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Old Jun 15th 2016, 5:32 pm
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Originally Posted by Nutmegger
I'm sure a lot of people would be very interested if you would be kind enough to expand on just how all this happened.
Perhaps more to the point is WHEN, visa requirements have changed vastly in the las few years, and it's much, much harder now.
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Old Jun 15th 2016, 6:24 pm
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Originally Posted by mikelincs
Perhaps more to the point is WHEN, visa requirements have changed vastly in the las few years, and it's much, much harder now.
I don't know when, if ever, it was possible to jump from an E-2 to a green card without finding $500,000 to apply for an EB-5.

Certainly the skills/ qualifications that the OP reported are a long way short of what has ever been needed for an EB-1, EB-2, or EB-3.
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Old Jun 15th 2016, 8:48 pm
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I am also on an E2, sponsored by my employer. They have a history of, 3 years into the E2, sponsoring people for a Green Card through the EB2 category.

My role is primarily a sales based role, so they only do it for people who have generated significant revenue for the business, which to be honest is everyone who hasn't been let go after 3 years.

So far in the 18 months I have been here I have seen about 8 people get put through the process. God only knows how because the lawyer they use appears about as useful as a chocolate teapot
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Originally Posted by Canveydave
I am also on an E2, sponsored by my employer. They have a history of, 3 years into the E2, sponsoring people for a Green Card through the EB-2 category.
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Are you in dog grooming?
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Old Jun 15th 2016, 9:12 pm
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Originally Posted by Pulaski
Are you in dog grooming?
Ha Ha!

No. I sometimes wish I was, but unfortunately not.
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Old Jun 15th 2016, 9:23 pm
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Originally Posted by Pulaski
Are you in dog grooming?
Do you really still call that "dog grooming"?

Well, at least, after 40 or 50 years you can be pretty confident all those dogs have died of old age...
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Originally Posted by robin1234

Do you really still call that "dog grooming"?

Well, at least, after 40 or 50 years you can be pretty confident all those dogs have died of old age...


The OP called it dog grooming.
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Originally Posted by Pulaski


The OP called it dog grooming.
The OP's posts are very confusing.

One post says that she has no degree and no connections in the USA, and the other one says that she has a degree, and is a researcher in animals that live in South Florida.

I suspect the confusion is that she used to not have a degree and or any connections in the USA when she left school, and our confusion comes from getting her tenses wrong. We could possibly help her if she made things clearer, but I suspect she's long gone.
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Old Jun 16th 2016, 1:55 am
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I'd hazard a guess that the big-wigs at Mickey mouse land, Orlando, are probably looking to engage the services of a zoologist with educational abilities in the very near future!

Edit: Sorry if that's a little obtuse, if you are still in the dark, google Disney's new water feature, with genuine Florida included

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do you speak spanish? Miami-Dade is the fourth largest US school system and 65% hispanic.

Advice From Miami-Dade Educators: Embrace Diversity - Education Week
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Old Jun 17th 2016, 10:18 pm
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It appears that the BOT has left the building.
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Originally Posted by Pulaski

I usually get frowned at here if I talk about how I met my wife.
Don't be embarrassed, we've all been inside a Wetherspoons at least once.
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Originally Posted by Tr1boy
Don't be embarrassed, we've all been inside a Wetherspoons at least once.
Very true, but I rarely enter a Little Chef
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Originally Posted by mrken30
Very true, but I rarely enter a Little Chef
Said the bishop ...
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Originally Posted by Jenbot
Hello,
I am wanting to move to South Florida, I was wondering if anybody on here has done so, and if so how?

I have a degree and a teaching PGCE (Quaified teacher to post 16), and I research species of animal in South Florida.

I use to live in Los Angeles but my visa was with an English company there and is no good for FL.

I really want to get bk out there but don't know how I can!!
I am out there in Aug for 3 months doing research and wildlife rehab and really want to get a visa..

I have even been offered work there but the visa's are so hard!!!

Any advise???!!!!

Also any teachers post 16 know if you can teach in FL with an English PGDE QTS qualification?

THANKS XOX
If you have a decent degree from the UK and you want to do research apply to do a PhD at an American University. You will then have 5+ years on an F1, and a small stipend to live on. Given your previous research experience in FL you probably have a good chance.
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