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Old Jun 16th 2010, 3:33 am
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Originally Posted by aviva
where to intervene to get you through.
Sounds pretty dodgy. Care to enlighten the OP?
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Old Jun 16th 2010, 11:25 am
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Originally Posted by Seneca21
You might be able to get into Australia or Canada (they don't have the structural economic problems of the US, for a start), but don't count on it. They both have pretty rigorous points systems and Australia at least has drastically cut back on the jobs in demand list.
Just to add to that, Canada's 'point system' is unlikely to be relevant for the OP. It only applies to Skilled Worker visas, and as lobbyists or journalists are not on the list of 38 occupations in demand that qualify for Skilled Worker visas without a job offer, the OP would need to look at other visa options if they do want to go to Canada.

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Old Jun 16th 2010, 12:02 pm
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Originally Posted by Seneca21
Have you seen the US debt and deficit?
...which is massive, it's true; you wouldn't want to say it's a rosy picture!.



http://zfacts.com/p/318.html

However the USA can fund it's debt at very low interest rates and it's AAA credit rating is very secure; for now. The important thing with a deficit is whether you can afford it and whether you have the economic growth prospects to be able to service it. So for example, the national debt of Great Britain in 1816 was a dizzying 237 percent of GDP - far higher than the current US debt- but thanks to growth in the 19th century we got it down to 25% in 1914; by 1945 it was back up to 238 percent of GDP. The risk of a double dip seems to have passed while it's an ever-present threat here once the cuts begin at the next budget. Growth is slow in the U.S but it's worse here (pre cuts) and it isn't happening in Ireland which isn't projected to recover for 14 years (Ernst and Young).

Interesting times ahead and we haven't even got to the pensions crisis yet.

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Old Jun 16th 2010, 12:44 pm
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Originally Posted by Seneca21
You might be able to get into Australia or Canada
Just found these figures and I was shocked!

http://www.cnbc.com/id/30308959?slide=2

http://www.cnbc.com/id/33506526/Coun...aded_With_Debt - What it's measuring

On the debt countdown:


Ireland - 1,312%
External debt (as % of GDP): 1,312%
Gross external debt: $2.32 trillion
2009 GDP (est): $176.9 billion

United Kingdom - 425.9%
External debt (as % of GDP): 425.9%
Gross external debt: $9.15 trillion
2009 GDP (est): $2.15 trillion

United States - 96.5%
External debt (as % of GDP): 96.5%
Gross external debt: $13.77 trillion (2009 Q3)
2009 GDP (est): $14.26 trillion


I have no idea how the heck Ireland is going to pay that money back. Oz is in at 124.3% of GDP debt so I guess it will have to Canada eh?

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Originally Posted by Bookem
If you have any close relatives living and working in USA even if they are only green card holders they may well be able to sponsor you.
No, they can't. An LPR (read = green card) can ONLY sponsor a spouse or unmarried child/son/daughter. End of story.

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Originally Posted by HumphreyC
The risk of a double dip seems to have passed while it's an ever-present threat here once the cuts begin at the next budget. Growth is slow in the U.S but it's worse here (pre cuts) and it isn't happening in Ireland which isn't projected to recover for 14 years (Ernst and Young).

Interesting times ahead and we haven't even got to the pensions crisis yet.
On January 1, 2011, the sunset clause written in to Bush's tax cuts kicks in. Watch what happens then.
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Old Jun 17th 2010, 12:55 pm
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Originally Posted by aviva
The lottery system is not random, not picking paper out of a hat. I'd suggest making inquiries of good immigration attorneys who know how it works and where to intervene to get you through. I did, it worked for me. Absolutely worth it.
What utter nonsense ...A lawyer can give you nothing but a bill in relations the DV lottery
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