Working in New York
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toohuge said:
Very, very difficult....
The easiest route to legal work status in the US is through an inter company exchange with a company / organisation that you are already employed with here in the UK and then transfer across.
Obtaining a visa from a private company is very, very difficult and is generally unheard of for your average joe.... Furthermore, any US company will have to sponsor your application and this is a time consuming and relatively difficult process. In essence, you will not find a company in the US that will be willing to sponsor your visa. Remember too, that whilst the US speaks English, it is a very different culture to here and the immigration system specifically states that you must make the case that there is not a US citizen capable of performing the job that the applicant is planning on fulfilling.
Depending on your education background and your professional history, you may qualify under some of the EB visas, however the category for person of exceptional talent lists such examples as nobel prize winner or similar. - I don't mean to burst your bubble
On the other end of the spectrum, there are some visa classifications for seasonal workers.... or those from certain countries, however I do not think that you will qualify under any of those, unless you want to pick oranges for a while.
If you have considerable means (and I don't mean to judge you but...your profile states that you are saving for a hot hatch) there are some visas available for investors that will create businesses and jobs etc. but I do not think you would qualify under those.
There are 3 things that may be solution for you....
1) If you have the time to, apply for a camp of america position or similar to get you over there and do some networking and see what you can achieve
2) find a nice American girl and get married.....
3) Get a job (easier said than done) with a company that has offices out here in the US and then see if you can transfer over.
Chris
Thanks Chris, some really great feedback there. Sounds a lot more difficult than I expected! The easiest route to legal work status in the US is through an inter company exchange with a company / organisation that you are already employed with here in the UK and then transfer across.
Obtaining a visa from a private company is very, very difficult and is generally unheard of for your average joe.... Furthermore, any US company will have to sponsor your application and this is a time consuming and relatively difficult process. In essence, you will not find a company in the US that will be willing to sponsor your visa. Remember too, that whilst the US speaks English, it is a very different culture to here and the immigration system specifically states that you must make the case that there is not a US citizen capable of performing the job that the applicant is planning on fulfilling.
Depending on your education background and your professional history, you may qualify under some of the EB visas, however the category for person of exceptional talent lists such examples as nobel prize winner or similar. - I don't mean to burst your bubble
On the other end of the spectrum, there are some visa classifications for seasonal workers.... or those from certain countries, however I do not think that you will qualify under any of those, unless you want to pick oranges for a while.
If you have considerable means (and I don't mean to judge you but...your profile states that you are saving for a hot hatch) there are some visas available for investors that will create businesses and jobs etc. but I do not think you would qualify under those.
There are 3 things that may be solution for you....
1) If you have the time to, apply for a camp of america position or similar to get you over there and do some networking and see what you can achieve
2) find a nice American girl and get married.....
3) Get a job (easier said than done) with a company that has offices out here in the US and then see if you can transfer over.
Chris
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