How do I get started
Nov 18th 2004, 4:10 am
#31
Bishop John MightBe
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Re: How do I get started
Originally Posted by NC Penguin
Has anyone noticed that Citroenchick hasn't contributed to this thread since her original post?
Do you think we scared her off with the talk about anal sex and 2CVs?
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Do you think we scared her off with the talk about anal sex and 2CVs?
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Nov 18th 2004, 4:16 am
#32
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Re: How do I get started
Originally Posted by MightBe
They are both a pain in the ass.... I'm sorry I had to say it..
This is the funniest thread I have read ever, how did we get from someone asking for advice to anal sex and 2CV's (..in a 2CV!?)!
Classic.
Nov 18th 2004, 4:25 am
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Re: How do I get started
Originally Posted by immunise
This is the funniest thread I have read ever, how did we get from someone asking for advice to anal sex and 2CV's (..in a 2CV!?)!
Nov 18th 2004, 7:42 am
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Re: How do I get started
Originally Posted by MightBe
Yes! good idea NCP reproduced below an orignal idea by Pulaski and upgraded and updated by Ray.
There are basically SEVEN ways that you can get a visa to live and work in the US:
(1) Marriage (or engagement in anticipation of marriage) to a US citizen.
(2) You have skills that are in short supply in the US e.g. scientific or medical training. A degree is normally a must. Or you have superior specialist skills with at least 12 years experience.
(3) You have an Employer who is willing to transfer you - but even the employer has to make a good case for you - so you have to be a manager unless you fall under category (2) above.
(4) You may get a Green card in the diversity lottery (UK citizens, except N.Ireland, are not generally eligible unless you, your spouse or parents were born abroad or held a different citizenship.
(5)You own or buy business (does not get you permanent resident status i.e. no green card)
The business must have a minimum value of around $100k (more the better) bearing in mind you will need somewhere to live and with any startup business you will need at least 2 years living money as back up. So a figure of $250k would be a nearer minimum
(6)You are an "investor" i.e. you have at least US $1m in assets to bring with you. And your background will be investigatedto the hilt.
(7)You have a close relative (mother, father, brother, sister and no further) who is an US citizen who would sponsor you, approx time this take 2-12 years…
Recruitment agent will not take you seriously if you are not already in the US. Writing for jobs is really a waste of time; likewise US employers have no idea what foreign qualification are or mean (except Degrees) it may pay you to get your qualification translated into a US equivalent, there are Companies that do this ..
But if you are getting a visa under (2) above then you need a job offer before you can get the visa. Your Employer will be your sponsor this will cost them upward of $3k. So you can see you have to be offering something really special to get considered They may also have to prove to the Dept of labor that there is no American who can do the job if the position is to be permanent
© Pulaski..Ray
There are basically SEVEN ways that you can get a visa to live and work in the US:
(1) Marriage (or engagement in anticipation of marriage) to a US citizen.
(2) You have skills that are in short supply in the US e.g. scientific or medical training. A degree is normally a must. Or you have superior specialist skills with at least 12 years experience.
(3) You have an Employer who is willing to transfer you - but even the employer has to make a good case for you - so you have to be a manager unless you fall under category (2) above.
(4) You may get a Green card in the diversity lottery (UK citizens, except N.Ireland, are not generally eligible unless you, your spouse or parents were born abroad or held a different citizenship.
(5)You own or buy business (does not get you permanent resident status i.e. no green card)
The business must have a minimum value of around $100k (more the better) bearing in mind you will need somewhere to live and with any startup business you will need at least 2 years living money as back up. So a figure of $250k would be a nearer minimum
(6)You are an "investor" i.e. you have at least US $1m in assets to bring with you. And your background will be investigatedto the hilt.
(7)You have a close relative (mother, father, brother, sister and no further) who is an US citizen who would sponsor you, approx time this take 2-12 years…
Recruitment agent will not take you seriously if you are not already in the US. Writing for jobs is really a waste of time; likewise US employers have no idea what foreign qualification are or mean (except Degrees) it may pay you to get your qualification translated into a US equivalent, there are Companies that do this ..
But if you are getting a visa under (2) above then you need a job offer before you can get the visa. Your Employer will be your sponsor this will cost them upward of $3k. So you can see you have to be offering something really special to get considered They may also have to prove to the Dept of labor that there is no American who can do the job if the position is to be permanent
© Pulaski..Ray
Thanks once again
Nov 18th 2004, 8:35 am
#35
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Re: How do I get started
Originally Posted by Citroenchick
Thank you for that information that was really helpful of you - I think the best thing is to continue with my studies in business and office management and see what the US would recognise as a 'Degree'
Thanks once again
Thanks once again
Nov 18th 2004, 1:16 pm
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Re: How do I get started
Originally Posted by immunise
This is the funniest thread I have read ever, how did we get from someone asking for advice to anal sex and 2CV's (..in a 2CV!?)!
Classic.
Classic.
It's that warped British sense of humo(u)r kicking in!
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Nov 18th 2004, 1:21 pm
#37
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Re: How do I get started
Originally Posted by Citroenchick
see what the US would recognise as a 'Degree'
Nov 18th 2004, 1:33 pm
#38
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Re: How do I get started
Originally Posted by Manc
12 years equivalent work experience.
e.g. I have an ex-coworker who's Canadian. She has a Bachelors in Geography and her spouse (an Australian) got assigned to the US on an
H1-B. She wanted to work in her own right and looked into getting an H1-B.
No luck for her 'cos she wanted to continue working in IT as she did in the UK (that's where we met), but her Bachelor degree is in Geography (no relevance to IT whatsoever) so the only way she could've got an H1-B is through the 12 years of relevant experience route. Except that she's too young to have that many years of employment history in IT...
So, she's got two children now and is a stay at home Mum.
Nov 18th 2004, 2:31 pm
#39
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Re: How do I get started
Surely the L1-A route should be added to the list. It is the simplest way to emigrate to the US if one has a genuine business over in the UK or elsewhere for that matter; you can get a GC on it eventually, and you don't have to leave as you will if you come in on the 'E' visa.
I've never understood why folk with businesses over there don't come in on the L1 as opposed to E visa, unless they plan on not living here permanently.
I've never understood why folk with businesses over there don't come in on the L1 as opposed to E visa, unless they plan on not living here permanently.
Nov 18th 2004, 3:09 pm
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Re: How do I get started
Originally Posted by izibear
I've never understood why folk with businesses over there don't come in on the L1 as opposed to E visa, unless they plan on not living here permanently.
Nov 18th 2004, 4:22 pm
#41
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Re: How do I get started
Originally Posted by Bob
Can't transfer yourself over though can you?
Nov 18th 2004, 4:31 pm
#42
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Re: How do I get started
Originally Posted by izibear
If you own the business, yes you can.
Nov 18th 2004, 4:34 pm
#43
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Re: How do I get started
Originally Posted by Bob
Yeah, but wouldn't you need offices in the states to transfer to?
Nov 18th 2004, 5:01 pm
#44
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Re: How do I get started
Originally Posted by izibear
No. You can come over to open an office here, a subsidiary of your UK or wherever office. Or, you can buy a business here, any business, as a subsidiary of your office there.
Nov 18th 2004, 5:56 pm
#45
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Re: How do I get started
Originally Posted by Bob
Sounds like just as much hassle as the other routes as you'd need to keep the office in the UK running as well wouldn't you.