry to move to USA, that’s why I am looking for as much information as I can get regarding moving here, thanks

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Okay no problem. Thanks for the help though. I will look further into one of the people I have spoke to about them sponsoring me, and see what the process etc it, thanks

Still haven’t read the link, eh?

When they say landscaping is in high demand here they mean that there are jobs available but many people won’t do it because it’s horrible work. My husband is a landscaper here. Today he’s out in 96 degree heat, all day, working to the point of exhaustion, choking on the smoke from forest fires. He works 6 days a week in the summer. He has to be out working whether it’s raining (and that happens a lot here), hot, windy, etc. In the winter the lucky ones get transferred to snow clearance jobs - up at 3 am to plow or de-ice parking lots before employees and customers use them. The unlucky ones are pretty much laid off. With no pay. My husband gets no vacation days and he only gets sick pay because our state recently made it a legal requirement for employers to pay sick pay (after a qualifying period of employment).

That doesn’t mean there is a shortage of people in the country who can do the job. Just a shortage of people who want to do the job. Big difference. Visas are granted to people in professions for which there is a shortage of people who can do the job.

I don’t know if by that you are suggesting my husband doesn’t work hard. I’d like to see you try it. This winter he will be one of the lucky ones with a snow route as well as winter maintenance in the graveyards. Unfortunately many clients scale back their orders in the winter. He can’t force them to have their work done. He doesn’t do homes. He works for a national company that does graveyards, U-Dub, housing complexes, Microsoft, etc.

We could sit here all night and compare the 50s with now. My grandfather was a baker in the 50s and supported a family of 4 and put his 2 daughters through private school. That wouldn’t be possible now either. I don’t see what relevance that has to the discussion, though. OP is not looking for a time machine to get a landscaping job in the 50s.

I have now read the full link and understand that there is a basically no way for me to get a sponsor etc for the states, my dreams have been crushed! I will just need to keep trying some how. I hope that there is some way that I can get a visa as I love this country and would eventually love to bring a family up here. Thanks for your help