Wanting to move to America.
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Well when I looked into Australia they do have th point system.. I don't care if it takes three years. As stated I'm in no rush at all. However will having an uncle over in Australia help matters or not?
Thanks all.
Only if your uncle has a job for you or if he is willing to state that you will sponge off him and not the state, all Australia are interested in is if you are going to be a burden on their welfare state.
Are you moving to NZ too?
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Even if you have the offer of a job out there, it is still really difficult to get a visa. My brother has just moved out there and was sponsored through the visa process by his new employer (One of the 5 largest companies on the planet).
He works in a very specialised area with probably only 100 "experts" world wide. He has also just completed a phd covering the area that his employer wanted him to work on yet he still had lots of trouble getting a visa. It took two attempts and about 9 months of effort. The second attempt involved several hours with a specialist immigration lawyer to prepare the application. Even after all this the visa he has is tied to his employer so he cannot change jobs out there without getting a new visa..
Hope this was helpful.
Jonathan
He works in a very specialised area with probably only 100 "experts" world wide. He has also just completed a phd covering the area that his employer wanted him to work on yet he still had lots of trouble getting a visa. It took two attempts and about 9 months of effort. The second attempt involved several hours with a specialist immigration lawyer to prepare the application. Even after all this the visa he has is tied to his employer so he cannot change jobs out there without getting a new visa..
Hope this was helpful.
Jonathan
Nice, i'm trying to get a transfer out to Auckland. Madea thread about it weeks ago here:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17785307&highlight=auckland
Please disregard anything this guy says.
Have a look into California. I spent almost a month in Cali just before Christmas and found it to be a truly wonderful place where the people are as friendly and generous as any other state in the USA.
Climate wise the sun almost never went away and we had brai or 2 in the December evenings (that's winter of coure). Further towards San Diago you go, the warmer it is.
It's big though and things differ as you go north. A shift from LA style living to the farm style living associated with some other states.
If I ever moved to the USA, it would be Cali without a doubt. The combination of climate and lifestyle is amazing
Yeah its damn hard to get into the US. The wife and I spent several christmas in Colorado. Absolutely fell in love with the place , in particular Keystone and Breckenridge.
We looked at the possibility of emigrating, but it proved simply too hard for us. In the end we have had to simply discount it, hoping that sometime, somewhere down the line the opportunity will arise for us to emigrate to Colorado.
Frankly we are both tired and disillusioned with the UK, we are lucky in that we have travelled extensively around the globe, but the one place of all we have been to so far that really took our breath away and made us think *this* is the place , was up in those Rocky Mountains in Colorado.
/sigh maybe one day.
We looked at the possibility of emigrating, but it proved simply too hard for us. In the end we have had to simply discount it, hoping that sometime, somewhere down the line the opportunity will arise for us to emigrate to Colorado.
Frankly we are both tired and disillusioned with the UK, we are lucky in that we have travelled extensively around the globe, but the one place of all we have been to so far that really took our breath away and made us think *this* is the place , was up in those Rocky Mountains in Colorado.
/sigh maybe one day.
Dam, didn't know it was such a mission to move there. I do have an idea, however.
If I was with my girlfriend, who got a job in the USA and got a green card, then if I married her, would it make things easier for me to get into the USA?
Thanks all.
P.S: She actually may very well have a job offer there, don't know yet though.
If I was with my girlfriend, who got a job in the USA and got a green card, then if I married her, would it make things easier for me to get into the USA?
Thanks all.
P.S: She actually may very well have a job offer there, don't know yet though.
Cool, we're looking at the Auckland region / suburbs too. I'd like to live in Davenport. My mum is a maths teacher with 5 or 6 years experience (degree in maths/PGCE) and my dad works for a large Australian/New Zealand based company so should be able to get a transfer. I'll have a degree in Forensics by the time I go to go out, so will my brother (IT) and his girlfriend (Chemistry @ Oxford).
We'll be going out under my mums application though as she has the most points.
Dam, didn't know it was such a mission to move there. I do have an idea, however.
If I was with my girlfriend, who got a job in the USA and got a green card, then if I married her, would it make things easier for me to get into the USA?
Thanks all.
P.S: She actually may very well have a job offer there, don't know yet though.
Is your gf an American resident??. if not then the answer would be no regardless if she has a green card or not. Now if she was a naturalised American ie born there then yes it would be much easier for you to get into America.
Only thing i can suggest is either get a job there with an American company or the easiest way is find yourself an American woman and get married to her. But even then the American authorities are cracking down on it very hard.