I want to immigrate to the US, any advice pleeeeease!

[bubbe2005]

Hi ALL;

I am a newbie here.

My post is all about moving to the US, I would like to know the options available to me.

I am 26 years old I work full-time here in the UK as an IT Support Person.

I am relatives in the US in San Diego (grandma, auntie, uncle) from my dads side of the family.

In maybe 10 years time I would like to permanently live in the US.

I have had enough of paying a congestion charge of £8 each time you drive into the city, parking permits, bascially its just getting too expensive to live here.

Yes, I assume if I move to the US you pay more for healthcare insurance and stuff like that, but at list your driveway does not come with a yellow line, or parking bays on your street, and your house comes with a garage!!!!!


Any advice would be appretiated.

What things can or do I have to avoid., what would you do if you were in my position.

[uslawyer]

Your relatives in San Diego can help you enter the U.S. in about a year's time as a PERMANENT RESIDENT. [Moderator edit : No advertising allowed]

[JAJ]

Your relatives in San Diego can help you enter the U.S. in about a year's time as a PERMANENT RESIDENT. [Moderator edit : No advertising allowed]

On what basis? Grandparents, aunts and uncles cannot sponsor for green cards.
http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants ... _1306.html

[Susan Muir]

This can be an alternative, but has restrictions, however, with IT background there are plenty of companies that are looking for people with these skills.

Your chances of employer-based sponsorship for either temporary or permanent basis is greater.

[Marco 72]

I'm not too optimistic about the possibility of getting a work visa with some general IT skills, especially if the person has no university degree. It was easy enough during the dot com bubble, but nowadays there are plenty of IT people in the US looking for a job. The company applying for a visa would have to explain to the INS why it cannot hire a US citizen or permanent resident for the same role.

[sailorbay89]

If your in the IT sector, move to San Jose in northern California, after you get all the papers worked out in San Diego and that sort of thing. Up here, Silicon Valley is hiring like their is no tomorrow, so a great place to look for IT work is up here. Good luck.

-Bowen in the Bay Area

[Marco 72]

If your in the IT sector, move to San Jose in northern California, after you get all the papers worked out in San Diego and that sort of thing. Up here, Silicon Valley is hiring like their is no tomorrow, so a great place to look for IT work is up here. Good luck.

-Bowen in the Bay Area

What exactly do you mean by "get all the papers worked out in San Diego"? If he wants to look for a job he'll have to go to the US as a tourist on the Visa Waiver Program, without letting the immigration officer know he plans to do that. Better get a return ticket for two weeks later and then throw it away, otherwise they might get suspicious. Then he will have 90 days to persuade some company in the Bay Area to make him an offer. That's not going to be easy, since visa applications can take a while and companies usually either want to hire someone right away or not at all. And in order to qualify for a work visa the person must have either a university degree in a relevant discipline or work experience for a certain number of years. The company must persuade the INS that despite their best efforts they have not been able to hire a USC or PR for that position.

Another possibility: get a job with a multinational company in London and after a while apply for a transfer to a US branch.

Yet another possibility: fall in love with a USC and marry her .

[sailorbay89]

Sorry, what I should have said was just about the job market, I am obviously no genius on the issue of immigration papers, etc... Didn't mean to confuse anyone.