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Dentmaster Ryan Feb 11th 2007 11:57 am

any advice would be great!
 
Hi everyone,

i would like to say a big hello, tell you about my self and hopefully, somebody can tell me what chance we have of moving to the usa.:confused:

Firstly im Ryan and im 24yrs old, im married (Lisa 25yrs). no children. we would like to move to Bloomsburg pa. i have a british uncle there, he's been there 9 yrs. he has a very good business there.

i am a qualified vehicle body reapair and paint technician (NVQ 3), i have my own business here in the uk and now specialise in vehicle paintless dent removal.

my wife is a qualified nursing assistant (NVQ 3) 7 years experience, who is fluent in british sign language, and is currently working in a medium secure mental health hospital for the deaf.

we would have roughly $120000 to take with us, i would like to set my own business up there eventually, but my uncle will employ us to begin with.

we have no criminal records.

any help would be greatfully recieved:)
many thanks Ryan & Lisa.

Bob Feb 11th 2007 1:54 pm

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Welcome to BE :)

Look through the immigration forums and http://britishexpats.com/articles/us...rk-in-the-usa/

For the ways in....looks like the money's a bit of the scimpy side for an investment type visa...your uncle won't be much help for you by the sounds of it visa wise and your qualifications don't need poo over here, but the missus being a nurse is probably more useful.

Ray Feb 11th 2007 2:00 pm

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Originally Posted by Bob (Post 4389908)
Welcome to BE :)

Look through the immigration forums and http://britishexpats.com/articles/us...rk-in-the-usa/

For the ways in....looks like the money's a bit of the scimpy side for an investment type visa...your uncle won't be much help for you by the sounds of it visa wise and your qualifications don't need poo over here, but the missus being a nurse is probably more useful.

Nope .. you need to be an RN...

Bob Feb 11th 2007 2:06 pm

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Originally Posted by Ray (Post 4389921)
Nope .. you need to be an RN...

yeah, but easier to get that from where she is now with the experience than nothing.

TruBrit Feb 11th 2007 2:54 pm

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Originally Posted by Bob (Post 4389934)
yeah, but easier to get that from where she is now with the experience than nothing.

hey bob your moderator name has disappeared....surely you've not been demoted to one of us plebs :huh: :D

Bob Feb 11th 2007 3:05 pm

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Originally Posted by TruBrit (Post 4390025)
hey bob your moderator name has disappeared....surely you've not been demoted to one of us plebs :huh: :D

naaa...I'm still a mod...just the permissions went a bit wonky in the change up, so whilst I ain't a mod for the immigration side, I have the permissions to do so because there a sub of the US section...don't know why the tag disappeared though...least I'm still blue...and don't that sound weird :lol:

cabritpop Feb 11th 2007 3:26 pm

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:rofl:

NC Penguin Feb 11th 2007 3:44 pm

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Originally Posted by Dentmaster Ryan (Post 4389711)
Hi everyone,

i would like to say a big hello, tell you about my self and hopefully, somebody can tell me what chance we have of moving to the usa.:confused:

Firstly im Ryan and im 24yrs old, im married (Lisa 25yrs). no children. we would like to move to Bloomsburg pa. i have a british uncle there, he's been there 9 yrs. he has a very good business there.

i am a qualified vehicle body reapair and paint technician (NVQ 3), i have my own business here in the uk and now specialise in vehicle paintless dent removal.

my wife is a qualified nursing assistant (NVQ 3) 7 years experience, who is fluent in british sign language, and is currently working in a medium secure mental health hospital for the deaf.

we would have roughly $120000 to take with us, i would like to set my own business up there eventually, but my uncle will employ us to begin with.

we have no criminal records.

any help would be greatfully recieved:)
many thanks Ryan & Lisa.

In addition to the info/resources given by other posters, the US uses "American sign language" (aka ASL).


NC Penguin

englishnurse Feb 11th 2007 4:24 pm

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Originally Posted by Ray (Post 4389921)
Nope .. you need to be an RN...

yes Ray you do, even then its not without its difficulties, if you trained more than 3 years ago then you dont fulfill the requirements to take the required licensure exams.
Plus the visas for nurses have presently run out, more may get released this year but no one knows when although April is likely.
i wish they would hurry up :mad:
by the way i dont think NVQ means anything over in the USA im afraid


EDIT i mean less than three years ago not more its the new training thats not up to scratch for nclex purposes

Ray Feb 11th 2007 4:25 pm

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Originally Posted by englishnurse (Post 4390232)
yes Ray you do, even then its not without its difficulties, if you trained more than 3 years ago then you dont fulfill the requirements to take the required licensure exams.
Plus the visas for nurses have presently run out, more may get released this year but no one knows when although April is likely.
i wish they would hurry up :mad:
by the way i dont think NVQ means anything over in the USA im afraid

Use M&S while you can ............

englishnurse Feb 11th 2007 4:29 pm

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Originally Posted by Ray (Post 4390239)
Use M&S while you can ............

pmsl :rofl:

para22 Feb 11th 2007 4:32 pm

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I was a paramedic, then attended nursing school.
Im in PA near Philly, about 2 hrs from Bloomsburg.
This site might help your wife
http://nursing.careers.com/Pennsylvania.htm

Also, once you are here, if you employ an attorney(solicitor)..it isnt to difficult..or too expensive, to obtain your green card. No matter what you hear, once you get into the US, with an attorney the greed card is a formality.

I work with US Rugby League, and we have players coming here on quite a regular basis from UK, Australia, and NZ..it isnt too hard.:thumbup:

suzanne7575 Feb 11th 2007 4:33 pm

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Originally Posted by englishnurse (Post 4390232)
yes Ray you do, even then its not without its difficulties, if you trained more than 3 years ago then you dont fulfill the requirements to take the required licensure exams.
Plus the visas for nurses have presently run out, more may get released this year but no one knows when although April is likely.
i wish they would hurry up :mad:
by the way i dont think NVQ means anything over in the USA im afraid

Surely you must mean if you didn't train more than 3 years ago, you don't fulfill the requirements, it is mainly the modern nursing courses that are lacking not the ones from way back when

englishnurse Feb 11th 2007 4:38 pm

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Originally Posted by suzanne7575 (Post 4390264)
Surely you must mean if you didn't train more than 3 years ago, you don't fulfill the requirements, it is mainly the modern nursing courses that are lacking not the ones from way back when

ermm.. yes i do
i knew i should have slept today after that darned nightshift lol

englishnurse Feb 11th 2007 4:41 pm

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Originally Posted by englishnurse (Post 4390285)
ermm.. yes i do
i knew i should have slept today after that darned nightshift lol

am going to bed


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