Relocating to America?

Question

Hello all, i was wondering if anyone had any infomation on how I could go about =finding work and relocating to America?
I am a 30 year old United Kingdom citizen with a strong employment record. Would anybody be able to point me in the right location to get information?

Answer 1

good choice, the U.S. is a great place to live and work. here's what you do:
accept an offer in the UK with a global company that has operations in the U.S.;
transfer to the U.S. with extended work visa;
remain with your company;
meet and marry an American

Answer 2

Hmm, I just sort of answred this for someone else.

If you contact the US embassy they will tell you the rules. Basically you need to get sponsored by an employer.

It depends what you do, they care more about whether you do something they can't get people to do than whether you are good at what you do.

You need to find an employer in the US, there are recruiters that specialise in recruiting to the US, I used one of them. I'm an electronics engineer so I found the adverts in the trade press.

Relocating is easy, once you have the visa you just get on a plane and arrive in the US. Get along to the Social Security office and get yourself a SSN then down the DMV for a driving license and you are pretty much done with officialdom. That's skipping over a lot of INS (BCIS now) bullshit.

I used Pickfords to transport my stuff, ten packing cases. It cost about 150 quid in 1998 and took about two weeks to get from the UK to Oakland docks. It cost me the same again to get the shipping company at this end to move them ten miles so I could pick them up from their warehouse. Other people have packed their furniture and all else into a container and had that shipped,

Other methods of entry are marrying an American and moving to Canada first. The Canadian immigration system is much fairer, I sometimes wonder if I picked the wrong country.

Answer 3

It depends mostly on your job--there are severe teacher and nursing shortages in many parts of America, and if your very high tech or highly specialized in any field you might get something. But just like the EU, if there are locals who could reasonably be expected to do the job, the rules are to hire the local.
Multinational companies don't permanently transfer people on a regular basis as it is pretty expensive for them, again unless you are specialized. You can get lucky and get a short-term contract though, and of course if you are indispensible, they might consider keeping you there.

You can also start a business there which provides jobs to Americans, but I think you have to invest something like £200k. Artists fall ino different categories, but must be self supporting via their art before applying.

Answer 4

log on to the US Embassy web site all the info you need is on their site - you will find it very hard to get a work visa let alone a residents visa - good luck

Answer 5

Don't go it's shite.
260 million Morons, all with a speech impediment.

Answer 6

Super g says it all

Answer 7

When you find out pls share them....