Elvira

But wouldn't you agree that here they just let the 16-year-olds and their kids starve in the gutter rather than giving them fully-furnished council houses and plenty of pocket-money for the 'fags'...

Lord Lionheart

Here in Santa Monica the parents pay for drugs and BMW's, it's called a college education. Other parts of LA, 16 year olds work, join gangs, start families. Definitely more of a socially darwinistic society, if that's what you mean.
Neither place is perfect, you're born, you eat, you work, pay taxes and die.

bobtail25

Yes there is crime and tax everywhere, we don't think the grass is any greener anywhere else necessarily it would be to have a fresh start together, away from some of the issues that have been forced upon us. We brought our house a couple of years ago and got married at the beginning of last year, we have a small amount of savings and were thinking of maybe waiting until next June to look to move away. We don't really want children for a few years and we want to try life out somewhere else. We don't want to do Europe and Australia just seems very far away. I think I'm going to stick it out at work for a bit, wait until the boss gets drunk on a night out and question them on getting a transfer. Maybe thats the best way to proceed?
Thanks for your help and comments

Lord Lionheart

Sure, best of luck

meauxna

Now really, Elvira. That is a bit over the top, don't you think?

Ozzidoc

Please be are that there are several such people on these boards....people who have been able to turn their lives around.

Bluegrass Lass

Good...improves the gene pool!


j/k!

Steerpike

NY is the Big Kahuna in the banking world here in the US, on a par with London, with SF and LA being distant cousins. There are, however, some big operations here, especially those that focus on the Asia/Australia markets. I have a friend in London in finance; he works for a NY-based company, London branch, and they have a particular division in SF that he often visits, as an example. So you should be able to find out what the specializations are, and see if you can come up with a reason for getting transferred. Once transferred, for any reason, you can probably figure a way to make it stick. Venture capital is also pretty big around SF, but that may be a different world - not my gig, so can't say.

Good Luck!

Bob

L1 transfer would be the best bet, but chances are you'd have to be pretty senior or have specialist skill sets for it to be worth the cost and hassle...but this would mean your other half could get an EAD and be allowed to work...probably get a few more years of experience though.

bobtail25

Thanks everyone for your help and comments

veryfunny

I rather murder and nice Indian Curry.

veryfunny

Have you done a search on the job board posting of the SF branch? Most international companies post jobs on the general company job board. That could be a start......

JAJ

In fact there is no generally easier pathway for L1-B to Green Card (compared to H1-B). You may be thinking of the linkage between L1-A and first preference EB-1 employment based green card.

melody32

what is a council house? is that anything like a house that a priest or pastor lives in that's church property?

Trixie_b

hehheh Melody, council housing is similar to section 8..... (I think I owe you an email too)