Hi,

Frankly - he needs to do MBA & or CPA to stand any chance. After that it's about networking.Company transfer does sound good too. Have you been to CA? Any idea how the lifestyle there is? factor in that you would be away from family? etc etc

Being young is a huge positive. If you invest a further 2 years in MBA/CPA then you can atleast start thinking...

its too competitive, not even mentioning GFC yet...

Congrats and well done.

With just your second post you demonstrate a grasp of the realities of your chances that's better than 99.9% of all folks who come on here asking the same question you did.

California really isn't the place if you are trying to give 3 kids the best chance. The constant government cuts here mean education is taking a huge hit. It was already around the 48th worse state for education spend per kid. They are now on about doing away with text books and class sizes increasing to around 60.

One thing to consider with the kids, if you get a visa, time frame to then getting greencards because if you take to long to be eligible to get here, your kids could well age out and your looking at that kind of time frame.

Could always consider doing a MBA in the US for a couple of years on a student visa. Wouldn't be a long term solution unless you managed to get a intern placement afterwards and it's probably not ideal in that it'll cost a small fortune in fees, but I think the F2 derivative does allow work, though might want to double check on that one.

Can you tell me when this will happen

Being introduced now. Classes are merging at my son's high school. Arnie is keen on the online textbooks.

Saving trees, eh......

Seriously, I'm so glad ours are no longer in school.

Though what is happening in the universities is just as scary...

Tell me about it.

Hi Sally
I'm sorry to OP for hijacking this thread, btw
What county are you? We have been looking at irvine/tustin for our kids to do their schooling, I take it your kids are in public schools, we are going to be putting ours in public school, just trying to figure out best unified area, have been reading up and irvine seems pretty good??

I'm not familiar with that area I'm afraid, we are miles away from you in Las Virgenes school district. This is considered very good and the reason we paid stupid money for a house, it doesn't help that much because they all suffer from state cuts, all you get is parents in wealthy areas trying to fund-raise a bit more maybe? Sorry to sound negative but I'm not impressed by the school facilities here compared to where we came from in the West Midlands.

hi,

i have been living in california for several years now - my girls are at university now and although i was very critical of the education - high school in california when i first arrived i look back and see my girls had a better educational experience than in london. I am a professor in a university in los angeles now and see the massive cuts which are taking place across the CSU system and in education generally. however, there are still pockets of good education in california i do not think it is all doom and gloom.

julia

I agree its not all doom and gloom, but when you are thinking about emigrating to 'anywhere else' in the world with 3 kids. California wouldn't be my 1st choice.