Which visa to apply for to work in America -

you do realise the majority of people aren't over the moon with their jobs too?

if you chase an ill prepared, unthoughtout and failworthy plan you will just find yourself in a worse position than you are in now
 
Will Gill said:
you do realise the majority of people aren't over the moon with their jobs too?

if you chase an ill prepared, unthoughtout and failworthy plan you will just find yourself in a worse position than you are in now
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I know, but i despise sales, cold calling is just ...

I want to do music/film, i did a £10,000 music course, i've worked in a music studio, i've worked on a short film shown at Cineworld, i know this is the business i want to be involved in.
 
Belloni said:
I know, but i despise sales, cold calling is just ...

I want to do music/film, i did a £10,000 music course, i've worked in a music studio, i've worked on a short film shown at Cineworld, i know this is the business i want to be involved in.
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We generally capitalise first-person pronouns.

To be fair, you could have spent £1mil on a course - it won't really interest the Americans unless it's in a shortage area - see my previous link for details.
 
Why don't you try and do something worthwhile here before trying to 'crack America'? Wouldn't that help to make it easier? Focussing on something here would also help to remove your attention from your job.
 
Sadly it's pretty much impossible unless you:

Marry a USC as discussed
Invest a load ($millions) in a company which employs USCs
Green card lottery (not if you're a UK citizen)
Work - US company sponsoring you
Work - being big time recognised in your field (so a signed artist / academic / actor etc - not 100% sure on this one though).

Easiest way of these is either to work for a UK company first, then transfer to the US or to get married.

Unfortunately a US company pretty much have to prove that they've tried to find a US citizen to do any job for which they sponsor someone for a visa, so it's pretty unlucky you'll get anywhere with this approach.

I'm currently investigating the possibility of a secondment to our US company (so I'd be based in Atlanta). Got a long way to go though and still not certain. Last year I spent 4.5 months in the US (CA/NV/IL/IA/TX), this year 3.5 months (CA/NV/IL/IA/MO/DC/CO) and I'm not entirely sure if I could live out there permanently yet. Sure, some things are good (arguably higher quality of life, the fact that an English accent works wonders with the ladies), but things such as getting sod all annual leave/long hours/crappy US cube farm offices without many windows *really* put me off the idea!

Still doesn't stop you from going out there for a long vacation though (90 days on VWP).
 
If you travel under the visa waiver programme you cannot work. Be careful or you could find yourself deported!
 
I won't work, maybe some side bar work? I joke.

On the money aspect how much do you think is a good amount to what they will see sufficient for the stay? I'm thinking either LA or Miami.

In terms of staying, would I be able to get a flat or!?
 
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