Bankruptcy and getting into the USA
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Originally Posted by Pooch
well at the moment i'm not looking for a total move into the states, i would just like to work there for maybe a year or so, perhaps with a view to moving later on. I'm looking into phd at a usa univeristy, and apply for assistantships to help support yourself, or possibly a year long internship. As i've said earlier i'm just at the start of looking into these areas.
You could also apply to do a post-doc here after completing a PhD - it's very easy for those with science PhDs like a PhD in chemistry to get a post-doc on a J1, very easy. Getting the post-doc is the harder bit, but with a PhD in something like chemistry ... pretty easy dude. When I completed my PhD in chemistry, the turn round time for J1s was about 2 weeks or so. But I did not want to do a post-doc in the USA, so didn't apply, but talking to other PhDs who did apply for J1s, it was a 2-week turnaround, but “that was then, and this is now”. So dude, do your own due diligence.