can i move??????
Oct 8th 2014, 2:50 am
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Re: can i move??????
it is my intention to set up my own company in the future with that ethos installed.
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Oct 8th 2014, 2:05 pm
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Re: can i move??????
..... for as long as you remain in the US, unless/until you obtain a green card, which is possible via that route.
Oct 8th 2014, 6:23 pm
#33
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Re: can i move??????
i really appreciate all the info people are giving me but i think i am being a little misunderstood, im not after some sort of life advice or even advice of whether the move is the right or wrong decision for me. like i said before im pretty confident that the skills i have would be useful to a potential employer as im not just cheap paid labour i have spent years becoming a master fitter in all types of flooring and tilling, i can lay soft wood, hard wood, vinyls, marmoleum, vinyl tiles, luxury vinyl tiles, all types of carpet (which there are quite a few with big diiferences) ceramics, stone, slate, all types of natural flooring from sisal, coir to seagrass and plynyl. i can lay artificial grass. ive done floors for major events like wimbledon, royal ascot and the british grand prix. ive laid floors for major companies like aston martin, redbull, mercedes, moet & chandon and the main meeting hall at the celtic manor hotel where the g20 summit was held a few weeks ago. i can also fully prepare any job measure, price, order materials and set out borders and inserts. i can speak to and take a client every step of the way through a job and if need be reassure and install confidence in the task at hand. i know im ranting a bit but its a little disrespectful to think that someone stood on the street corner could achieve the same finished product as a skilled tradesman. some people might like to spend cheap and get a cheap end product but there are a lot of people out there that will spend big and would expect perfection of which i intend to supply. so in that respect with the experience i have and attention to detail i think that i could be a real asset to any reputable flooring company. it is my intention to set up my own company in the future with that ethos installed. i am well aware of the turbulent us employment market but the economy is growing again and if everything i am reading about the us (and seeing here in britain) continues i really think there will be no shortage of work. we were looking at the east coast anywhere from north carolina to virgia to vermont so its a real broad area. i have a 10 year old and a 2 year old so my wife is a full time mum at the minute but were looking at maybe some sort of college or university course until the 2 year old starts school and she could go back to work. thanks
FYI, I got here in 2002 on an EB3 visa which is for skilled workers. I found a company here to sponsor me for it. It took over two and a half years of waiting and paperwork, but eventually it came through. They had to prove there was no US citizen available to do the job. Not sure how they did it, but somehow it happened. Probably because the job was in a geographical area not appealing to most Americans to move to and without too many qualified landscape architects already there. If your skills are as extensive and niche as they sound, you might get through the labor certification part of it, but finding an employer happy to wait a long time and pay all the fees will be difficult.
Oct 8th 2014, 7:52 pm
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Re: can i move??????
That seems a fairly quick process for an EB3. I believe it has speeded up recently but seem to remember it was 6 years not so long ago.
Oct 8th 2014, 10:14 pm
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Re: can i move??????
I think the employer started the application in November 1999 and I got the visa in August of 2002. It may have involved them contacting their senator to complain about the length of the process at some point, although not sure he actually did anything.
Oct 9th 2014, 1:44 am
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Re: can i move??????
Ruhhhheally? But is this the thing that requires a significant amount of $$$ investment and promise of providing x amount of jobs for the local community? If not, please direct me to where we can find more info about this.
To the OP, Bridges01, you'll have to get used to the tone, the 'computer says no' and the holier than thou attitude of some posters. Once you get used to that, you'll see that what (most of them) are saying is generally correct.
It's true that it's a HARD life here in the US if you are not transferred here with a company on a fat expat package or are making a massive amount of money somehow.
Not saying you can't make a massive amount of money with what you do but what they are saying is true; realistically you have to find someone to get you over here otherwise it will be a struggle.
Perhaps research about whether you have one special skill in your list of skills that is in demand in a certain geographical area that you can play up your experience in (remember: everyone here is a sales(wo)man; they could sell kibble to a dog!) and start pitching yourself to high end companies. It may come to nothing but at least you tried.
Mr Weeze, everyone from Cuba is some sort of professor or doctor. I often wonder whether it's true. When I was in Havana our taxi driver told us he was a brain surgeon and needed to drive a taxi because he only made $20 a month at the hospital.
Oct 9th 2014, 2:25 am
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Re: can i move??????
Just a like a businessman in the UK can delegate a trusted employee, apply for an L-1 visa for him, and send him to the US to start a US branch for him, the businessman can choose to leave a trusted employee behind as manager of the UK "head office" and start the US branch himself.
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Oct 9th 2014, 3:34 am
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Re: can i move??????
Hmmmmmnnnn. Doesn't work if you're a sole trader or a LTD with no employees then 
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Oct 9th 2014, 4:37 am
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Re: can i move??????
Nobody suggested it would?
Oct 9th 2014, 4:43 am
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"Self sustaining UK business" could mean anything as long as it's duh, self sustaining and in the UK.
Oct 9th 2014, 8:02 am
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Re: can i move??????
Ruhhhheally? But is this the thing that requires a significant amount of $$$ investment and promise of providing x amount of jobs for the local community? If not, please direct me to where we can find more info about this.
To the OP, Bridges01, you'll have to get used to the tone, the 'computer says no' and the holier than thou attitude of some posters. Once you get used to that, you'll see that what (most of them) are saying is generally correct.
It's true that it's a HARD life here in the US if you are not transferred here with a company on a fat expat package or are making a massive amount of money somehow.
Not saying you can't make a massive amount of money with what you do but what they are saying is true; realistically you have to find someone to get you over here otherwise it will be a struggle.
Perhaps research about whether you have one special skill in your list of skills that is in demand in a certain geographical area that you can play up your experience in (remember: everyone here is a sales(wo)man; they could sell kibble to a dog!) and start pitching yourself to high end companies. It may come to nothing but at least you tried.
Mr Weeze, everyone from Cuba is some sort of professor or doctor. I often wonder whether it's true. When I was in Havana our taxi driver told us he was a brain surgeon and needed to drive a taxi because he only made $20 a month at the hospital.
To the OP, Bridges01, you'll have to get used to the tone, the 'computer says no' and the holier than thou attitude of some posters. Once you get used to that, you'll see that what (most of them) are saying is generally correct.
It's true that it's a HARD life here in the US if you are not transferred here with a company on a fat expat package or are making a massive amount of money somehow.
Not saying you can't make a massive amount of money with what you do but what they are saying is true; realistically you have to find someone to get you over here otherwise it will be a struggle.
Perhaps research about whether you have one special skill in your list of skills that is in demand in a certain geographical area that you can play up your experience in (remember: everyone here is a sales(wo)man; they could sell kibble to a dog!) and start pitching yourself to high end companies. It may come to nothing but at least you tried.
Mr Weeze, everyone from Cuba is some sort of professor or doctor. I often wonder whether it's true. When I was in Havana our taxi driver told us he was a brain surgeon and needed to drive a taxi because he only made $20 a month at the hospital.
Oct 9th 2014, 2:56 pm
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