Mum, dad, grandparents, uncle and aunty...........the lot really. W are the only ones left over here. But they won't be able to help us to get over as we are "married children over 21" so if we go through them it'd take decades.

Not to rain on your parade but your husband's skills aren't that rare over here (although the masters can make a difference) and with a lot of the TBTF banks reducing staff and outsourcing work, there isn't exactly a shortage of experienced "financial IT"[1] people apart from the usual areas like math/model building, real time trading systems (especially HFT) and a couple of other specialised programming areas. A lot of the other work isn't that different from regular IT, banks just like to, err, cross-pollinate. Yes, I've worked in that area for more than a decade...


[1] Depends on what he's been working on, but apart from a few very specialised areas the main difference between "financial IT" and regular IT is that you get shouted at in a louder and ruder fashion in financial IT.

Hi Rene,

You are absolutely right, we realise that his skills / career stage isn't something that puts him in a favourable position. He maintains trading platform and its related products for a stock exchange, but even he know that it isn't all that different from any other "IT" if you insert in a different product! (And the louder + ruder bit is true too )

The road is pretty rocky ahead of us, I chose physiotherapy cos I thought it'd help us to get to the States, but not so. We will just have to work very hard, be realistic and be prepared for a long road ahead. Hopefully my husband can start to build some more unique work experience and for the right employer, and I can build some work experience over here if we need to.

Thanks again! You guys are very helpful and generous here

Mom and Dad can still help you get to the USA, though. It might take decades even based on your own merits, so why not cover all your bases and have both Mom and Dad file an I-130 each, towards an Immigrant Visa for you? During the decade-long wait, you either do or don't get a visa based on your own merit, but if you don't, at least you'll have a path to the USA at the end.

Rene

True......to be honest we have not ever thought that far, green card seems a faraway concept! We are just hoping to get in the door and if we have to work for years before getting green card that's fine.

Have been applying for jobs together with husband, why or why isn't he a programmer!

Hey there,

It's mostly Indian IT companies that bring people in on H1b's so I would try and get talking with them. Hybris is getting a lot of attention here so if he invested hybris training which is ecommerce am sure a company would pick him up.

On a slightly different note; why would anyone want to get to US right now? I have spent almost 20 years in Boston and NYC ,first in IT then with advent of Indians switched to Pharmaceutical/Clinical Trials management, now this area is getting littered with Indians ,so I moved to EU to avoid that 3-rd world country environment. You are not going to be appreciated in US , period. The proverbial sword will be hanging over your head for the rest of your life there. If you take US citizenship or even perm. residency you will be their TAX slave forever, even if you manage to leave that f-d up country. The only reason one would want to move to US is : to start your own business and then exploit illegals and H1B holders. Anything else guarantees a life of corporate gerbil in exchange for XL food portions and a few long-weekends of shopping...

Ireland is not far from London indeed it is very commutable. Hint all of the major US banks and many of the finance industry giants maintain a very large IT presence in the Republic of Ireland. It is true a straight line is the shortest distance from A - B. Sometimes however a stop over in C can make the journey quicker. Just a thought. Networking with network guys would not be unhelpful. I know a number of UK guys have ended up in the US via this route.

I might not have put things exactly like this...but there is an element...

sorry but how does an area being littered with Indians equate to it being a 3rd world country environment! What a pathetic racist comment as it stands. Please could the mods take a look and perhaps remove it?

Here's an example of where I agree with posters civilservant and speedwell about dragging up old threads.

Regards, JEff

People are entitled to their opinions, if you don't like it perhaps the US is not for you - 1st amendment and all that. In fact just yesterday a complete stranger was telling me that Obama was a.... well take your pick of racial slurs for black people.

Anyway, I agree with Jeff, some threads should just die a graceful death.

Quite...I think it's time to put this thread to bed. Night, night.