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Re: Brit seeking advice
Originally Posted by springuk
No,actually smart ass I dated a Californian for 18 months and went around most of the southern end of that state. Also dated a girl from Manhattan Island also. Is that ok?
Also didn't think much of florida This is a decision I have thought about for around four years. ah see you have already been brought to task on this - carry on! |
Re: Brit seeking advice
Originally Posted by Big D
read the forum a bit and get used to how it works and the humor before you start picking on the people here - dont take yourself so seriously or you will find it is you being the arse
ah see you have already been brought to task on this - carry on! |
Re: Brit seeking advice
Originally Posted by woodsey
yes but ffs he asked a perfectly reasonable question and got a ridiculously twatty answer...
But when did anyone get otherwise that a ridiculously twatty answer? |
Re: Brit seeking advice
Originally Posted by Big D
But when did anyone get otherwise that a ridiculously twatty answer?
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Re: Brit seeking advice
Originally Posted by Big D
read the forum a bit and get used to how it works and the humor before you start picking on the people here - dont take yourself so seriously or you will find it is you being the arse
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Re: Brit seeking advice
Originally Posted by Drebin
To be fair if this guy had been lurking for a while before posting, he's perfectly justified getting his back up at certain comments. After all, everyone here hates people who 'really want to come to the US'. ;)
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Re: Brit seeking advice
I know little to nothing about archaeology but isn't it all about old buried stuff. Is the US the right place for this type of work ?
There seems to be very little in this part of the world that's more than 25 years old. It's either been torn down, burned down or blown away. |
Re: Brit seeking advice
The H1-B route is pretty much a non-starter for the OP, and currently is also not a way to gain permanent residency either.
Not only has the annual quota of H1-Bs dropped dramatically (I believe it's down to around 65,000 this year), but they are going almost exclusively to highly technically skilled applicants (scientists, engineers, biomedical researchers etc.). What's more, there has been a bureaucratic phenomenon called "priority date retrogression" which means that, for the next year or more, it will be impossible to get a Green Card if you are here on an H1-B visa. The OP's best chance is, as has already been said, to try getting a PhD place over here, and then to apply for permanent residency based on "exceptional researcher" status if he has enough publications to his name and if the H1-B fiasco has not been sorted out by then. |
Re: Brit seeking advice
Originally Posted by dunroving
I doubt very much that you would get a university teaching job on an H-1B. Going the H-1B route (which is something the employer has to do, not the employee) can be expensive and time consuming. Masters level professors are usually "instructors" (non-tenured) and seen somewhat as ten-a-penny. Therefore most uni's wouldn't see it worth their while to hire a masters level international unless he/she brought considerable reputation with them.
weren't capped either. |
Re: Brit seeking advice
Originally Posted by dbj1000
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What's more, there has been a bureaucratic phenomenon called "priority date retrogression" which means that, for the next year or more, it will be impossible to get a Green Card if you are here on an H1-B visa. .... |
Re: Brit seeking advice
Originally Posted by dunroving
Do you have any links for information on this? If I don't get a position back in the UK this year (I'm trying hard), only option I have from December is the GC route and your post has me a little nervous ...
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Re: Brit seeking advice
Originally Posted by Bob
you've already extended your H1B then?
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Re: Brit seeking advice
Originally Posted by Fitz750
than 25 years old. It's either been torn down, burned down or blown away.
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Re: Brit seeking advice
Priority Date Retrogression ... or Google for Priority Date Retrogression. It's not good news, I'm afraid.
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Re: Brit seeking advice
I'd have to agree with the replies above. Archeology is just not going to be an in-demand field, and that's going to kill the H1 chances for the time being. Especially without a PhD. Try and get into a PhD program in the US (funding may be a huge problem in your field) - that'll put you on an F-1 until you graduate, then you move immediately to OPT (optional practical training) - work in your field for 1 year (which starts ticking as soon as you graduate). During that time get an H-1B filed by your employer - that'll give you up to six additional years, but you might only get it one year at a time, depending on employment contracts. During H-1B, file for employment-based green card, which would likely take a few years to come through, assuming all this retogression crap passes.
It's going to be a long, hard, penniless road. Every time you save a buck, USCIS will take it away in another required application. One of the issues is that half the crap above will no longer be the same by the time you get there. Good or bad? Take your pick. But at least you don't want to move to Florida. BTW, first lesson in immigration bureaucrap - talking retrogression when anyone else would say regression. |
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