Edwards-family

Firstly, thanks to everyone who replied to our post about immigrating to the US, however we are not undetered! maybe a win on the lottery will help (LOL)

On the subject of lotteries:

1. Does anyone know why English people are excluded from the green card lottery?

2. Does this change year to year?

3. Will anyone give me a job in the US?

nathan barley

1. Because it's a diversity lottery. There is already a huge amount of English cultural influence on the United States, and many US citizens with english ancestry. Theres also a high amount of legal English immigration, and vice versa, through other visa categories. Then again, there is a huge hispanic and irish influence too, but lets not go there, too much political handshaking and lobbying going on.

2. If more than 50,000 of a certain nationality have emigrated to the US in the past 5 years (i think), then that country is ineligible for the lottery that year. I think England is permanently ineligible.

3. Before, or after you enter the country?

Edwards-family

Thanks for the info, if only it had been good news LOL, according to the imformation i have received to date, if i have a job to go to, i can get in that way! (maybe)

nathan barley

Yes, you and your family can be sponsored by a prospective employer, though that is happening less frequently with the current economic climate. Many companies are unwilling to risk the financial outlay when they can just send the jobs over to Russia and India

Edwards-family

Thanks again, do you ever give good news (LOL) anybody wanna sponser us?

Pulaski

What area do you and your wife work in? We should be able to give you some more specific advice if you tell us.

Edwards-family

I am currently a civil servant with the MoD with 15 years service, the wife is an experienced office manager

cathy22w

I have a background in education, both teaching and pastoral (working with disaffected students). I have been offered a job in the US as a Behavioural Specialist working with adults with severe learning difficulties, for which a BSc or BA was required.

I do not have a degree, although I have A levels and teaching qualifications. I sent all my credentials to an evaluation company who awarded me the equivalence of a Bachelor in Education, taking into account my experience, qualifications and the relevance of my background to the post that was being offered to me. Generally they will count 3 years relevant work experience to one year of a 4-year US degree.

Fortunately I have had the help of a good immigration lawyer - expensive but she has taken much of the stress out of all the paperwork and red tape.

My advice to you and your wife would be initially to consult a good immigration lawyer who can advise you of the best way for you to go about things. You then need to find an employer to offer you a job - if you have an idea of where you want to settle then you can look up the local classifieds online. There are also those job sites like monster and such. Also you have H1-B sites who have lists of H1-B employers and current vacancies.

I am sure many people here can give you advice on where to look for the best resources - it's quite daunting but perseverance will pay off!

All the best!

cathy



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JerseyBoy

IMHO, the best lawyers for US immigration are in the US. They know all the dodges, and usually have contacts in the INS to ensure things are done the right way.

I suspect most of the "companies" in the UK who help immigration actually just act as middlemen for US immigration lawyers anyway. And not all are expensive, about $1200-$1500 for good ones round here.

cathy22w

I totally agree - sorry I didn't add that in!